Ray Ortlund

Too much disobedience is whitewashed in the guise of not wanting to be a hypocrite by doing what one doesn’t feel like doing. Doing what is commanded when you don’t feel like it isn’t hypocrisy. It’s obedience. Christian, don’t let expressive individualism fool you.

The photographic negative of real Christianity:

Make America Beautiful Again

The glib moral relativism of the 60s and 70s is dead. Our fashionable nightmare is finally over. Good.

Now, can we build shared moral structures without brutalizing one another?

Only the gospel of Jesus creates morally serious people who are also humble, gentle.

Nahum 1

Yahweh is:

Jealous
Avenging
Wrathful
Patient
Powerful
Just

It’s not multiple choice.

Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. John 12:24

Tolkien’s epic helped me understand the Bible more clearly — the kind of narrative it really is.

We love you two! You’re a blast.

Both solemnizing and encouraging:

“The future of education will be written by leaders bold enough to say, ‘This isn’t working. We can do better.’”

Jane Austen’s Novels Aren’t Just Romantic Why some have regarded the writer as the last great classical ethicist.

Today is the day! It is Jane Austen’s 250th birthday and Austenites have celebrated all year long! 🎂 #JaneAusten250 #JaneAusten

ICYMI, here’s my essay at The Dispatch on Austen’s legacy as a virtue ethicist:

thedispatch.com/newsletter/d...

YouTube video by Kanjii THE BLESSING KENYA

Heavenly: youtu.be/G0BppDtl3_Q?...

Flying home last night. Thank you, Father.

Great game!

Our sacred privilege, today and every day:

How do I hold strong convictions without contempt?

Conviction can feel like a battle. And we're called to a different posture. Not soft on truth, but strong in love.

Jeffrey Epstein survivors released a new video urging Congress to vote to release the Epstein files

We Can't Ignore This for Another Decade The Screen Problem Destroying Student Learning

We say one of the purposes of schools is to teach children to think critically. So why aren’t more educators thinking critically about edtech?

open.substack.com/pub/restorec...

Thank you, Dad, for your service to our country. #veteransday

Wisdom:

Oh, just another great win for Ohio State football!

This isn’t a list of winners in the eyes of the world. It’s a map for the spiritually homeless. The politically displaced. The weary, the wondering, the ones who whisper, “Surely this isn’t how it’s supposed to be.”

Christian faithfulness:

Coming out in a few months. Enjoy!

Confessions of a Former Social-Mediaholic I’ve been sober now for nearly six years, and I’m not turning back.

“In the six years since [getting off social media], I’ve noticed I see things differently. Light is brighter. Trees are more intricate. Squirrels are more hysterical. Sin is more bitter. Christ is sweeter.”
www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/conf...

Because beautiful Christian community *is* missional: