drbeagles 🦬

Lutheran campus pastor at @mlcames, Cubs fan, musician, dad

[PBS News @NewsHour]

Was America founded as a Christian nation?

As the nation nears its 250th anniversary next month, @JudyWoodruff reports on how old questions about faith and the founding are once again being pushed to the forefront.

Watch part of her conversation with historian John Fea.

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No white smoke for the LCMS today. Have to try again.

[Ross Dellenger @RossDellenger]

Athletic officials from Nebraska and Georgia sent department-wide memos today instructing their coaches and sport deputies not to schedule Texas Tech. If games are already scheduled, the schools may work to cancel the matchups.

Here's Georgia's message:

[OBVIOUS SHIRTS® @obvious_shirts]

RETWEET IF YOU APPRECIATE JAVIER ASSAD!! #Cubs

[Christopher Kratovil @chris_kratovil]

As a veteran Texas litigator who has fought my fair share of TRO/TI battles, several things to be aware of regarding the temporary injunction order issued to allow Brendan Sorsby to play for Texas Tech this season:

(1) The temporary injunction obtained by Sorsby is valid through the date of trial. So by setting the trial date for after the college football season ends the Lubbock County state district court effectively awards Sorsby ultimate relief; he can play the full season under the TI, excluding only the first two games carved out in the text of the TI order.

(2) In Texas a TI is subject to immediate (“interlocutory”) appeal. The appeal will go to the 7th Court of Appeals in Amarillo, Texas.

(3) The problem with the appeal is that even an accelerated appeal of the TI order is likely to take at least 9 to 12 months, meaning the college football season will be long over before the Amarillo Court of Appeals affirms or vacates the TI.

(4) The only way the interlocutory appeal of the TI order gets resolved before the college football season ends is if the Amarillo Court of Appeals orders expedited briefings and decides the appeal “on the papers” without oral argument. But even such an expedited appeal is likely to run well into the college football season.

(5) At bottom, as Diego Pavia and now Brendan Sorsby illustrate, these sort of emergency injunctive proceedings are a huge problem for the NCAA: hometown judges (in Texas elected at the county level) err on the side of granting the TI to allow the key player to play for Hometown U, and the college football season is much shorter than the appellate process. So the preliminary ruling on the emergency injunction effectively decides the entire case and, if granted, allows the player to play a full season.

[Shay Foulk @FoulkShay]

Our church is looking for a transitional pastor. Zip code 61565. Presbyterian (ECO). Rural community, manse available, great place for family or any age. Thank you for prayers and sharing

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@benjamindcrosby https://t.co/2ltr0HFDkd

[LifeSiteNews @LifeSite]

The Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Spain is home to both the body of St. James and the largest thurible in the world. It weighs approximately 175 pounds and swings in a 213-foot arc during Mass.

[LifeSiteNews @LifeSite]

The Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Spain is home to both the body of St. James and the largest thurible in the world. It weighs approximately 175 pounds and swings in a 213-foot arc during Mass.

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@benjamindcrosby We did that a few years ago, worked well.

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@bschultzy The Jets and Giants don’t play in New York, the niners aren’t in San Francisco anymore, and the Rams don’t play in St Louis.

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@bschultzy

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15 years.

[MLB @MLB]

Seiya Suzuki makes a PERFECT throw to nab the runner at 3rd! 😮

[kang @jaycaspiankang]

Next up in my series about whether my 9 year old daughter will be going to college: I talked to 12 professors about how AI has changed their classrooms. https://t.co/8m0SBvRyKp

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@lymanstoneky @brownmp @PastorSharp @tapanisimojoki My vicarage circuit in southern IL, at least that’s how it was 20 years ago. Circuit visitor, my supervising pastor, and the vicars communed at circuit meeting. Everyone else either didn’t commune or came after the communion service. Days of being in a state of confession.

[Karl Vaters @KarlVaters]

Pastoral transition is one of the most dangerous moments in the life of most churches. And the longer and more successful the pastorate, the harder it tends to be when they leave.

Certainly, losing a beloved pastor is a time for sadness. But it shouldn’t be as devastating as it so often is.

https://t.co/vMq4F8BtDr

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@bschultzy @TheDonStein The other part may be that if governing by social media is fine for POTUS it’s fine for POLCMS.

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@bschultzy @TheDonStein I’d assume it’s partly due to the fact the he might have access to social media while whoever has access to the more official communications is unavailable since it’s a holiday.

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@DrJordanBCooper @becomelutheran Any chance this will be turned into a paper/article? Not a long video fan.

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Grateful for the friendship and fellowship we have with the local AALC church and their pastors. Praying the relationship continues on the national level.

[Dr Jordan B. Cooper @DrJordanBCooper]

Not too long ago, @becomelutheran jokingly said that the LCMS owes me a paycheck for all the converts I have sent to their churches. Well, they've done precisely the opposite. Despite the fact that I have sent dozens of men to LCMS seminaries, and hundreds (thousands?) Of men and women to LCMS congregations through Just and Sinner, the leadership of the Synod has chosen to continue to misrepresent my church body, and has threatened to break fellowship with us. Some of this has been pointed to me quite directly, including from the president of the LCMS. I urge you to watch my recent discussion on the AALC's YouTube channel about these matters.