Jonathan Merritt

Millennial hot take: Most love songs aren’t about “love.” They are unhealthy romanticizations of codependent relationships.

The late Jesse Jackson was asked in 1977 about the differences between white and black evangelicals. This is what he said...

If you have any information about the location of our dear friend Savannah Guthrie’s wonderful mother Nancy, please call police in Arizona. She is missing.

Walter Brueggemann, one of the most influential Bible scholars of the modern era, has died at 92. In a 2014 interview with RNS columnist @JonathanMerritt, he challenged Christians to offer a "sneaky whisper" in the face of power. religionnews.com/2014/06/26/the…

@candidamoss Thanks, Candida! Maybe we’ll work together some day

Looks like I’m not the only one who got a new job this week

@markdeymaz Thanks, Mark!

Congratulations, Jonathan… Well deserved!

@garetrobinson thanks, man!

@JonathanMerritt This is fantastic news. Congrats!

🧵I am thrilled to join @simonandschuster as Vice President / Executive Editor under the flagship imprint. This was a BIG decision for me. I mean, I am going to have to commute to an office now. (And yes, the office is in Rockefeller Center. 🫠) (1/3)

@BT_Harman Thanks, BT

@JonathanMerritt So cool! Congrats!

While I’ll still be writing and speaking from time to time, my main focus now will be curating books with the power to shift your thinking, touch your heart and transform your life. (3/3)

After nearly two decades of writing about the intersection of faith and culture, I want to help shape the next generation of spiritual voices in publishing. (2/3)

@gavin_adams @PublishersWkly @simonschuster Thanks!

@JonathanMerritt @PublishersWkly @simonschuster Very cool Jonathan.

🚨Some Personal News - "Simon & Schuster Taps Jonathan Merritt to Build a Religion List" via @PublishersWkly @simonschuster | publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/in…

@greg_thornbury @PublishersWkly @simonschuster That’s what I shouted when they offered it!

@JonathanMerritt @PublishersWkly @simonschuster Holy Moses!

‘As God is my witness,’ Mohler has changed his tune on ERLC – 💥 from @BaptistBlogger at @baptist_news baptistnews.com/article/as-god…

Happy #JFKfiles Day to all who celebrate

You can’t convince someone in the Matrix that they are in the Matrix.

🔥Eugene Peterson: “The pastors of America have metamorphosed into a company of shopkeepers…preoccupied with how to keep the customers happy, how to lure customers away from competitors down the street, how to package the goods so that the customers will lay out more money.”

We should have known that 12 playoff teams was a mistake because even Jesus couldn’t have a group of 12 without one of them sucking

God’s ministers are meant to be God’s messengers not God’s marketers.