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Samuel James @samueldjames.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

I gotta be real: as much as bot accounts became a problem on Twitter/X, I feel like they’re way *worse* here. It looks like at least a full third of my followers are not actual people

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Samuel James @samueldjames.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Never ever forget that the inhumane despair facing so many of us was enabled, not first by Silicon Valley or activists, but by scientism. You don’t hate scientism enough.

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Samuel James @samueldjames.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

So there’s less than a 100% chance that teams playing this weekend will make the playoffs? 🧐

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Samuel James @samueldjames.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

I’m sure all Vikings fans appreciate the perspectives of Patriots fans on the joy and sadness of football ;)

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Samuel James @samueldjames.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Really shocked Harbaugh accepted that 2nd and 30 holding penalty. You’re just begging for some kind of defensive penalty by doing that….

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Samuel James @samueldjames.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

My latest substack is about modern malaise. How is it that in a Tinder culture we don’t touch each other? And in a pluralistic society we don’t talk to each other? What can the church say about this? www.digitalliturgies.net/p/the-worst-...

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The Worst of All Possible Worlds

A Christian apologetic of malaise

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wyclif @wyclif.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

IMO this was *the* graphic of 2024

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Ruth Graham @ruthgraham.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

local news headline that is indisputably, eternally true

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Samuel James @samueldjames.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Planning to write anything about the Rams?

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Samuel James @samueldjames.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

There is a team in the NFC West with a head coach who happens to like Kirk Cousins, has a proven track record of getting the best out of QBs, and whose current QB is very close to retirement (opening up a lot of cash)….

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Samuel James @samueldjames.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

I had the privilege of reading this book in draft stage. It is superb. Even if you think you know Keller’s spiritual theology well, the organization and context Matt gives it makes it fresh and newly encouraging. Cannot recommend this more. www.amazon.com/Tim-Keller-C...

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Tim Keller on the Christian Life: The Transforming Power of the Gospel

Tim Keller on the Christian Life: The Transforming Power of the Gospel [Smethurst, Matt] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Tim Keller on the Christian Life: The Transforming Power of the Gospel

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Samuel James @samueldjames.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Kids, have a seat. Now. I know you’ve all been reading the news lately. But I have something to tell you, about a pardon for all offenses that’s much more important, and comes from a much more powerful Person…

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Samuel James @samueldjames.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

I was wondering about myrrh and the priesthood, due its embalming use. The incense is a staple of prophecy.

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Samuel James @samueldjames.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Frankincense Myrrh Gold Prophet Priest King ?

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Samuel James @samueldjames.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Confession: I like John Wayne, always have, and I think Du Mez’s book is a mess that got a pass unjustly.

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Samuel James @samueldjames.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Thanksgiving meets Christmas. “For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.” (Lk. 2:11) “Unto you.” Most precious words in that verse. We give thanks for what we have. The angels told us: we have Jesus. Forever grateful.

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Samuel James @samueldjames.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

No conference or retreat ever unearths more about your marriage than moving furniture does

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Samuel James @samueldjames.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

The doldrums of a 10+ year old marriage and kids who are growing up really do limit how self-focused adults can be. That’s a bad reason to blow up your life, and a good reason to let go of therapeutic selfishness. Good column:

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Samuel James @samueldjames.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Andrew Wilson on Rogan! Wow! Can’t wait to listen.

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Samuel James @samueldjames.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Most savage JJ Abrams subtweet I’ve ever seen

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Ian Harber @ianharber.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

I said this over on the other site not long ago and I’m convinced we’re going to continue to see it play out. Progressive Christians will end up being laggards on these issues as they become more important and they won’t just be lagging behind conservative Christians, but behind secular liberals.

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Samuel James @samueldjames.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Obviously this stings a little bit personally. But the truth is that there is a *lot* of evangelical attention right now on tech. Andy Crouch, Justin Earley, Chris Martin, and others have been in this space for a while. The problem is that Christian publishing is invisible to 99.9% of journos

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Samuel James @samueldjames.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

An interesting hypothesis from Ben Sixsmith: Red-pilled misogyny meets a psychological need for men who are frustrated and ashamed by their porn use. Gives both rationalization—“women want this anyway”—and a sense of escape.

