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Jay Mallow

@jaymallow.bsky.social

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Marine Former Soldier OEF Veteran MA Biblical Theological Studies BA Religion and Philosophy He/Mr./Dude/Duderino https://venmo.com/u/Jason-Mallow-1

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Jay Mallow @jaymallow.bsky.social · 2d

When you want to make it clear you hate N@zis on Halloween

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Jay Mallow @jaymallow.bsky.social · 7d

I’m constantly amazed at how singularly unlikable everyone in this administration is but Bessent is a particular kind of duchbag

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 7d

Scott Bessent on the $20 billion bailout of Argentina: "It is America First because we are supporting a U.S. ally."

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Jay Mallow @jaymallow.bsky.social · 10d

“Almost everything we encounter now, whether it is in church culture or societal politics, should inspire the question, “What does this allow them to do?” I think for those of us that are Christians we need to learn to look past the rhetoric…”
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Searching for a Working Narrative

The No Kings protests have revealed some deeply important and telling things about our current political moment.

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Jay Mallow @jaymallow.bsky.social · 12d

This would be on the news 24/7 with questions about his sanity if this were ANYONE else

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12d

Trump: "We have Darth Vader. You know Darth Vader, right? Darth Vader is a man who is sitting -- is that Darth? Stand up please. Does everybody know -- they call him Darth Vader, I call him a fine man. But he's cutting Democrat priorities and they're never gonna get them back."

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Jay Mallow @jaymallow.bsky.social · 16d

Strong ending for the week

Jay Mallow @jaymallow.bsky.social · 16d

I don’t think I’ve ever immediately felt so bad for a man’s wife before. So toxic

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Jay Mallow @jaymallow.bsky.social · 17d

I don’t know if the hair showed she should have known better or if it just completes the character

Jay Mallow @jaymallow.bsky.social · 17d

Thanks for reading

Jay Mallow @jaymallow.bsky.social · 17d

“I see three areas that have caused me to look at my fellow Evangelicals and say, “It’s not both sides.”- 1. Inability to self-reflect. 2. Tolerance of sin and lack of repentance. 3. A constant need to create division and an inability to live in community”

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Is there a “Third Way” Anymore?

With the death of Charlie Kirk there were many in the Evangelical/”Reformed”/Christian Nationalist space online claiming the death of “Third Way” “Tim Keller” like Christianity.

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Jay Mallow @jaymallow.bsky.social · 18d

Some days you just get it in

Jay Mallow @jaymallow.bsky.social · 20d

People fear what they can’t control and that appears to go doubly in evangelical settings

Jay Mallow @jaymallow.bsky.social · 20d

Just starting off the week with a preview of STL for the next 8 months (it’s just grey). But this is my second run with new ROKA sunglasses and they are hands down the best work out glasses I’ve owned.

Jay Mallow @jaymallow.bsky.social · 20d

“However, in my life there is one basic, unifying, and ever-present impulse that I have experienced in my adult life as a Conservative Evangelical and that is fear. I have been told constantly and consistently that I should be afraid.”

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What Abandoning "Winsomeness" Reveals About Us

(Hello everyone!

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Jay Mallow @jaymallow.bsky.social · 22d

Picked up a bookcase off of Marketplace, did a Costco run, built a coffee table, and finished with a run. It’s been a full day of adulting

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Jay Mallow @jaymallow.bsky.social · 25d

It is amazing what 70 degrees and it not being morning does

Jay Mallow @jaymallow.bsky.social · 27d

Beginning the week off strong

Jay Mallow @jaymallow.bsky.social · 28d

Thanks!

Jay Mallow @jaymallow.bsky.social · Oct 2

“If you’ve been in the military, you’ve met people who love making the lives of others miserable. These are the people who obsess over “standards”, who are looking for an excuse to punish anyone over the smallest infractions…”

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