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Samuel

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Librarian who would rather be a theologian

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Samuel @terrierdaze.bsky.social · 6h
I read the NYT article about Olah's courting of religious studies scholars to agree that AI models have moral standing and it really is disturbing how much he seems to believe, but then does not advocate for any sort of change in working conditions for the models
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Samuel @terrierdaze.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
My big wish for politics in America is accountability. I want the people driving our horrific immigration policies to be held accountable for violating human rights. I want the most corrupt administration of my lifetime, if not the US' entire history, to be held accountable
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Samuel @terrierdaze.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
You gotta know ball
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Samuel @terrierdaze.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Been a while since I posted a picture of Margie. Here she is supporting her favorite soccer team
A small terrier dog wearing an Arsenal shirt
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Samuel @terrierdaze.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This is a hot take based off little reading on the topic, but I think Jonathan Edwards might be a liberal theologian
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Samuel @terrierdaze.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Pleading with anyone who will listen, don't become a utilitarian.
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Samuel @terrierdaze.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I've been meeting with a friend of mine to read through different theological texts. We just now started Elements of Christian Thought by Eugene Rogers. Have been looking forward to this one for a while now
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Samuel @terrierdaze.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Thinking about getting into Doug Ottati's theology if my schedule clears up. So little time and too much reading to do
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Samuel @terrierdaze.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
If Jacques Ellul is right and we live in an age that is swimming in propaganda, Sontag accomplished an incredible moment of reflection. Something that is difficult, but needs doing
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Samuel @terrierdaze.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Maybe this is a dumb question, but how is this legal in two-party consent states?
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Samuel @terrierdaze.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Still seeing people struggling to comprehend Arsenal as a team capable of attacking and not reliant on set pieces. I think we all knew this team was there under the surface last year. Loving it now
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Samuel @terrierdaze.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Much of my recent life has been reading "canonical" literature and then encouraging friends and coworkers to read it. It feels obvious to see the beauty of works everyone says are worthwhile, but a rewarding experience nonetheless to discover or rediscover these in adulthood
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Samuel @terrierdaze.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Just finished The Politics of Ritual by Molly Farneth. Solid book and would recommend to anyone who might get a little weird about rituals
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Samuel @terrierdaze.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Honestly, not sure I deserve to be this happy the opening weekend for the Premier League
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Samuel @terrierdaze.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Yesterday, I was under the impression you're expected to dominate newly promoted clubs. I guess that's an Arsenal thing?
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Samuel @terrierdaze.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Premier League is back! COYG
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Samuel @terrierdaze.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
As a fan of the Scream movies, part of me feels that after 3 they probably should have stopped. Sometimes you just need to make a different movie with different characters
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Tom @dixitinsipiens.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
"One side encouraged people to put their preferred pronouns in their email signatures. The other has shot innocent people with no criminal records in the head point-blank. I have never felt this politically homeless."
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Samuel @terrierdaze.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Starting a Christian ed class at my church using @kennethjwoo.bsky.social's book. Really excited to discuss Calvin with folks at my church
A picture of a copy of John Calvin, Refugee Theologian: Introducing a Reformer in Exile by Kenneth J. Woo
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Samuel @terrierdaze.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Would recommend Bruce Gordon's biography of Institutes of the Christian Religion. Probably as good an introduction as any for understanding the reception history around Calvin.
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Samuel @terrierdaze.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
"It would take the great German theologian Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768-1834), alongside lesser figures, to recover Reformed Protestantism in the nineteenth century" Bruce Gordon in his bio of Institutes.
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Samuel @terrierdaze.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
"The Institutes is an extended hymn of praise by an exiled Frenchman to a saving God he believed never abandoned the faithful." Bruce Gordon in his biography of Calvin's Institutes
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Samuel @terrierdaze.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
It's John Calvin's birthday! I've amassed several books on Calvin and his work over the years. I think to commemorate the occasion I'm going to pick up this long neglected volume on my shelf
A copy of Bruce Gordon's book John Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion: A Biography
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arseblog @arseblog.com · 06/07/2026
What a hero. Saved us from extra-time and sent Ronaldo out. I love Premier League winner Mikel Merino
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Samuel @terrierdaze.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Played a guy wearing a founders ministries t shirt at a blitz chess tournament and won. A true W for the liberal Reformed camp
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Samuel @terrierdaze.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Pulisic scoring an offside goal about sums up what I think about how good he his.
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Samuel @terrierdaze.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Me when I sac a rook and knight to get a checkmate
Mikhail Tal smoking a cigarette
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Samuel @terrierdaze.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Marilynne Robinson on the beach.
