Greg Carey
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Greg Carey
@gregcareyphd.bsky.social
· Mar 6
Rereading Revelation
A fresh theological encounter with the book of Revelation, informed by contemporary concerns and reading strategies Greg Carey, a respected scholar of t...
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Available for preorder. Publication September 9. Don’t have endorsements yet, but here’s the first alert.
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The FBI infiltrated an encrypted chat of immigration court watchers in New York. Then it issued intelligence calling them violent extremists—terrorists.
As I told @theguardian.com, this targeting of people who show up for immigrants is straight COINTELPRO:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
As I told @theguardian.com, this targeting of people who show up for immigrants is straight COINTELPRO:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:18 PM
The FBI infiltrated an encrypted chat of immigration court watchers in New York. Then it issued intelligence calling them violent extremists—terrorists.
As I told @theguardian.com, this targeting of people who show up for immigrants is straight COINTELPRO:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
As I told @theguardian.com, this targeting of people who show up for immigrants is straight COINTELPRO:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Cheers to the person who leaked the initial changes www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
In reversal, Coast Guard again classifies swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The new order came hours after The Post reported the service would instead classify such symbols as “potentially divisive” under guidelines set for release next month.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Cheers to the person who leaked the initial changes www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
So grateful that Ryley Hepner was this curious.
Rereading and Rethinking Revelation | Greg Carey
YouTube video by Ryley Heppner
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November 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
So grateful that Ryley Hepner was this curious.
So grateful that Ryley Hepner was this curious.
Rereading and Rethinking Revelation | Greg Carey
YouTube video by Ryley Heppner
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November 20, 2025 at 7:22 PM
So grateful that Ryley Hepner was this curious.
They have zero respect for human life. None. So it starts with “easy” cases: he’s brown, and he came here illegally. They send people to die. They send people to torture. They murder people on the high seas. They torture people in our own detention centers. 1/2
‘It Feels Like I’m in a Nightmare’: Inside the First Deportation Flight to Iran
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November 11, 2025 at 1:10 PM
They have zero respect for human life. None. So it starts with “easy” cases: he’s brown, and he came here illegally. They send people to die. They send people to torture. They murder people on the high seas. They torture people in our own detention centers. 1/2
Reagan-appointed federal judge: “The White House’s assault on the rule of law is so deeply disturbing to me that I feel compelled to speak out. Silence, for me, is now intolerable.”
Why I Am Leaving the Federal Bench
A judge explains his reasons for resigning.
www.theatlantic.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Reagan-appointed federal judge: “The White House’s assault on the rule of law is so deeply disturbing to me that I feel compelled to speak out. Silence, for me, is now intolerable.”
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incredible that these guys have a massive hard on for a country that, if it were a state, would rank behind kansas in terms of wealth and which would be a total backwater if it weren’t economically integrated with more functional countries
November 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
incredible that these guys have a massive hard on for a country that, if it were a state, would rank behind kansas in terms of wealth and which would be a total backwater if it weren’t economically integrated with more functional countries
Most cruel people are cowards. But what about the ones who inspire cruelty at scale?
November 8, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Most cruel people are cowards. But what about the ones who inspire cruelty at scale?
Being a tyrant ain’t all grifting and bullying. Well, it’s pretty much all grifting….
November 7, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Being a tyrant ain’t all grifting and bullying. Well, it’s pretty much all grifting….
Grateful to talk with Dillon and Disember on their God Squad podcast tonight. Soulful conversation about Revelation, its world and ours.
The God Squad LIVE!
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November 7, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Grateful to talk with Dillon and Disember on their God Squad podcast tonight. Soulful conversation about Revelation, its world and ours.
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🧵[CW Sexual violence] William Yoo's book on Presbyterian history doesn't beat around the bush, but explains that most white Presbyterians in 18th-19th cent were ghoulishly immoral and tried to turn the brutalizing and rape of enslaved humans into an issue of Biblical interpretation #AwesomeWork 1/10
November 2, 2025 at 8:13 PM
🧵[CW Sexual violence] William Yoo's book on Presbyterian history doesn't beat around the bush, but explains that most white Presbyterians in 18th-19th cent were ghoulishly immoral and tried to turn the brutalizing and rape of enslaved humans into an issue of Biblical interpretation #AwesomeWork 1/10
Local prayer mischief. My second post.
Prayer Gone Bad
Like many Christians, I pray on and off throughout the day.
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November 2, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Local prayer mischief. My second post.
Any Christian movement that recruits from the “top” of society is likely toxic. Lots of campus ministries are that way, but it applies to churches too.
November 1, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Any Christian movement that recruits from the “top” of society is likely toxic. Lots of campus ministries are that way, but it applies to churches too.
Showing up matters. Has to be backed by determined action, but it absolutely matters.
* If it didn’t matter, they wouldn’t pass petty laws to make protest harder.
* If it didn’t matter, they wouldn’t whine about it all the time.
* “, despots all over the world would just let it happen.
It matters.
* If it didn’t matter, they wouldn’t pass petty laws to make protest harder.
* If it didn’t matter, they wouldn’t whine about it all the time.
* “, despots all over the world would just let it happen.
It matters.
Resistance Is Cringe
But it’s also effective.
www.theatlantic.com
October 18, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Showing up matters. Has to be backed by determined action, but it absolutely matters.
* If it didn’t matter, they wouldn’t pass petty laws to make protest harder.
* If it didn’t matter, they wouldn’t whine about it all the time.
