If the Church speaks out in the public square, it should be for the primary benefit of others—even her enemies!—and not (or only incidentally) out of self-interest.

Jesus welcomed sinners, and was jailed and executed by the state. And yet we’ve got these “Christian” clowns out here arguing that the state should jail and execute those that the clowns deem sinners.

I don’t know, you guys. Maybe they just really don’t like LGBTQ people…

It’s pizza and movie night, y’all 🍕🎬

Currently reading: After Evangelicalism by David P Gushee 📚

What’s the best, most honest work of “apologetics” that you’ve read?

OK, who owns therev.dev domain?

So, ChatGPT-4 was having a HARD TIME helping me write a Python script to place correctly-encoded events onto a Kinesis Stream for testing purposes. I’ve got an Avro event schema in AWS Glue Schema Registry and would like to put test events onto a specific Kinesis Stream. Can I do this in Python?

Thinking about resurrecting 8020 Tools. “Timeless Tools for a Better Life.” Taking an 80/20 “Pareto” approach to becoming healthy, wealthy, and wise. What should my publishing mechanism be? I’ve used Squarespace and WordPress in the past. Interested in trying something new.

I resonate with Thomas’s desire for tangible proof of the risen Christ. Thomas saw and felt the wounds “which neither heal nor fester” (to borrow a phrase from Robert Jenson). If you’ve doubted Christ’s presence and power, like me and Thomas, what’s made the difference for you?

Curious to know what my fellow micro.bloggers think about ChatGPT!

“Son of Man, Can Your Bones Live?” joshuapsteele.com/son-of-ma…

Happy Ted-nesday to those who celebrate ⚽️

Any good, trustworthy ChatGPT plugins out there for IntelliJ?

Land of the gun, home of the dead.

My Kindle Paperwhite bit the dust. On the lookout for a replacement that can read Kindle books. Do I stick with Kindle Paperwhite? Buy the Supernote that I’ve had my eyes on for awhile? Different Kindle model?

I’ve got an XBox One X now. What are your favorite XBox games?

If you’re preaching tomorrow, are you going with Ezekiel in the Valley of Dry Bones (Ezekiel 37) or Jesus Raising Lazarus (John 11)? (I’m not preaching. Just curious.)

Cracks knuckles Time to climb the career ladder faster than ChatGPT! “Hey ChatGPT, how do I climb…”

Who’s the “Boss Troll™️” of your denomination?