Ryan Plantz

there’s a crack in everything, that’s where the light gets in. - LC

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@OutReserve i believe in this.

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@dyIanbonito This and SoE — some of the greatest recorded music of all time.

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@galfromkalzoo @howertonjosh @CNN So he didn’t do this?

https://t.co/9yyGkoJI3X

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@howertonjosh @gavin_adams God repeatedly spares murderers from execution in Scripture — starting with the first one.

There are biblical grounds for the death penalty as policy.

There are also biblical grounds for mercy as policy.

To pretend otherwise flattens the text

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@McPherson_Josh1 does this also apply to the fake outrage over halftime shows at major sporting events?

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@TylerLeeConway This is great. Thanks for putting it together and sharing.

His political theology is so rough. I want to attribute it to bad exegesis (which is manifold in these videos) — but I think he’s just a “popularizer” of other people’s ideas.

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@Son_of_Dogg @howertonjosh It’s straight from the Mark Driscoll School of Ministry Platform Building. Sharp opinions, dualistic thinking — the confidence and certainty draws a certain kind of crowd.

The NRSV take is wild. The translation does not eliminate “Father” language.

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@BC_Fal @mean_field_zane Came to the replies to see if anyone else got it. 👊

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@payphoneexhibit @PixelatedH2O @McguirePetrov Nailed it.

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@payphoneexhibit @PixelatedH2O @McguirePetrov *Sam.

Hee-haw.

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@McPherson_Josh1 μαθητεύσατε πάντα τὰ ἔθνη does not mean “disciple nation states.” In its Jewish context, Jesus is opening the ethnic gates — “Make disciples [of (from among)] all ethnic groups/Gentiles.” Not just Israel.

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@joelrainey @howertonjosh They are over-indexing on the WHAT (platforms, policies) and under-indexing the HOW (the way power is being used). Both are important. Not saying the Ds are great on either, but the Rs are wielding power in a deeply unsettling (and ungodly IMO) way this administration.

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@howertonjosh Perhaps I'm missing your point, but isn't any ideology, taken to its extreme, dangerous and non-compatible with Kingdom ethics? And so instead of advocating for "what" people should think politically, we disciple people on "how" to think within a robust Kingdom framework?

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@howertonjosh Political violence seems to be a feature of political extremism - not just "secular progressivism."

Most recent CSIS data shows uptick in left-wing terrorism for 2025 (alarming!) - but also a pattern of right-wing terrorism as dominant for 30+ years.

https://t.co/gZcZvwAqAE

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@howertonjosh @ryanburge And so tying the church’s mission too tightly to conservatism risks mistaking cultural receptivity for genuine spiritual renewal… and may end up obscuring the gospel rather than advancing it. 🤷

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@realmattcarr This is it. The lack of self-awareness in the projections is a bit maddening.

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@WhitStillman Turn it into a film, Whit!

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@howertonjosh “This is why there is radically disproportionate violence emerging on the Left.”

Is this take based on personal observation or data? If the latter, can you share?

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@DeanAbbott If he initiated the date, it seems like basic social etiquette that he’d cover the bill.

But beneath that, I believe it carries an older symbolic weight — the gesture that he will provide. A kind of remnant relational ritual.

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Still awesome.

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Wrapping up these last three March Madness games and it’s only 9 PM PST. After living on EST for the last 14 years, this is a middle-aged man’s dream.