Jason Albertson

Student of course design & online pedagogy, Greek and Bible Survey teacher, fan of animated kids' movies because they ask the big questions

[Jason Albertson @JasonAlbertso14]

@freganmitts This seems really insightful and likely true.

Idea - could the super adult thing also explain a lot of road rage?

[Diane Langberg, PhD @DianeLangberg]

We often assume that if sufferers are bringing God’s glory into their suffering, they will not scream or bleed but sit quietly, hands folded, and smile peacefully. Glory is never found in such pretense. Our glorious Lord screamed and bled.

[Jason Albertson @JasonAlbertso14]

@Andrewnsnyder You see this theme in MacDonald's "The Princess and Curdie" too, where the touch purified by Irene's sacred fire can discern the human becoming beast and the beast becoming human. Super cool!

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

The cross is part of the mission. The imperialist occupation of the world is disrupted from within; the violence that until now has been the law is unmasked. The poor, imprisoned, and rejected Messiah descends into the darkness of death, yet in so doing He brings a new creation to light. #HolyThursday

[Jason Albertson @JasonAlbertso14]

@Suzi3D It's almost like AI is wielded not by the end user but by the international spy cloud

[Sharon Hodde Miller @SHoddeMiller]

It has never been easier to divest ourselves of partisan allegiances. These leaders will absolutely betray you.

But Jesus never will.

[Peter Leithart @PLeithart]

"If you've seen Me, you've seen the Father," Jesus says. Also: The Son does nothing but what He sees the Father doing.

Jesus was born as a baby in Bethlehem, and says, in effect, "God is like that."

[Diane Langberg, PhD @DianeLangberg]

“May God in His mercy lead us through these times, but above all, may He lead us to Himself.”

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, penned from prison

[Susannah Black Roberts @suzania]

Don't do this. You can choose not to. It's unjust that you have even been presented with the option to outsource your human connection, and I am sorry that you are put in the position to make the choice, but you can still choose not to. Talk to your friends. Talk to God.

[Jason Albertson @JasonAlbertso14]

@spellgage I remember Galen Currah talking about using burgers and coke for communion while church-planting in closed countries. He practiced communion every time he met with believers, and that allowed them to partake together in public (at McDonald's). Cool guy!

[Amy Mantravadi @AmyMantravadi]

Oh, Lord, grant me what is real
Not the imaginings of machines
Not the lies of Left or Right
Not the accusations of the enemy
Not the masks we don
Grant me your light and truth
Shower me with your grace
Reveal your goodness here and now
Nature, truth, beauty
This body aging by the day
Earth, sky, air, water
The laughter of my son
Your body and your blood
Let me feast on what’s real

[Samuel James @Digitalliturgy]

I see a connection between the spirit of MAiD and the tyranny of generative AI. Death as more efficient than suffering. The human person, with all its weaknesses and errors, as an obstacle to overcome, rather than a treasure to protect.

[Dr. Michael J. Svigel @Svigel]

It has never been the calling of the Church to preserve Greek culture, Roman culture, Victorian culture, German culture, or American culture—though throughout her history she has been conscripted into these fools’ crusades.

[Jason Albertson @JasonAlbertso14]

@natashakennedu Praying for you and your family!

[Amy Mantravadi @AmyMantravadi]

As you see evil and injustice in your feed, remember it was because of such things that the Son of God became man, lived righteously, and died on a cross. Not only for that, but for the sin in your heart and mine. He nailed it to the cross, making sinners just, and rising again to grant us new life.

I am grateful that Holy Week has come at a time when so many are fearful about the state of the world, crying out for justice. For the events of Holy Week remind us that our true enemies are sin, death, and the devil, and all have been vanquished by Jesus Christ.

This means that no matter how bad things get here, we can look forward to a resurrection, a righteous king, a thing completely new. There is hope and healing beyond this moment because he died and rose again.

So we too can say, “Father, forgive them. They know not what they do.” Because we too knew nothing, and we have been forgiven everything. We can pass on love, and grace, and forgiveness to others. In his victory, we too are conquerors. We are free.

Does this mean we must remain silent forever? We can never work for justice on earth? Certainly not! But it means we can do those things with hope and confidence, knowing that at the end of the day, light will triumph.

(Crucifixion by Lucas Cranach, 1532)

[Sharon Hodde Miller @SHoddeMiller]

The Jesus of Holy Monday is, for many people, their favorite Jesus. This is the Jesus who finally gets angry, confronts injustice, & overturns tables pro wrestling style.

We love this Jesus because we want to be this Jesus. But we are not Jesus in this story. We are the temple.

[Jason Albertson @JasonAlbertso14]

@DAHartkopf Fiction! :) but in nonfiction: I'm having a great time with Daniel Silliman's Reading Evangelicals.

[Jason Albertson @JasonAlbertso14]

@AmyMantravadi Sure thing! https://t.co/TcZzDPo33n

[Mere Fidelity @MereFidelity]

The church is not a building but a body.

- Brad East, in his new book, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘩: 𝘈 𝘎𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘰𝘥

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