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Charles Taylor Swift @charlestaylorswift.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Following one good to the end may be catastrophic, not because it isn't a good, but because there are others which can't be sacrificed without evil. Back then I swore I was gonna marry him someday. But I realized some bigger dreams of mine.

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Samuel James @samueldjames.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Has Dallas ever been flexed out of a prime time spot?

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Samuel James @samueldjames.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

61 years ago today three men died on the same day: John F Kennedy, Alduous Huxley, and CS Lewis. Camelot is gone. The Brave New World is eating itself. But Narnia remains. A piece I wrote last year for World: wng.org/opinions/a-p...

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A prophetic voice rings out

Samuel D. James | Sixty years later, C.S. Lewis speaks to the needs of our times

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Charles Taylor Swift @charlestaylorswift.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Modern “secularization” can be seen from one angle as the rejection of higher times, and the positing of time as purely profane. I don’t know about you But I’m feeling twenty-two!

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Charles Taylor Swift @charlestaylorswift.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Our language has lost its constitutive power. This means that we can deal instrumentally with realities around us, but their deeper meaning is ignored and often invisible to us. I'm sorry, the old Taylor can't come to the phone right now Why? Oh, 'cause she's dead (oh)

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Samuel James @samueldjames.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Congrats to Judge Judy on her forthcoming nomination for attorney general

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Samuel James @samueldjames.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

It’s just hard to expel the idea from my mind that the Antioch Statement exists for no other reason than that certain pastors have realized the checks they’ve been cashing were signed by genuinely wicked people, and the goal now is to let friends know that you know that, without losing the checks

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Samuel James @samueldjames.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

“Public discourse itself, separated from the standard of truth, creates on its part, the more it prevails, an atmosphere of epidemic proneness and vulnerability to the reign of the tyrant.”

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kate shellnutt @kateshellnutt.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Lifeway and Crossway are releasing their first Bibles in a dyslexia-friendly typeface, starting with a kids Bible that comes with colored overlays for reading. www.christianitytoday.com/2024/11/dysl...

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And the Word Became Accessible: Publishers Release Dyslexia-Friendly Bibles - Christianity Today

Designer hopes a new custom typeface will be a life-changing tool for those with reading disorders.

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Samuel James @samueldjames.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Suspect my Rams are a similar story

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Samuel James @samueldjames.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

I used to think “political idolatry”was a big problem. Not anymore. www.digitalliturgies.net/p/its-not-po...

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It's Not Political Idolatry. It's Boredom.

I’ve used the phrase “political idolatry” before.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 18/11/2024

I know this is Bluesky and it is an echo chamber but I still must insist on challenging the conventional wisdom: kids don’t need to carry water bottles all over the place all the time.

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Samuel James @samueldjames.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Everyone needs a novel that’s more like a friend. This one is mine.

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Samuel James @samueldjames.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

It’s interesting to see how when links aren’t throttled on a social media feed, the topics of conversation expand. X’s self-referential algorithm pretty much guarantees people are only going to be interested in high-dopamine topics (read: politics)

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Ian Harber @ianharber.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

follow Derek plz

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Samuel James @samueldjames.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Ross Douthat’s latest essay is one of the best things I’ve read this year, and without a doubt the most sensible, realistic election take yet www.nytimes.com/2024/11/16/o...

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Opinion | Trump Has Put an End to an Era. The Future Is Up for Grabs.

The post-Cold War era has ended, and we’re not going back.

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Samuel James @samueldjames.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Ok this is the best version I’ve seen so far

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Samuel James @samueldjames.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

“If success is your god, and you fail, it will never forgive you. If love and romance is your god, and you fail, it will never forgive you. Jesus is the only God who is worthy of your worship and forgives you when you fail to give it.” - Tim Keller

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Samuel James @samueldjames.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Me when I write a book about how social media deforms us but then also sign up for Bluesky

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