Daniel Silliman

As I sd to my
friend, because I am
always talking,—John, I

sd, which was not his
name, the darkness sur-
rounds us, what

can we do against
it, or else, shall we &
why not, buy a goddamn big car,

drive, he sd, for
christ’s sake, look
out where yr going.

Probably some

I wonder what people mean by "spiritual action."

These sweatshirts are causing controversy in Albuquerque, where Tim Keller (not that one) is running for reelection as mayor.

But what are the chances these were made by fans of the other (real) Tim Keller?

Romanian Lawsuits Multiply Against Harvest Christian Fellowship and Pastor Greg Laurie Romanian lawsuits are multiplying against Pastor Greg Laurie & Harvest Christian Fellowship as 12 men allege abuse in church-linked orphanages

Read the full story here: julieroys.com/romanian-law...

My first story for @julieroys.bsky.social: Two lawsuits became four, four became six, then six a dozen. Now megachurch pastor Greg Laurie, his Riverside, California-based Harvest Christian Fellowship, and two former ministers of that church are facing 12 different lawsuits from 12 different men.

Heh

Today in the life of my Appalachian church, an elder gave me 16 lbs of hog fat he needed to get rid of.

I guess I’m going to render it and make soap?

Classic case of Supreme Court-scrambled discourse today.

The central question cuts across ideological lines: can the govt subpoena lists of donors?

But the question actually argued is procedural. When is appeal allowed?

Meanwhile the public debate is just, “how do you feel about the plaintiffs?”

Story about me on the site now julieroys.com/former-senio...

New gig announcement:

Fact of the day: The first Holy Land map printed in a Bible was printed backwards, so the Mediterranean Sea appeared to be to the east.

Would love to know if “us” was Protestants or English people or humans generally or Latimer’s friends or

As it is said,

“Today, if you hear their voices,
do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”

Shame the Devil And pray for people to be faithful to the responsibility of their calling.

Full thing in my email newsletter: danielsilliman.substack.com/p/shame-the-...

Who first said “Tell the truth and shame the devil”? I finally tracked down the original quote in a sermon from the 1500s …

The movie Roofman was fun.

But friends, that was not a Presbyterian church.

Regular volunteers are something to behold.

Really loved the movie Train Dreams. Maybe my favorite this year. Like Terrence Malick's Tree of Life, but simpler and beautiful for it.

Today in the life of my Appalachian church, a baby was passed through two full pews.

A third was overcome with jealousy.

Child preachers help evangelicals surge in Catholic Brazil Ester Souza, the 8-year-old daughter of pastors in rural São Paulo state, has millions of social media followers.

Full story unlocked here: wapo.st/3XdGLWU

This happened a lot in American frontier revivals. If everyone has access to God, then the testimony and preaching of a child or anyone without theological training can be powerful—and proof of what God will do.

But it also opens up all kinds of questions about manipulation and abuse

In New Filing, Philadelphia Art Museum Accuses Ex-Director Sasha Suda of Theft Earlier this month, Sasha Suda filed a civil suit against the Philadelphia Art Museum. On Thursday, the museum filed its response.

What a mess www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

My talk on non-creedal evangelicals adopting Nicaea, and why

Really getting the full range of the Evangelcical Theological Society today: Christian Nationalist panel in the morning, women in leadership in the early church in the afternoon.

A very Andrei Rublev-style seating arrangement. Maybe not intentional. But maybe?

Discussion of the problem of the experience of the Trinity at Tremont Temple Baptist Church with Adonis Vidu, Matthew Barrett, and Lewis Ayers.

These two are from his sermons on John. Others from other collections of the sermons.

Homilies on the Gospel of John 1-40 (Vol III/12) (The Works of Saint Augustine: A Translation for the 21st Century) Few ancient Christian authors attempted anything like a complete commentary on the Gospel of John, among them Origen, John Chrysostom and Augustine. Of these, Augustine's must count as the greatest. U...

www.amazon.com/Homilies-Gos...

Augustine’s advice to people preaching: “It is by no means pointless to repeat things that are known, both to instruct those who don’t know them and encourage those who do.”

Augustine’s advice to people listening to sermons: “Look not at the preacher but at the one preached.”