@andrewthayer.bsky.social
Father. Husband. Priest. Oxford D.Phil. & writer. Substack essays on faith, politics & culture. Weimaraner = boss.
Anybody know where the rapture on 23 Sept rumor started?
23.09.2025 17:01 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Rapture today? Hmmmmmm
The Rapture has a history although not really a biblical one. Read more : andrewthayer.substack.com
If heaven was the carrot, hell has always been the stick. Across centuries, preachers, poets, and pop culture have sketched it in lurid detail—The images are absurd, but they stick.
Continue reading at: tinyurl.com/ideaofhell
“You can’t possibly support this argument—you’re a man of the cloth!” - the reaction in an adult ed class when I admitted how much I agreed with the New Atheists’ critiques of religion.
Essay series : THANK GOD I'M AN ATHEIST.
by The Rev. Dr. Andrew Thayer
andrewthayer.substack.com
Theology
RESURRECTION, Part I
The latest: an answer to a 20 year-old question from deeply admired atheist provocateur Christopher Hitchens.
#Resurrection, #EasterHope, #TheologyMatters, #JesusAndJustice, #FaithAndDoubt, #FromDeathToLife
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New Substack Series: STEALING IT BACK!
What if the problem isn’t that people are walking away from God…but that what we call “faith” has been hijacked?
tinyurl.com/Stealingitback
#ReclaimingFaith #ChristianVocabulary #FaithAndJustice #TheologyMatters #SpiritualDeconstruction #SubstackWriters
The Wizard of Oz … a guy pulling levers behind a curtain?
To pull back the curtain on the ideas shaping how we think about law, justice, money... that's theology.
andrewthayer.substack.com
#TheologyMatters #PublicTheology #RestorativeJustice #ChristianityAndCulture #FaithAndPolitics
Please read my latest: andrewthayer.substack.com
12.05.2025 17:13 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Federalist said my Op-Ed in the New York Times made a "2000 year-old mistake" & that Donald Trump "displayed a better understanding of the resurrection." Read my reply tinyurl.com/PalmFed and consider subscribing/supporting #NewYorkTimes #Christianity #FaithAndPolitics #PublicTheology #Kingdom
28.04.2025 20:28 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
If you liked the Palm Sunday Op-Ed in the New York Times…
…you’ll want to read the rest of the week.
#nytimes gave me one day to talk about Palm Sunday.
But #holyweek is a whole story.
Here is the whole week—#PalmSunday to #Easter.
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tinyurl.com/SatHolyWeek
Reflection for the Saturday of Holy Week.
HAPPY (Almost) EASTER EVERYONE!
