Matthew Moffitt

I’ve been trying to grapple with a couple of Christian theorists who set out to defend liberty…and a few year later became cheer leaders for authoritarian administrations in the US and Europe. Throwing some O’Donovan in there for good measure.

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And fresh from today. I finally made a iCal Church Calendar for lesser feasts and saints. You can subscribe here ⛪️🗓️➡️ webcal://p66-caldav.icloud.com/published/2/NDAxODQxODc1NDAxODQxONce-2mzXpzBHxcug-dpWOe354esWCwdrrWnhzgmQwqxuadzCbBBv-7P_x2EYBdiLr4bFWFi2MPOOPM_49hXej4

My iCal Church Calendar is now up to date until Trinity Sunday 2027. It has each Sunday with the collect, plus the red letter feast days: webcal://p66-caldav.icloud.com/published/2/NDAxODQxODc1NDAxODQxONce-2mzXpzBHxcug-dpWOdVQ-whtYQmMVXi4_vS63sNxWxRJ5rpfGLrz3spHXnQcATW_meQhRKluJam0mLg8Hs

‘Therefore, let it be regarded as a settled principle that the sacraments have the same office as the Word of God: to offer and set forth Christ to us, and in him the treasures of heavenly grace.’
– John Calvin (Institutes 4.14.17)

‘Love is the seed of every virtue and of every act that calls for condemnation.’
– Dante

Sad Escobar meme

When the test match finishes inside 7 sessions

Preaching bands…I guess there’s a first time for everything

One day, we won’t need candles anymore.

Happy new year 🥳

Augustine says the Lord loves each of us as an only child, and that has to be true. "He will wipe the tears from all faces." It takes nothing from the loveliness of the verse to say that is exactly what will be required."
– Marilynne Robinson, Gilead

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"There are two occasions when the sacred beauty of Creation becomes dazzlingly apparent, and they occur together. One is when we feel our mortal insufficiency to the world, and the other is when we feel the world's mortal insufficiency to us...

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An Advent Bible Reading Plan This Bible reading plan was originally developed by me for Advent in 2013 for a blog I ran with Alison, The Advent Project. Because I’m tired of the ads wordpress insists on placing on the original pa...

Looking for an Advent Bible reading plan? Here's one I prepared earlier for the @adventusproject matthewmoffitt.substack.com/p/an-advent-...

With Chris Watkin at Cite Conference

Yesterday at #Cite24 I had the great honour of introducing my favourite researcher in European Languages (French Studies), @drchriswatkin.bsky.social

“God who is beyond fullness did not bring creatures into being out of any need of his, but that he might enjoy their proportionate participation in him and that he might delight in his works seeing them delighted and ever insatiably satisfied with the one who is inexhaustible.” Maximus the Confessor

The Great Cause: F. B. Boyce’s Campaign to Abolish Alcohol in New South Wales The Great Cause: F. B. Boyce’s Campaign to Abolish Alcohol in New South Wales

Around white ribbon day, my mind often turns to the Australian temperance movement, one of the earliest efforts in Australia to combat family violence. Here’s an essay I wrote several years ago on one of the leading figures, Bertie Boyce.

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Stir up, we beseech thee, O Lord

"Worship is rest that finds an object to rest in; apart from the object of worship rest will be empty inactivity."
- Oliver O'Donovan

It’s amazing the number of people who take Ashley Null’s summary of Cranmer’s theology to be a direct quote from Thomas Cranmer

My students already talk about the Glen Scrivener meme, now there is the Glen Scrivener reel: www.instagram.com/reel/DCIQXc-...

Mark Rylance is just so good in #wolfhall

Is this Y2K?

If you’re having a bad day, spare a thought for the lift at the Sydney Olympics Aquatic Centre that still thinks it’s the year 2000…pre-Olympics

See the explanation from @austanglican.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/aust...