Ryan O'Dowd

Husband, father, pastor, scholar. Novice baker, gardener, writer, & believer in the sacredness of ordinary life—'the deep down freshness of ordinary things' GMH

[Scott R. Swain @scottrswain]

Do not disturb.

[Ryan O'Dowd @RyanPODowd]

clever

[Drew @drewdyck]

can’t go to church, the pews are too hard

[Rory Stewart @RoryStewartUK]

A genuine astonishing scientific breakthrough - 👇Happy New Year all

[Ryan O'Dowd @RyanPODowd]

@WillKynes Very sad in one way, of course, but a light of hope for the future of Wisdom Literature!

[Ryan O'Dowd @RyanPODowd]

New school tech-ed: How do I get a good job?
Old school liberal arts: Where are we? Who is my neighbor? What is truth?

In a polarized, depressed, & wandering culture, what are our priorities? https://t.co/j3TO0y8Qbi

[Ryan O'Dowd @RyanPODowd]

A new piece with friend and colleague Karl Johnson https://t.co/AHzQ74iBJY

[Ryan O'Dowd @RyanPODowd]

@biblicalmindmag @rwnicholson_ Plundering the Egyptians as it's been quoted from Augustine, though his phrasing is slightly different. To create a Hebrew/Greek binary seems to avoid, rather than engage the actual history of ideas.

[The Biblical Mind @biblicalmindmag]

Your view of the Bible is either Hellenic or Hebraic, which will affect how you interpret not only the Bible, but also Western history, writes @rwnicholson_.
https://t.co/PhwckbjMfN

[Ryan O'Dowd @RyanPODowd]

@biblicalmindmag @rwnicholson_ The early Christians relied on Greek ideas that helped them to explain mysteries that could not be explained but the text alone.

[Ryan O'Dowd @RyanPODowd]

@biblicalmindmag @rwnicholson_ The "hebraic mind" is fact deeply indebted to Egyptian, Hittite, Assyrian, Persian and Greek thought. Cultures have always absorbed and adapted such that there is no 'pure' culture.

[Ryan O'Dowd @RyanPODowd]

@biblicalmindmag @rwnicholson_ Fascinating. But I wonder whether the dichotomy is true to history.

[Matthew Lynch @MattLynch_OT]

***Book Giveaway*** My book "Portraying Violence" is out in paperback from @CambridgeUP. RT for a chance to win a copy. It has exactly ZERO reviews on Amazon, so if you want to review it there, don't let me stop you.

[The Biblical Mind @biblicalmindmag]

@RyanPODowd joined the podcast last week to talk about the practices instructed by Deuteronomy that help us understand Scripture.

Full episode here: https://t.co/lWlnD8No0U

[Ryan O'Dowd @RyanPODowd]

The irony here is too good to pass by. Scandalized by a country that has its secrets and that tracks the behavior of its people (no, certainly not all good), accept citizenship in a country that, well, fill in the blank.... All the best

[Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum]

Edward Snowden, a Russian asset who is now a Russian national

https://t.co/UQUlGtDY1m

[Ryan O'Dowd @RyanPODowd]

There is certainly a universal good in this law that transcends times and cultures

[Dustin Messer @dustinwmesser]

In college Alistair Begg encouraged a group of us to finish our homework on Saturday so we could rest on Sunday. I raised questions about sabbatarianism, etc. & in his Scottish brogue he said, "Brother, if Moses & Chick-fil-A need a day off, so do you."

That settled it for me.

[Ryan O'Dowd @RyanPODowd]

This is the sad life of a gifted influencer

[𝐃𝐫𝐮 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 @Dru_Johnson]

I find this all very hard to believe.

[Ryan O'Dowd @RyanPODowd]

On the "fear of the Lord" https://t.co/KK6jVxZYRO and a book to go with it.

[Ryan O'Dowd @RyanPODowd]

Thank you, David! It was moving for me as I compiled that final section from my reading of some very gifted scholars.

[Ryan O'Dowd @RyanPODowd]

I think this really started a great conversation. It always takes work to translate clearly, but it's worth the effort. And if we expanded to ten or more words, we might add hesed, torah, šuv, yadah...

[The Biblical Mind @biblicalmindmag]

To understand the thought-worlds of the biblical authors, we sometimes need to work at their words in the original language. Here are 5 Hebrew Words every Christian should know.

[Ryan O'Dowd @RyanPODowd]

A call to reflect on the intersection of the Eucharist and our humanity

[𝐃𝐫𝐮 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 @Dru_Johnson]

Next up from our "Biblical Rituals in a Digital Age" series:
@RyanPODowd.
https://t.co/kSbR6WuSLQ