David Ely

Temporary returnee to the North West of England, via Cyprus, Aberdeen and Glasgow. Father and husband, joyfully presbyterian, optimistic about the future.

[David Ely @guardandkeep]

🎧'Winnie the Pooh' audiobook - only £3.

Perfect for summer car journeys and kids Yoto players.

Get the recording here:
https://t.co/srhImeGA9V

[Ben Zornes @benzornes]

Looking forward to speaking at this conference in the UK (https://t.co/eBkYb0b4c9) along with Joe Boot, @StuartAmidon, @david_a_scholes, @guardandkeep

[David Ely @guardandkeep]

@fredgreco https://t.co/gU0GWsoZtF an approach like this could work/be adapted, especially if you’re wanting to be able to search on topics as well as passage.

[Douglas Wilson @douglaswils]

This morning, while walking from the post office to my office, I achieved an unusual hat trick—in the realm of being reviled. 1/7

[David Ely @guardandkeep]

@RevZekveld I used to pastor a congregation of Iranians in Scotland, and we had more than one occasion of tension because of this.

[David Ely @guardandkeep]

@foucachon Always happy to find another appreciator of Cabin Pressure.

[David Ely @guardandkeep]

It’s common to see people claim that the Genesis account doesn’t care about the historical claims of Darwinism, only its ‘theology’.

But Darwinism only has history. if an exposition of Genesis leaves Darwin’s history unchallenged it necessarily leaves its theology unchallenged.

[David Ely @guardandkeep]

It’s Christmas Eve! And on Christmas Eve there are some who have the appetite for a ghost story. If that’s you, perhaps you would enjoy this short story.

[David Ely @guardandkeep]

A short while ago I wrote a short story, based on an old Cumbrian legend, which was the first time I've put out any fiction. Now, I have recorded audio for it, and I present it here for you to enjoy. If you like it, consider sharing it!

(Re-posted now with the correct file!)

[Andrew Snyder @Andrewnsnyder]

"Have you no idea of progress, of development?"

"I have seen them both in an egg," said Caspian. "We call it Going Bad in Narnia.”

- C.S. Lewis, Voyage of the Dawn Treader

[David Ely @guardandkeep]

No, the problem with ‘nationalism’ in its precise ideological sense is that it seeks to unite humanity along lines that aren’t fundamentally real.

[The Gospel Coalition @TGC]

The fundamental problem with nationalism—in its precise ideological sense—is that it divides humanity along lines the gospel erases. https://t.co/M3bpEDC9MD

[David Ely @guardandkeep]

If the mercator projection was designed to be racist, as is so often insisted, then the perpetrators would’ve banned globes. You can’t make a sphere flat without distortion, you just have to pick your distortion.

[Only In Boston @OnlyInBOS]

Boston Public Schools is the first district in the U.S. to swap out Mercator maps for the Peters projection, a more accurate and equitable depiction of the world that avoids the exaggerated size of Euro-centric countries.

[David Ely @guardandkeep]

Would highly recommend this collection. Go forth and purchase.

[Joffre Swait @JoffreSwait]

Poems about Moscow, ID: WE BRING POMEGRANATES!

Thanks @benzornes for Introduction, and @guardandkeep for the kind words.

Shoutouts in this collection include @foucachon, @douglaswils, @PLeithart, @PresidentNSA, and all the girls at @NewSaintAndrews.

Link to buy in replies.

[David Ely @guardandkeep]

“Many women have done excellently, but you surpass them all.”

It is a little known fact that the Hebrew used in proverbs 31:29 contains within the scope of its poetry specific reference to the glory of a woman who makes baklava cheesecake.

(For the avoidance of doubt: this is, of course, not true but is instead an elaborate way for me to boast about my wife’s baking.)

[David Ely @guardandkeep]

@StuartAmidon @TomChaldecott @JoffreSwait Probably better service than Denny’s…

[David Ely @guardandkeep]

The road goes ever on and on.

[David Ely @guardandkeep]

@TomChaldecott @DrCalumMiller My word this is wicked. Remarkable how linked zero-sum, Malthusian faithlessness in the goodness of God is to the very worst stuff.

[Charlie Kirk @charliekirk11]

It’s all about Jesus.

[David Scholes @david_a_scholes]

Praying for Charlie Kirk’s family. A man of boldness and courage, someone who, in his own words, wanted to be remembered for his faith in Christ. Praying that the church in the UK would reclaim and grow in that boldness.

[David Ely @guardandkeep]

“Those for whom prophetic doctrine is tasteless ought to be thought of as lacking taste buds.” J. Calvin

[David Ely @guardandkeep]

The call to ‘read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest’ always raises in my imagination the possibility that some amongst us are tempted to outwardly digest, much as a starfish does.