Greg Laird

@IssuesEtc @WmWeedon Thoughts on Divine Service liturgy, but accompanied by guitar, bass, drums, piano instead of organ. (And the band not "on stage"). Maybe a few different tunes, but identical words.

Listeners with the best questions and comments for Pastor @WmWeedon on Worship, Adiaphora & the Lutheran Confessions will receive a copy of "Concordia: The Lutheran Confessions." To listen to the entire series, click here: issuesetc.org/lutheranworship.

@MetzUAC1530 Especially for the bugle call and the boiling test tubes. Do I know?

86550 86727 86744 86817 IYKYK

@DarthHarryson I found the shirt available at the VDMA store...

@GarlicjrM @Timcast You found the punchline.

@Timcast why does it have a line pointing outside the ice wall and says YOU ARE HERE?

@Wendi_Irlbeck @Cernovich There are 2 primary reasons. One you mentioned: court shoes, not squishy running shoes with no lateral support. But the biggie is: NEVER run or walk backwards. Turn, move forward, turn back to hit the ball or just let it go!

🚨Attention pickleball folks.. please do a proper warmup before playing! Around 19,000 pickleball-related injuries are reported annually in U.S. emergency departments, up from about 8,900 in 2020 to nearly 17,000 in 2022. About 90% of these injuries happen to people aged 50 and older. The most common injuries are fractures (27%), sprains and strains (27%), and bruises or abrasions (11%), with falls being the main cause of fractures. The most affected bones are the radius, humerus, and ulna, particularly in women > 60. Why so many injuries? •age-related changes •inadequate warm-ups •improper equipment •too much too quick To stay safe, it helps to warm up properly, wear court-specific shoes, stay hydrated, practice good technique, and listen to your body. Stay safe out there!

@HansFiene An excellent Law and Gospel devotion.

A devotion on Abraham, Isaac, and Jesus: Genesis 22:1–19 The lesson of Abraham and Isaac atop Mount Moriah is not that God doesn’t really want to kill or condemn. The lesson is that God doesn’t want to kill or condemn Isaac. There will be a sacrifice, but the Lord Himself will provide it. There will be blood upon that altar. But the blood will not belong to the condemned sinner. It will belong to the innocent ram, the male lamb with his horns caught in a thicket, with his head wrapped in a crown of thorns. And so let us learn the lesson well. There is no scenario in which God ignores your sins, no scenario in which He gets over them or lets you off easy like a kind police officer giving you a warning instead of a ticket. Your sins are not little imperfections that God understands or finds endearing. In your sin, you are utterly corrupt, evil, an enemy of God. There you were, rebelling against your creator and hungering for His destruction. And because of all this, you deserved death, the grave, breathing your last atop the wood and the flames. But the Lord who had the right to drain your blood didn’t want to see your blood. He only wanted to see the blood of His only Son because that was the only blood that could save you, rescue you from condemnation, destroy your sins, and place you back in His arms. And so the Lord Himself provided the sacrifice by being the sacrifice. The Son of God offered up Himself. The Ram was not caught in a thicket this time, but took the crown of thorns willingly. Out of love for you, out of His endless mercy, the Son of God took your place upon that altar and gave His Father the blood that made you righteous, the only blood His Father wanted to see. There was always going to be blood upon that altar, but it was never going to be yours.

@bradleylaird @elonmusk Oh...JD on spoons!

@elonmusk is now an official member in my fantasy band! Any other suggestions?

If scumbag politicians and political appointees did something useful... Introducing The Jaggovs! Now accepting bookings for private parties, weddings, bar mitzvahs, opening act gigs and car wash ribbon cuttings! Contact @PressSec for booking information, pricing and availability. Act fast! Their schedule is filling up fast! Demo 8 track tape available. For a small additional fee @elonmusk will sit in on drums. @RepThomasMassie is also available (additional $10) if special requests are made for Dueling Banjos or Blue Moon of Kentucky.

@bradleylaird @elonmusk Kash on flute?

@johnrich Bots.

Interesting...the poll flipped overnight in favor of supporting war. I've seen various polls surrounding this question lately, so I wanted to do one with my followers here on X to see where their opinion lands.

Are you for, or against war with Iran?

@RealAlexJones This is called "shaking the box". (See Art of the Deal)

🚨WWIII ALERT: Trump Goes Insane & Implies Ukraine Could Conquer Russia, Endorsing EU Plan To Invade & Break Up Russia!!! This Is A Repeat Of Adolf Hitler's Operation Barbarossa!

@bradleylaird Thanks for finishing the script.

@Greg_Laird Barney: He's a NUT!

My mood today:

@bradleylaird Just as I called it.

BREAKING! Absolutely nothing just happened.

@elonmusk Simple Feed Option: all followed accounts, each post one time, chronological order.

Please post feedback for improving the 𝕏 algorithm in replies. Be as specific as possible and include examples.

@KenDBerryMD When I asked, my doc said they wouldn't because regardless of the results, there wasn't anything (a pill) that could be prescribed to fix it. Frustrating.

Are there still doctors who don't check insulin levels??

@bradleylaird Stick with the Silvertone from the Sears catalog.

Beautiful! In case you have a massive pile of moolah laying around...

@bradleylaird Phonics is how you learned to read at age 4. Hmmm...how did that happen?

This is pretty good.

@tobieapb @Rainmaker1973 How about 5118 ^ 11?

@Rainmaker1973 5,118^7 produces 9.1981814e25 in other words: 91,891,814,100,00,000,000,000,000 If you were willing to allow the two equally shaped matches to represent a factorial (!) the number would be even higher.

If you can move two matches, what's the biggest possible number you can get?

@bradleylaird But you're such a good storyteller, being of Scottish descent. That was the real value to me as I was never into bluegrass music. I assume may others feel the same. Maybe pivot to just being a storyteller. erGg

I got an email from a nice fellow a couple of days ago asking why I stopped making new podcasts. The bottom line is that I said what I wanted to say. There comes a point where you go from truth gained by observed reality to speculation on what might be. So I stopped. It was fun.

@Super70sSports All the cool kids back into their parking spot.

There’s no parking lot like an 80s high school parking lot. You know some of those sweet rides will be cruising town after the football game Friday night.