Jeremy Larson

eminent: distinguished imminent: impending immanent: inherent i'm an Ent: what Treebeard said #LOL + #LOTR = #LOLOTR

I’m a simple man, and I know there’s nuance to these things, but when I observe the incessant attacks on @james_d_baird, what I basically hear is “Ew—Jesus Christ as the King of kings? Gross.”

You don’t say

Ha

Some news: this week I turned the full draft of my manuscript on Southern Presbyterians in to the editors at @WestminsterTS Press. Looking forward to sharing the finished work w you all.

Sounds FV @canonpress youtu.be/mWtuToAuGMA?si…

@realDailyWire “devout”

Devout Catholic btw

@Not_the_Bee Jim Gaffigan was right: Colbert’s view of the afterlife just sounds like Febreze

I'm told Stephen Colbert is a devout believer but his thoughts on the afterlife don't sound very Christian at all notthebee.com/article/im-tol…

Expected mid-November from @crossway crossway.org/books/pilgrims…

“Your revolver in your hand, a prayer on your lips.” This is the way.

“There’s a lot of hope in just remembering.” ~@JeremyDBoreing

Calculating size is complicated

From @WNGdotorg, written by @NewSaintAndrews president, @PresidentNSA: “[T]here are a number of invaluable vocations that attract some of our greatest and most talented intellects, but those callings are not rewarded with high salaries.” wng.org/opinions/their…

GK Chesterton and George Bernard Shaw played cowboys in a Western film directed by JM Barrie.

There is some discussion about seminary size and growth because of @ryanburge's recent post on this site, and his @Substack article (which has tons of helpful and accurate info). @ReformTheoSem is the only confessional reformed seminary in the top 20 largest seminaries. Ryan's stats are from the ATS SIR and based on FTE (full time equivalent) students. But FTE is not the gold standard for institutional comparison. In fact, Bob Cara, my Provost and a recognized expert in accreditation says: “For grad schools, FTE based on one semester is virtually useless to compare across schools." Just for fun, I asked AI to to tell me all about FTE, and this was its conclusion: “While FTE is a helpful metric for internal planning and funding distribution, its inconsistencies across institutions make it unreliable for direct comparisons between schools. To get a clearer picture of enrollment, FTE should be used alongside other metrics, such as total credit hours (TCH), headcount, retention rates, and graduation rates.” That’s actually not a bad conclusion! Score one point for AI. To illustrate the limitations of FTE as a measure, RTS was ranked 18th in the top 20 of FTE list that Ryan produced on his graph. But we have a higher annual enrollment, teach more credit hours, and twice the residential credit hours of the school ranked 10th in FTE! TCH is the gold standard in determining the comparative size of seminaries and graduate schools. It is the measure preferred by the Evangelical Seminary Deans' Council (ESDC). I'll write more on this soon.

Coming soon from @ndwilsonmutters

@RaminNasibov Mary (mother of Jesus) may have been alive a few overlapping years with the Roman poet Virgil.

What historical fact sounds fake but is true?

Classical Conversations is launching the Classical Fellowship, where students can get there Bachelors Degree and continue the great conversation. Alum get guaranteed admission. Total cost of the program < $30,000. Dedicated Mentor. Small Cohorts.

Achilles had a great shield, weapons, and armor. But I think it’s fair to say that Achilles was Achilles without his tools. Patroclus learned too late that having the armor of Achilles does not make one Achilles. @crwiley1962

@Not_the_Bee Nolan’s *Odyssey* could have been the best movie of the summer. At this point, it is on track to be the most ridiculed movie of the summer.