Matt Thiessen
@mattthiessen.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Religious Studies, McMaster University. Author of Jesus & the Forces of Death and A Jewish Paul: The Messiah's Herald to the Gentiles.
Whether it's the rich hoarding ungodly wealth or the poor hoarding devices, both classes are equally at fault for the economy.
November 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Whether it's the rich hoarding ungodly wealth or the poor hoarding devices, both classes are equally at fault for the economy.
Just want to give a shoutout to all the anti-vaxxers, 'vaccine hesitant,' and people 'doing their own research.' You have won and now we all are losing.
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Just want to give a shoutout to all the anti-vaxxers, 'vaccine hesitant,' and people 'doing their own research.' You have won and now we all are losing.
Settling in for the weekend.
November 22, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Settling in for the weekend.
Swastikas, nooses, and confederate flags are hate symbols.
November 20, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Swastikas, nooses, and confederate flags are hate symbols.
Just White National Christian (i.e., Nat-C) Stephen Wolfe giving a paper at the Evangelical Theological Society.
November 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Just White National Christian (i.e., Nat-C) Stephen Wolfe giving a paper at the Evangelical Theological Society.
Jingle All the Way is a solid second-tier Christmas movie. Love that Phil Hartman is the bully and Arnold Schwarzenegger the dweeb.
November 17, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Jingle All the Way is a solid second-tier Christmas movie. Love that Phil Hartman is the bully and Arnold Schwarzenegger the dweeb.
It was a delight to contribute to this volume, which honours my close friend and now retired colleague, Travis Kroeker!
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November 12, 2025 at 2:48 PM
It was a delight to contribute to this volume, which honours my close friend and now retired colleague, Travis Kroeker!
Get Messianic Imagination: Politics, Theology, and Literature from Wipf & Stock now!
wipfandstock.com/978166676134...
Get Messianic Imagination: Politics, Theology, and Literature from Wipf & Stock now!
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The science checks out.
November 12, 2025 at 12:24 AM
The science checks out.
Ya this comes loaded with Christmas cheer!🎄🎅🎄
November 11, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Ya this comes loaded with Christmas cheer!🎄🎅🎄
Great news! New Christian denomination just dropped. (Ok, it's been around since ~2016.)
November 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Great news! New Christian denomination just dropped. (Ok, it's been around since ~2016.)
NYT pitchbot: "Whether it's presidential pardons for January 6 rioters or left-wing juries failing to convict sandwich guy, both sides clearly have a problem with justice."
November 7, 2025 at 11:18 PM
NYT pitchbot: "Whether it's presidential pardons for January 6 rioters or left-wing juries failing to convict sandwich guy, both sides clearly have a problem with justice."
painfully true as of today.
November 3, 2025 at 1:51 AM
painfully true as of today.
my daughter as soon as she returns from trick or treating.
November 1, 2025 at 11:36 AM
my daughter as soon as she returns from trick or treating.
Whoever came up with those 1980s Grey Poupon commercials better have been paid well because almost 50 years later they still have people convinced that a $3 bottle of mustard is high cuisine. 🤣
October 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Whoever came up with those 1980s Grey Poupon commercials better have been paid well because almost 50 years later they still have people convinced that a $3 bottle of mustard is high cuisine. 🤣
Grokipedia? You mean Crock-ipedia?
From Wikipedia's Grokipedia page:
From Wikipedia's Grokipedia page:
October 28, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Grokipedia? You mean Crock-ipedia?
From Wikipedia's Grokipedia page:
From Wikipedia's Grokipedia page:
New analogy for the Trinity just dropped.
October 26, 2025 at 9:44 PM
New analogy for the Trinity just dropped.
John knew the Synoptic Gospels.
It's that simple.
As always, @goodacre.bsky.social makes it crystal clear.
Buy it.
Read it.
@eerdmansbooks.bsky.social
It's that simple.
As always, @goodacre.bsky.social makes it crystal clear.
Buy it.
Read it.
@eerdmansbooks.bsky.social
October 26, 2025 at 8:34 PM
John knew the Synoptic Gospels.
It's that simple.
As always, @goodacre.bsky.social makes it crystal clear.
Buy it.
Read it.
@eerdmansbooks.bsky.social
It's that simple.
As always, @goodacre.bsky.social makes it crystal clear.
Buy it.
Read it.
@eerdmansbooks.bsky.social
Hazy IPAs should be opaque and breweries that make transparent beer and sell it as a "Hazy IPA" should be held liable.
October 16, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Hazy IPAs should be opaque and breweries that make transparent beer and sell it as a "Hazy IPA" should be held liable.
If this is masculinity, then hell yeah we need to (in the immortal words of St. Paul) go and castrate ourselves.
Then again, many of us have gone our whole adult lives never participating in such hateful speech, so maybe it's not our 'masculinity' that is under attack but your hatred.
Then again, many of us have gone our whole adult lives never participating in such hateful speech, so maybe it's not our 'masculinity' that is under attack but your hatred.
October 16, 2025 at 8:19 PM
If this is masculinity, then hell yeah we need to (in the immortal words of St. Paul) go and castrate ourselves.
Then again, many of us have gone our whole adult lives never participating in such hateful speech, so maybe it's not our 'masculinity' that is under attack but your hatred.
Then again, many of us have gone our whole adult lives never participating in such hateful speech, so maybe it's not our 'masculinity' that is under attack but your hatred.
This is why I will never leave Twitter.
October 14, 2025 at 12:44 PM
This is why I will never leave Twitter.
I'm sorry, what?
October 9, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I'm sorry, what?
Have had some thoughts on divine visibility percolating on a back burner for years. Hoping Luke Irwin's new book, *Jesus and the Visibility of God*, can sharpen my thinking and help me get some of it down on paper.
October 9, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Have had some thoughts on divine visibility percolating on a back burner for years. Hoping Luke Irwin's new book, *Jesus and the Visibility of God*, can sharpen my thinking and help me get some of it down on paper.
What evangelicals picture when they hear that Bad Bunny is going to perform during the Super Bowl halftime show.
October 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
What evangelicals picture when they hear that Bad Bunny is going to perform during the Super Bowl halftime show.
Five years ago today.
October 9, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Five years ago today.
Spouse just checked our shared calendar and now I can see how I was wrong to abbreviate the title "The Harry Lyman Hooker Distinguished Visiting Professor."
October 7, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Spouse just checked our shared calendar and now I can see how I was wrong to abbreviate the title "The Harry Lyman Hooker Distinguished Visiting Professor."