Bob Thune

"There is one particular day in Western history about which historical record nor myth nor Scripture make report. It is a Saturday. And it has become the longest of days." —George Steiner

Let me reckon my old life dead because of crucifixion

Stricken, smitten, and afflicted See Him dying on the tree 'Tis the Christ by man rejected Yes, my soul, 'tis He, 'tis He 'Tis the long-expected prophet David's Son, yet David's Lord By His Son, God now has spoken 'Tis the true and faithful Word Tell me, ye who hear him groaning Was there ever grief like his? Friends thro' fear his cause disowning Foes insulting his distress Many hands were raised to wound him None would interpose to save Yet the deepest stroke that pierced him Was the stroke that Justice gave Ye who think of sin but lightly Nor suppose the evil great Here may view its nature rightly Here its guilt may estimate Mark the sacrifice appointed See who bears the awful load 'Tis the Word, the Lord's Anointed Son of Man and Son of God Here we have a firm foundation Here the refuge of the lost Christ's the Rock of our salvation His the name of which we boast Lamb of God, for sinners wounded Sacrifice to cancel guilt None shall ever be confounded Who on him their hope have built

Maundy Thursday: I find it really instructive that in the Garden, Jesus wanted Peter to pray with him more than fight for him.

I’m sorry but the future belongs to those who read widely, who are able to write without the assistance of a machine, who haven’t allowed endless slop to kill their curiosity and cognitive abilities. Excess tech is going to melt many brains. Yours doesn’t need to be one of them.

I think @JonHaidt has had more positive impact than any other writer on public policy in the 21st century, and perhaps much longer than that.

I've got brand new data about American religion that was collected in October of 2025. And, folks... The share of Americans who are non-religious has dropped for the third year in a row. Atheists and agnostics are down to 5% each. Those are 2014 levels.

The "Quiet Revival" report that the Bible Society released on the back of polling from YouGov has been withdrawn on the basis of unreliable data thetablet.co.uk/news/bible-soc…

Two things I think about dispensationalism: 1. It is wrong. 2. It has become a boogeyman for the Carlsonites in an "everything in the middle east I don't like is dispensationalism" kind of way

I beg your pardon

I’m so thankful for friends who are not talking about any of these things.

@HSRdirector It’s amazing

someone who I recently met on one of my travels just sent me this book and it looks delightful

Man is born free yet he is everywhere monitoring the situation

@FredFredSanders This has happened to me every time I’ve tried to use AI for search. And you’re right… Same slop.

Just thousands of words of this kind of low-effort slop and autobot dudmuddle. All I want is better search. Self-justifying liars are already in plentiful human supply.

Last year, The Atlantic gave me $10K to gamble with. What started as a journalistic gimmick turned into something more... unnerving. My cover story on the online betting boom warping sports, culture, politics, and the psyches of millions of young men: theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/…

Our most celebrated ideas today are all disgusting beyond measure.

If an 18-year-old kid has extremely strong opinions on Israel and foreign policy, something’s wrong there. That’s not an opinion earned through years of learning and life experience. It’s the result of a kid spending hours on his phone, being conditioned by an algorithm.

Co-sign. This is a great piece.

It took the US 20 years to replace the Taliban with the Taliban, but only 9 days to replace Khamenei with Khamenei

“All who hate me love death.”—Proverbs 8:36