A copy of Marilynne Robinson's book Reading Genesis with a beach in the background
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Samuel @terrierdaze.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Something I've learned about the English after Arsenal won the Premier League, which is as long as you say "fair play" any amount of salt and copium can come out of your mouth and people will think you've taken things in good spirits
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Samuel @terrierdaze.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Waking up tired, but elated. Witnessing Arsenal win the league is a dream come true
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Samuel @terrierdaze.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Have had the pleasure of revisiting Iowa for my sister's graduation and there is something special about the Midwest. There is a certain charm that I was not expecting
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Poorly Drawn Arsenal @poorlydrawnarsenal.com · 10/05/2026
ENEMYSHIP WITH VAR ENDED. FRIENDSHIP WITH VAR STARTED.
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Samuel @terrierdaze.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
After watching the Arsenal match, I simultaneously feel we got away with one AND got robbed. Lol
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Amy Lawrence @amylawrence.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Not a great look for a manager to pick on an on-loan teenager from another country who may well have a hard time with language/adaptation when the team he joined has been a mess this season. A cheap and poorly aimed shot.
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Samuel @terrierdaze.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Maybe a hot take, but reactions to the would-be assassin indicate educated leftists and liberals are just as susceptible to propaganda. The conspiracy narrative or even the "of course someone from a Reformed church would be violent" hot takes do a lot of work to paper over uncomfortable truths
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Kenneth J. Woo @kennethjwoo.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
At its recent meeting in Birmingham, the Calvin Studies Society elected three new trustees. Read more about Angela Carpenter, Nick Cumming, Sam Ha, and the rest of the CSS Board here: www.calvinstudiessociety.org/officers @samha1.bsky.social
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James Martin, SJ @jamesmartinsj.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Pope Leo XIV: "Even the holy Name of God, the God of life, is being dragged into discourses of death. A world of brothers and sisters with one heavenly Father vanishes, as in a nightmare, giving way to a reality populated by enemies"
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Samuel @terrierdaze.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
I've been down a rabbit hole of biblical scholarship popularizers and it is wild to me how confident they are in their assertions. Almost rely exclusively on authority as scholars. All while criticizing the overconfidence of people making theological assertions regarding scripture
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Samuel @terrierdaze.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
The Easter faith feels difficult this year. But I believe Christ is risen and that all the sin and death of this world is not the final word on our lives. This is my hope, that life and God's grace endure even in our moments of despair
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Robert Paq @barth-bro.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Alone thou goest forth, O Lord, in sacrifice to die; is this thy sorrow naught to us who pass unheeding by? Our sins, not thine, thou bearest, Lord; make us thy sorrow feel, till through our pity and our shame love answers love’s appeal
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Samuel @terrierdaze.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
At a different Presbyterian Church for Good Friday and got the best seat in the house
Stained glass window depicting John Calvin, John Knox, and Martin Luther next to another stained glass window depicting the Westminster Assembly
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Samuel @terrierdaze.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
I had to work today and so missed the No Kings protests. However, it seems fitting that the protest happened today as many Christians who protested Saturday will go to church on Sunday and be reminded of how Jesus is a humble king in contrast to rulers who think might makes right
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Samuel @terrierdaze.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Incredible to me how available Dale Allison makes himself to podcasters and youtubers. Honestly grateful that one of the foremost biblical scholars is that accessible, but how does he find the time
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Samuel @terrierdaze.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
See how that first inning unfolded was an important reminder that I should never feel any amount of optimism regarding the Pirates
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Samuel @terrierdaze.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Lol. Haha. 😂🤣😭 I'm dead inside
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Samuel @terrierdaze.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
The historical accuracy of Calvin's commentary here is certainly in question, but from my reading of Calvin he loves this sort of imagery of Christ's meekness contrasting the power and riches of worldly success
Calvin commenting on Matthew 21:1-11, where he describes Jesus displaying himself as a meek king to distinguish his kingdom from the kingdoms of the world
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 24/03/2026
3. An odd theological aside: the profound religious chasm between Talarico and these guys notwithstanding, *both* of their faith traditions (PCUSA and CREC, respectively) are Calvinist. Calvinism has a much, much broader spectrum of interpretations — especially politically — than many people think.
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Samuel @terrierdaze.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Anyone have reading recommendations on the Confessing Church? Came across someone (I think Tom Greggs) mentioning Bonhoeffer's relationship with von Harnack and am interested in tracking down how theological liberals were involved or informed the Confessing Church
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Samuel @terrierdaze.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
That was terrible. But maybe without the quadruple talk we can focus on winning the league
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Samuel @terrierdaze.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Having some fun in Alaska
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