Since no one else will do it: Pedro Pascal as 1 Peter commentaries. 1. Karen Jobes

How did early readers think about the relationship between the gospels? Retweet for a drawing to win a free book.

One of my favourite picks of my youngest son with our puppy.

Today my college received a library book back after 25 years! 👇🏼

This arrived by mail at my college today. It’s never too late to return a library book. Even after 25 years. Even from overseas. Bless you, Isaac!

This week I heard someone praise Perth's public transport system, which is frankly, hilarious. My son missed a bus today b/c his app misinformed him re. the expected ETA. Next bus not due for 1 hour. On a week day. In a city of +2mil. Only viable option was to get an Uber.🫠

So also, South Korea. Some villages haven’t seen a single birth since the 1988 Seoul Olympics, and schools in rural areas are being shuttered for lack of enrolments. “Kid-free zones” are increasingly common (as in, “You aren’t welcome here w/ your kids). It’s cultural suicide.

All in favour? 🙋🏼‍♂️

More art from my daughter (13)

Kinda love how my gym workouts get summarised according to how many times I lift a given animal. Today: raccoons.

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As such, those who would oppose interracial marriages are, in reality, seeking to rebuild that which God in Christ rightly destroyed; they do not represent Christ or his kingdom, and are teaching & acting in ways that are fundamentally anti-Christ. /END

Now, if Christ has destroyed that barrier of hostility & made for himself one humanity in Christ, it stands to reason that one should expect to see that new multi-ethnic reality expressed not only the broader church community, but in Christian marriages as well... /4

by setting aside in his flesh the law w/ its commands & regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new humanity out of the two, thus making peace, & in one body to reconcile both of them to God thru the cross, by which he put to death their hostility" (Eph 2:14–16). /3

that once existed between people groups and created a new humanity in Christ. To quote the Apostle Paul: "For he himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one & has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility... /2

To American Evangelicals who want to oppose interracial marriage: have at it if you must, but you CANNOT pull it off w/ sound Christian/Biblical theology. The Trinitarian God of the Bible is the God of all nations & in Jesus Christ he has destroyed the barrier of hostility... /1

A note for American evangelicals: You don’t need to caveat inter-racial marriage. It’s fine. Great actually. Can’t believe it has to be said. 🫠

Scrolling @BBCWorld Twitter feed for anything on Iran. Nothing in over 2 days. Astonishing given all that has happened in the last 48hrs. Although this, below, does make “headlines”. Journalistic malpractice writ large.

The OG Substack post can be read here:

· Rikk E. Watts', ‘Isaiah in the New Testament’ in Firth & Williamson (eds), Interpreting Isaiah: Issues and Approaches, pp. 213–33. IVP Academic, 2009. · Barry Webb's, The Message of Isaiah (BST), Inter-Varsity Press, 2023. /END

My hope & prayer is that this proves useful in your future engagement with Isaiah. To wrap up, here’s some recommended reading to help you on your way: · Andrew Abernethy's Discovering Isaiah, SPCK, 2021. · Alec J. Motyer's, Isaiah (TOTC 20), IVP Academic, 1999. /24