Ted Olsen

Associate Publisher and Editorial Director for Media and Trade Books, @IVPress. Former Executive Editor, @CTMagazine. Formerly more active on Twitter.

[Ted Olsen @tedolsen]

Have nothing to do with foolish, ignorant controversies; you know that they breed quarrels. (2 Timothy 2:23)

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New counterfeit gospel just dropped (and it's a particularly evil one)
(via https://t.co/naOo65K8Vd)

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@adamrshields Good review! (Possible spoiler below)

I mostly agree. I didn't know until the last page this is the first of a diptych. Were it the whole enchilada I'd agree that the twist didn't work. But as a setup for Arcady, I kinda like it. (Strong Magician's Nephew vibes in there, too.)

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@matthew_podszus Not Irish and yet self-identified as Irish.
"Hiberionaci sumus" -- Epistola ad Milites Corotici, 16.

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World magazine (@WNGdotorg) on Minneapolis: "Don't be racist" is a "twisted interpretation" of Scripture. Race-based "pattern recognition" is a form of discernment. After all, the Apostle Paul called people from Crete "evil beasts."
https://t.co/sDz95oOikR

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@CatherineMcNiel The plugin "Control Panel for Twitter" is pretty great at fighting algorithmic evils. (It basically turns X back into Twitter—except of course it doesn't bring back all the people who've left as this site prioritized hatreds.)

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@LigonDuncan Edit: People in Chicago have learned this map:
https://t.co/gTHzPSb6Az

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WANT

[Courtney Ellis 🎈 @courtneyellis]

Dear @mark__robbie had a gift for me in church today.

The crossover between former 90s evangelical culture kids and birders is niche, but it’s a good niche.

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RIP missiologist, theologian, and hero Samuel Escobar (1934-2025).
Here he is 50 years ago:

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@DZRishmawy District response:

[InterVarsity Press @ivpress]

Don’t just read about history—engage with it!

This #BlackHistoryMonth, we honor the voices of faithful abolitionists who fought for justice in the nineteenth century. 📚

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Get your copy of Awakening to Justice in print or ebook and join the conversation toward real change: https://t.co/4cwlRyaiD6

[Ted Olsen @tedolsen]

Have I now become your enemy because I am telling you the truth?
Those false teachers are so eager to win your favor, but their intentions are not good. They are trying to shut you off from me so that you will pay attention only to them.
Galatians 4:16-17

[Lisa Spencer @theochick]

When God sent the plagues on Egypt, his people felt that impact too. Just a reminder that the church can experience the impact of God’s judgment on the world (per Revelation). But we have the Passover Lamb who will take care of us in famine, drought, & darkness & His promises.

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@tisaiahcho Love that @wendellkmusic setting of Ps 116

[Andy Olsen @AndyROlsen]

My latest on what appears to be the administration's first ICE arrest at a church. The detainee is in country with permission, has a work permit and a court date to consider his family for asylum. He has no criminal record—he was helping start a church. https://t.co/cFPKBa2hlA

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My heart breaks for what @WNGdotorg has become.
Woe to those who call evil good and good evil. https://t.co/UhOKopP2Xe

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I have a nice daily commute to @ivpress but today’s train to #ets2024 ain’t half bad.

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RIP Tony Campolo. Really enjoyed profiling him back in 2003.

https://t.co/Xc4aknVxc1

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@EveryNoise This is amazing. I don't have a "Playlisted" button Are you privately testing that, or do I need to enable something?

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A lot of dancing about architecture this week!

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J. I. Packer's "Knowing God" is an @ivpress classic. Today IVP is releasing @RonniKurtz's "Light Unapproachable," a book on the limits of that knowing. It's invigorating. Get your dose of theological awe, folks.
https://t.co/Wnvxuqw4gm