Jeff Dueck

Philosopher @NyackCollege, Worship Pastor @GraceOC, Husband to @j9dueck, Dad to Ella, Grayson, and Gavin- all for Jesus.

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@richvillodas Time to dive back in to Kierkegaard’s “Sickness Unto Death”! Thanks for the Merton connection today.

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@timkellernyc I appreciate your take here, I do - but “They don’t work well” is a form of pragmatism, which shouldn’t be lumped in w/emotivism regardless of what MacIntyre implied in After Virtue. It has its issues too but is more an ally than you think.

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@NJTRANSIT_MBPJ Where is train #56? That was supposed to be the backup - still not coming? SO late!

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@ProfeNLC When I introduce the question of supererogatory acts to my students in discussion of ethical theory, the soul-searching Christians hit crisis mode.

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Since deconstruction (actually in its original sense) was the core of Jesus’s (& Paul’s) approach to religion, maybe Christian leaders should be most concerned that they don’t have a compelling vision of faith to offer those who struggle with current brands of Christianity.

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@richvillodas @TheRabbitRoom Gave it to all our campus Worship Directors for Christmas! Great at home, in meetings, personal or group. Lovely.

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People posting bold opinions that don’t even consider alternative viewpoints. People posting criticisms of political leaders of four days after literal silence for four years. Likes and reposts of articles that actually conflict w/their clickbait headline. Where is wisdom?

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@Jonathan_Dodson @abrahamcho Some great classical pragmatism to explore here..."’What would be better for us to believe!' This sounds very like a definition of truth."-William James. While easily mis-taken, ppl do hunger for value-laden truth beyond the empty propositional shell so often presented.

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@joe_rigney The thought-experiment I had in mind was ppl peacefully sitting outside a school, saying nothing, but holding signs that read “hurt children”. Then a mob yells “Yeah!” and rushes into school. I think it’s bad those peaceful folks are there. Just trying to think it through; thanks

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@joe_rigney Thus, peaceful protesters about an inherently disruptive theme are different than peaceful protestors about an inherently - or even potentially! - viable perspective. Stopping day-of certification is not reasonably defensible.

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@joe_rigney My point was the topic of protest matters too (as you briefly mentioned in your post). I do think protesting the theme of racial injustice (based on one case, and others) is inherently different than trying to stop certification after 2 months. That context does matter, I think.

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Annnnd the 2021 top fruit of the Spirit is.... Fear-mongering? Anxiety? Whataboutism? Denial? Nationalism? Social-Media-Obsession? Isolation? Echo-chamber-ism? Pessimism? Wish there was a verse to help decide...

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Salt and light, Christian. Not cheez whiz and gamma rays. (Matthew 5)

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I remember the good old days, when if Christians were worried about something they’d pray, petition, and work for change while loving their neighbor, vote with Biblical wisdom and conscience, and trust God with the outcomes. Guess anxiety and outrage is the new thing.

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Few things are so self-servingly weaponized as “the truth”. If you say, “That’s why we need truth!” you miss my point. Proverbs 1 is a humbling start; nothing on truth, but lots on wisdom. Less finger-pointing, more soul-searching. Truth is “out there”... but what’s “in here”?

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Spot on. Unfortunately there are cultural and “market” factors pressuring the same thing in many cases, to the chagrin of even some administrators.

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Somewhere right now there’s a university administrator tweeting “this is unprecedented” while trying to get rid of his Classics and Religion departments

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Among other things today, wild to watch people change their tone and stance on a dime, like a concussion and amnesia, like a fragmented mind unaware of its dementia and disintegration, like a history forgotten, like a stranger hacked their feed. May God truly restore our souls.

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I’ve been told words and character and bluster don’t really matter though.

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“There are no unsacred places; there are only sacred places and desecrated places.” - W. Berry