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@samuelneedham Then there's combining Sumo with Ice Hockey: syncretism or ecumenism or just plain good hockey? instagram.com/reel/DTCFBAiEQ…

@revhdr Theology of Crisis, wherein the crisis is I have to sumo wrestle the world champion 😳😳

Every religion should have its own sport. Shinto has sumo. That one locked up, cut and dried. But for others we must dig Protestantism: basketball for sure Orthodoxy: ice hockey? Catholicism: soccer? Islam: ? Hinduism: cricket? Judaism: ? North American Indigenous: lacrosse

I feel that I am speaking into a void...but for years it has seemed incontrovertible to me that preachers cannot ignore this clear biblical teaching. And it is so easy to find illustrations of the good that can result. christianitytoday.com/2026/01/why-ch…

@samuelneedham So business as usual.

indiana-based college sports has been insane this weekend

@samuelneedham I think after 1519, the actual appellation was "goat turd."

Luther demonstrated Christian charity by calling Emser, a man he deeply disagreed with, the “GOAT” 🥇

@samuelneedham What about those wise enough to never use Twitter?

I believe letterboxd is huge now. I believe letterboxd is gonna get as big as Facebook was in 2008. I believe it’ll become as bad as Facebook is today. I believe that, if I continue never using letterboxd, I will be as wise as those who never used Facebook

@JDVance This is the sophistry of cowardice JD. You're so-called facts are the veneer of surrender or one right wing dictatorship submitting to another right wing dictatorship. Don't you know in Russia, "they're eating the dogs!" You're grasp of "facts" is without credibility.

This is moralistic garbage, which is unfortunately the rhetorical currency of the globalists because they have nothing else to say. For three years, President Trump and I have made two simple arguments: first, the war wouldn't have started if President Trump was in office; second, that neither Europe, nor the Biden administration, nor the Ukrainians had any pathway to victory. This was true three years ago, it was true two years ago, it was true last year, and it is true today. And for three years, the concerns of people who were obviously right were ignored. What is Niall's actual plan for Ukraine? Another aid package? Is he aware of the reality on the ground, of the numerical advantage of the Russians, of the depleted stock of the Europeans or their even more depleted industrial base? Instead, he quotes from a book about George HW Bush from a different historical period and a different conflict. That's another currency of these people: reliance on irrelevant history. President Trump is dealing with reality, which means dealing with facts. And here are some facts: Number one, while our Western European allies' security has benefitted greatly from the generosity of the United States, they pursue domestic policies (on migration and censorship) that offend the sensibilities of most Americans and defense policies that assume continued over-reliance. Number two, Russians have a massive numerical advantage in manpower and weapons in Ukraine, and that advantage will persist regardless of further Western aid packages. Again, the aid is *currently* flowing. Number three, the United States retains substantial leverage over both parties to the conflict. Number four, ending the conflict requires talking to the people involved in starting it and maintaining it. Number five, the conflict has placed--and continues to place--stress on tools of American statecraft, from military stockpiles to sanctions (and so much else). We believe the continued conflict is bad for Russia, bad for Ukraine, and bad for Europe. But most importantly, it is bad for the United States. Given the above facts, we must pursue peace, and we must pursue it now. President Trump ran on this, he won on this, and he is right about this. It is lazy, ahistorical nonsense to attack as "appeasement" every acknowledgment that America's interest must account for the realities of the conflict. That interest--not moralisms or historical illiteracy--will guide President Trump's policy in the weeks to come. And thank God for that.

@samuelneedham I always thought he was Bengali. So many different ways to consume the same amount of sugar.

“Oh you’re American? Do you know Tony the Tiger?” Yeah we go way back! Tony and I grew up together

@samuelneedham Where are the pictures of clouds and wings.

It’s better to be disturbed by others than to inflict disturbance upon them

@samuelneedham I never thought of Capuchins as liturgical minimalists.

This guy is gonna enlist real hard when he hears about the Salvation Army

@samuelneedham Wasn't he also the charter member of the Gamma Gamma Gamma sorority until they kicked him out for being a male. You know if you turn a Gamma upside down you get L for loser?

Gamma radiation is named after Vasco da Gamma, who discovered them off the Malabar Coast

@samuelneedham And a great day for narcissistic would be dictators. Please note, he said "religion" whatever that is (believers in Fox News? Trump cultists?) he didn't say theologians.

Big thanks to RFKJ for affirming that religious people have to trust religion experts. This is a huge day for theologians across the USA

@samuelneedham And the YMCA before the song.

Muscular Christianity used to be about inventing basketball and volleyball. It’s fallen so far

@samuelneedham They take a leap of faith.

How can people have opinions about the college football postseason without reading Kierkegaard. The subjectivity is the point!! There is no objective measure by which we assess a “national champion.” There is only the regional suspension of the strength of schedule

@samuelneedham It's not a stretch to assume that one would acquire a knowledge of physics through education. I know my physics teacher inspired and affirmed me. Not his fault I chose metaphysics.

education: field of study concerned with how people gain knowledge across contexts, developmental stages, and cultures calculus: how much area is under this curve

education is a real major and one glance at one textbook to gain eternal smugness is exactly the kind of thing professional educators work tirelessly to reverse

@samuelneedham @Acyn I thought he was speaking of Donald Trump.

@Acyn *In black and white, with a deep voiceover* JD Vance is “good friends” with liars

Reporter: How are you preparing for your debate with Tim Walz? Vance: I have a friend who embellishes and lies a lot, I’m having him stand in for Tim Walz

@samuelneedham I watched Kevin, he's known as being the craven vacillating lickspittle of congress. My heart goes out to him, sad case.

“I played football with Tim. He is known for being the Nick Saban of coaching football”

@samuelneedham So like a two year old. Asserting their independence. It's adorable.

@revhdr They are lovable and huggable 🫶

Atheist religious studies people at theology conferences

@CSLewisDaily Readiness to care for the neigjbour in the lowliest and most humble of ways. Washing the feet was an unclean task for the least of the servants/slaves.

Do you know what foot washing really means for Christians? bit.ly/3T4Z5QC