Jon Mathieu

September 28, Ordinary 26C (1 Timothy 6:6-19; Luke 16:19-31) Preachers often bury the lede—especially with this...

“This enraging callousness, this unjust distribution of wealth, is Jesus’ lede, and not just rhetorically but also ethically and theologically.”

– @jonmathieu.bsky.social

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September 21, Ordinary 25C (Jeremiah 8:18-9:1) Jeremiah is the emo...

“Jeremiah is the emo prophet.”

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YouTube video by The Christian Century Evangelicalism, postmodernism, and the question of truth

Writer @annajrollins.bsky.social chats with @jonmathieu.bsky.social about the nature of truth, inside and beyond the conservative Christianity they both used to practice.

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Bar Harbor, Maine, is just mostly ice cream shops. In other words, heaven.

I know “time is money” for Uber drivers more obviously than many others, but could they possibly wait for me to buckle my seat belt before they screech ahead in an attempt to break the sound barrier?

Okay I am watching this New Heights episode with Taylor and I admit, it slaps (when I try to say something cool I have to use words from like 10 years ago)

It’s puzzling to me: these conservative evangelicals are out here talking about truth-telling, truth-telling, truth-telling, but you tell them the truth that they’re ass clowns and they get upset.

You’re welcome! Nice to “meet” you. Our disagreements aside, great job with the book. I’m curious how it is landing in the more conservative evangelical world.

In case you want to read something a little punchy this morning. In this double book review I make the case that evangelicals probably aren’t going to be the ones to give the most meaningful critiques of evangelicalism.

Hopefully some scholars will write about why public CEO infidelity at a Coldplay concert can save the morale of a dying nation. Seriously, I’d read that.

YouTube video by The Christian Century Gender is not binary in the book of Genesis

Bible scholar Julie Faith Parker chats with @jonmathieu.bsky.social about merisms, Hebrew words, and eunuchs in scripture.

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Um, relatable content.

YouTube video by The Christian Century Is all artificial intelligence evil?

Mac Loftin makes the case that artificial intelligence is evil (to Jon, who sort of likes AI).

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Gas is so expensive here in Pittsburgh, PA.

Thanks Obama. I mean Biden. I mean Kamala. I mean California governor Gavin Newsom.

I stumbled upon a video of Counting Crows covering “the 1” by Taylor Swift, which is so well-suited for me specifically that I think when the US crumbles and war takes us all I will die happy.

YouTube video by The Christian Century Why are evangelicals obsessed with Amish country?

Don’t miss @jonmathieu.bsky.social’s chat with @caitwest.bsky.social about evangelicalism, Amish country, and high-control religion.

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Evangelical fantasies in Amish country I grew up in the Quiverfull movement. In the tourism industry of Shipshewana, Indiana, I see a lot that looks...

What do the Quiverfull movement, Christian nationalism, and Plain communities have in common? Apparently, musical theater.

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You ever do that thing where you’re interviewing someone for a magazine and you reach into your pocket for a tissue but instead pull out a length of toilet paper that you forgot was there because your bathroom tissue box ran out?

YouTube video by The Christian Century Can philosophy help us process horrifying headlines?

I’m grateful to Jon Mathieu and everybody at the Christian Century @christiancentury.bsky.social for giving me an opportunity to say more about my recent piece about consent, violence, and the plight of Remeysa Ozturk.

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YouTube video by The Christian Century The theology fueling MAGA evangelicals

Writer @lizcharlottegrant.bsky.social and our @jonmathieu.bsky.social try to understand the extreme theologies lurking just behind the surface of many troubling headlines.

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Really fun and interesting chat with @alanlevinovitz.bsky.social about teaching religion in a university setting.

This essay has it all: Anthony Bourdain, cool theology… okay it has two things, but still it’s great.

This was a fun conversation, and I really appreciate this take on demons.

A pro-Russia intelligence director, an anti-vaccine health secretary. Cool. Cool cool cool.

Someone signed off an email with “PoC,” and my mind scrolled through "Person of color” and ”Piece of crap” before landing on “Peace of Christ.”

On X, my sister (running for judge) was targeted by a right-wing hate group. About 150 of the comments insulted her appearance, sexuality, or gender. I reported the 10 worst comments to the site. The over/under for how many will be disciplined by X is 1. (I should say we’re 0 for the first 5.)

I really enjoy this reflection from Brando Ambro. So many Christians want to "make America great again” without any real sense of what greatness is according to the way of Jesus.

Political demons For theologian and civil rights activist William Stringfellow, understanding American politics means taking demons...

“The combination of political radicalism and biblical Christianity makes William Stringfellow a strange but refreshing voice today, when Christian nationalism is ascendant and the liberal opposition has quit the stage.”

– Mac Loftin

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YouTube video by The Christian Century Jimmy Carter’s faith and legacy

Why are historians reevaluating Jimmy Carter’s presidency? And whatever happened to his version of the Christian faith?

Randall Balmer chats with our @jonmathieu.bsky.social.

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