* “, despots all over the world would just let it happen.
It matters.
* If it didn’t matter, they wouldn’t pass petty laws to make protest harder.
* If it didn’t matter, they wouldn’t whine about it all the time.
* “, despots all over the world would just let it happen.
It matters.
Video of my TheologyU podcast with Will Bennink. Had a ball….
Rereading Revelation: Theology, Ethics, and Resistance: Dr. Greg Carey
YouTube video by TheologyU
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October 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Video of my TheologyU podcast with Will Bennink. Had a ball….
Very much enjoyed my conversation with Will Bennink on TheologyU!
Revelation and the End Times: Dr. Greg Carey
Podcast Episode · TheologyU · 10/13/2025 · 44m
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October 13, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Very much enjoyed my conversation with Will Bennink on TheologyU!
An international authoritarian movement, y’all.
Thousands of Miles From the U.S., Charlie Kirk Becomes a Political Tool
www.nytimes.com
October 8, 2025 at 12:30 PM
An international authoritarian movement, y’all.
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Gov. Pritzker: "[ICE] killed an unarmed person just a couple of weeks ago in Franklin Park...They killed somebody...They are just putting out their propaganda and then we've gotta later determine what actually happened."
October 5, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Gov. Pritzker: "[ICE] killed an unarmed person just a couple of weeks ago in Franklin Park...They killed somebody...They are just putting out their propaganda and then we've gotta later determine what actually happened."
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More data-center pushback— on Page One in Ohio:
“.. I don't see this as a valid investment .. ," he said. "Frankly, I think there's a growing number of members on my side of the aisle that are like, 'This is ridiculous.'"
www.dispatch.com/story/busine...
“.. I don't see this as a valid investment .. ," he said. "Frankly, I think there's a growing number of members on my side of the aisle that are like, 'This is ridiculous.'"
www.dispatch.com/story/busine...
October 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
More data-center pushback— on Page One in Ohio:
“.. I don't see this as a valid investment .. ," he said. "Frankly, I think there's a growing number of members on my side of the aisle that are like, 'This is ridiculous.'"
www.dispatch.com/story/busine...
“.. I don't see this as a valid investment .. ," he said. "Frankly, I think there's a growing number of members on my side of the aisle that are like, 'This is ridiculous.'"
www.dispatch.com/story/busine...
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“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
October 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
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Dean: The president is unhinged
Johnson: A lot of folks on your side are too. I don’t control him
Dean: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals.
Johnson: I didn’t see it.
Dean: Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing.
Johnson: A lot of folks on your side are too. I don’t control him
Dean: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals.
Johnson: I didn’t see it.
Dean: Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing.
October 2, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Dean: The president is unhinged
Johnson: A lot of folks on your side are too. I don’t control him
Dean: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals.
Johnson: I didn’t see it.
Dean: Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing.
Johnson: A lot of folks on your side are too. I don’t control him
Dean: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals.
Johnson: I didn’t see it.
Dean: Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing.
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Our latest review from @drbobcornwall.bsky.social covers the surprising contemporary insights from the Book of Revelation that are explored in @gregcareyphd.bsky.social’s timely “Rereading Revelation: Theology, Ethics, and Resistance” (@eerdmansbooks.bsky.social).
Review: Rereading Revelation - Word&Way
Greg Carey, scholar of the New Testament and apocalyptic literature, invites readers to reconsider the book of Revelation as a text that can speak meaningfully to contemporary resistance movements.
wordandway.org
October 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Our latest review from @drbobcornwall.bsky.social covers the surprising contemporary insights from the Book of Revelation that are explored in @gregcareyphd.bsky.social’s timely “Rereading Revelation: Theology, Ethics, and Resistance” (@eerdmansbooks.bsky.social).
Put two concepts together: no rules of engagement and US cities as war zones/training grounds.
Distraction from Epstein, economy, and shutdown? Sure. Just the fascy kind.
Distraction from Epstein, economy, and shutdown? Sure. Just the fascy kind.
October 1, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Put two concepts together: no rules of engagement and US cities as war zones/training grounds.
Distraction from Epstein, economy, and shutdown? Sure. Just the fascy kind.
Distraction from Epstein, economy, and shutdown? Sure. Just the fascy kind.
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My review - Rereading Revelation: #Theology, #Ethics, & Resistance by @gregcareyphd.bsky.social (@eerdmansbooks.bsky.social ). A thematic look at an enigmatic but important biblical book Mainliners need to pay attention to.
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Rereading Revelation: Theology, Ethics, and Resistance. (Greg Carey) - A Review
A blog about Christianity, theology, religion and public life.
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September 30, 2025 at 2:12 PM
My review - Rereading Revelation: #Theology, #Ethics, & Resistance by @gregcareyphd.bsky.social (@eerdmansbooks.bsky.social ). A thematic look at an enigmatic but important biblical book Mainliners need to pay attention to.
www.bobcornwall.com/2025/09/rere... #BookReview @erbks.bsky.social ks
www.bobcornwall.com/2025/09/rere... #BookReview @erbks.bsky.social ks
So grateful to Elizabethtown Church of the Brethren for hosting this event with Tulane’s terrific Andrew Ward and me. We had 250-300 folks in person and online. 1/2
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September 27, 2025 at 11:11 AM
So grateful to Elizabethtown Church of the Brethren for hosting this event with Tulane’s terrific Andrew Ward and me. We had 250-300 folks in person and online. 1/2