Devin Deuell

“I was once asked by a prominent newspaper Op Ed column: "what is wrong with the world today?" A wise man wrote in: "Dear editor, I am."” Chesterton

[Devin Deuell @devindeuell]

“No one does more harm in the Church than he who has the title or rank of holiness and acts perversely.” — Gregory the Great

[Chris Broussard @Chris_Broussard]

If u can’t clearly & boldly state the craziness of Democrats being unable to define what a woman is & saying men can get pregnant, AND the madness of Republicans defending the murder of Alex Pretti, then you’re following a political party/ideology & not The Lord Jesus Christ.

[Terry McAulay @tjmcaulay]

When a backward pass is ruled forward and incomplete, Replay can reverse if there is a clear recovery in the immediate continuing action. The recovering team is awarded the ball at the spot of recovery.

Let me make this perfectly clear: whether a whistle is blown or not is completely irrelevant.

[Devin Deuell @devindeuell]

Hey @LAUSDSup , data says 1:1 classroom tech is bad. I have 3 kids in the school system and wholeheartedly agree. But LAUSD has bought in hook, line, and sinker.

Why don’t we move the funding to better teachers/TA’s?

[Jonathan Haidt @JonHaidt]

There is more and more evidence that putting computers and tablets on students' desks (1:1 devices) was a terrible mistake. I agree with @AdamMGrant that "it's time to remove laptops [and tablets] from classrooms."

[Devin Deuell @devindeuell]

Following Jesus makes people beautiful in the truest sense. 2 cor 5:14-15 “for the love of Christ controls us because we have concluded this: one has died for all, therefore all have died. He died for all so that those who live would no longer live for themselves…”

[Devin Deuell @devindeuell]

@LorcanaFinance We’ve opened 36 boxes from a total of 3 different stores and had 1 iconic Minnie and averaged 1.5 epics/box. I know others who have opened as many boxes and no iconic. I do not think it’s even close to 1/16 boxes for an iconic…

[Devin Deuell @devindeuell]

Hey @edstetzer , does @talbottheology offer any scholarships for church planters in SoCal?

[Devin Deuell @devindeuell]

@ink_decks @fadgames Wrong rapunzel

[Devin Deuell @devindeuell]

@lorcanatheo I'm loving ❤️💛 set 8 strength/Tinker Bell: https://t.co/C9bPxBogjR

[Devin Deuell @devindeuell]

@JebasSbb candy drift is the new card that makes Maximus uber viable

[Devin Deuell @devindeuell]

This is the one season I’m going to guard my heart all year, pay little attention to them till October, then they actually win the WS and I wasn’t there to enjoy the season.

[jordan @jordan03__]

No Mariners division lead or good stretch will ever get me excited until game 162 is over because of last year

[Devin Deuell @devindeuell]

@timkellernyc Objective truth across nearly all crimes in all major cities. Does not mean lostness has decreased, so defensiveness is unwarranted unless political priors threatened...

[Anthony Bradley @drantbradley]

Experiencing this is better than traveling, bottomless brunches, a useless master’s degree, and careerism. Two generations were misled by their elders about this, sadly. What you’re seeing is “leveling up,” not “settling down.”

[Devin Deuell @devindeuell]

@Tx_mama_bear @drantbradley @megbasham “Shouldn’t” is a prohibition and I’m not saying that. Freedom to gather according to groupings for the purpose of speaking to that groups needs and share unique vulnerability is not strange. You are confusing categories and texts to suit yourself.

[Devin Deuell @devindeuell]

@Tx_mama_bear @drantbradley @megbasham You didn’t answer my question. Does your church have men’s and women’s events separately? Spanish ministry? It would seem that any created distinctions that remain in heaven can be necessary to gather here. See rev 7:9, 21:26, etc that the nations will still exist in heaven.

[Devin Deuell @devindeuell]

@Tx_mama_bear @drantbradley @megbasham Does your church do women’s breakfasts? Men’s ministry? That sounds like you’re violating “oneness in Christ Jesus”.

[Devin Deuell @devindeuell]

@MichaelRWear @Mattjdixon @MattSmethurst Yes. We have many 18-30’s in our church who grew up in ‘gospel centered’ stuff and think they do not need to care about obeying half the NT, or anything in the OT 😂

[Anthony Bradley @drantbradley]

Self-control is freedom.

[William Payne @TweetsbyCoachP]

“You are not a failure until you start blaming others for your mistakes”

- John Wooden

[Makoto Fujimura @iamfujimura]

Dear Wormwood

We managed a frenzy of attention from “The Last Supper” (a painting I despise and I refuse to understand) controversy during the Olympics. Well done. You incited, as planned, many so called “Christians” who think their “faith” is all about being offended by the world we control. The more we can agitate them, even to use violence and destructive means as a way to show grievances, the better. Mixing in our Bacchus feast to confuse them was your most brilliant touch. That will be written into our annals of most clever (uncreative) acts.

What was truly a delight to me, my dear Wormwood, was to see how this issue detracted from the actual competitions which requires so much discipline and training. Our Enemy’s playbook is filled with such allusions which we have tried to copy. But, as you know, we have yet to fully capitalize on what these athletes attain in discipline. This will require further research. You may think that the Enemy delights in seeing hard work and artistry, but we can also turn that spectacle into the device of ego for our purposes.

What our subjects call “the arts” are so full of potential and yet so dangerous for us! We need to make sure that artists are filled with anger, so much so that they forget that their gifts given to them can create works that are the most excruciatingly blinding to us. When I even think about the aforementioned work, I shudder and am filled with incomprehensible despair. Why is that? Well, it seems that when best of them practice their craft, they remind us of how high we used to fly, but now that we are earthbound (and subterranean), limited in our vista. The arts somehow makes us, yes even us, to long for such a world of splendor which we chose to leave behind.

Inciting to cause cultural havoc has been an easy playbook. Do not get used to using the same tricks. Keep them focused on the past glories to defend, rather than future hopes. You and I are not capable to see the future as they do. Artists can cause much trouble for us, and their gift, especially with discipline, is the hardest to tame. Yet, as you’ve done many times successfully, artists are so easily tempted into despair with their open hearts. Artists see with the Light which blinds us, and are capable of creating a new vista which our minds cannot bear. That’s why we need to keep reminding them the impracticality of being an artist. It is impossible to be an artist (keep whispering that into their ears)! That lie has worked so well I wonder if they don’t realize that the Enemy is the only true Artist.

Your Affectionate Uncle,

Screwtape (2024 #theologyofmaking version)