Jacob Edson
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Jacob Edson
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Writer & Editorial Director @ Bible Gateway. Hot takes on obscure theology, superheroes, and your dad's favorite music. Harvard MTS. Opinions my own. Evagrius was right.
"I never say this" —Person who often says this
June 15, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Not to mention how unwieldy it is as an acronym. Will the Catholic version be NRSVUECE? What about when they update it again? NRSVUUE? It quickly becomes ridiculous; they could have been like every other translator and simply started printing NRSVs with the new content.
May 8, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Well deserved! A powerful and consistently compelling read.
April 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM
One third of Bible Gateway's top 25 most viewed verses worldwide in 2024 were from Psalm 91. Ten years ago, at least in the U.S., it didn't even make the top 100. Here are a few thoughts about what that rise could mean about our national and global condition.
How Psalm 91 Helps Explain the Global Mood | Bible Gateway News & Knowledge
Have you been feeling more anxious recently? You’re not alone. Over the past decade, Psalm 91 has been climbing the ranks of most-popular verses on Bible Gateway.
www.biblegateway.com
January 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
That is a large dividing line between evangelicals and, well, everyone else — but I'd say the fact that nearly a third say it's *not* wrong and support marriage, contra public perception (and internal pressure) is the big story here.
December 17, 2024 at 2:43 AM
In terms of 2024 releases, if you haven't already read them: Marilynne Robinson's "Reading Genesis" and Nancy French's "Ghosted" (which someone else also mentioned) — very different books, both very worthy reads (or listens).
December 13, 2024 at 3:25 PM
Criminally underappreciated. It's hard to imagine a more perfect theological novel
December 12, 2024 at 6:28 PM
How can you not be impressed by the best graphics the original PlayStation has to offer
December 11, 2024 at 10:18 PM
Traditionalist Nazi nuns vs. progressive ecologist priests/Pope is such an excellent inversion of the trope. Begging for a film adaptation
These Nuns Were Excommunicated but Won’t Leave Their Convents
The Poor Clares of Belorado, in northern Spain, are digging in their heels in a battle of wills over real estate with the Catholic Church.
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2024 at 3:04 PM
And the Hebrew "ruach" is feminine, so there's another good option
December 2, 2024 at 9:34 PM
100% — and worth noting the practice is only a few centuries old, not at all endemic to the text
December 2, 2024 at 9:25 PM
Someone I respect wrote recently he doesn't like people using the impersonal "it" for the Holy Spirit (rather than "he"), which got me thinking.

Unfortunately "he" is not biblical as πνεῦμα is a neuter noun. The good news is, there's a gender-neutral pronoun in English, too: singular "they." #lfg
December 2, 2024 at 9:21 PM
Correction, Eternals is the most underrated superhero movie and it's not even close. Beyond that I see nothing incriminating here, you're free to go
December 2, 2024 at 9:02 PM
A remarkable tonal followup to the Onion's all-time classic, "Local Church Full Of Brainwashed Idiots Feeds Town’s Poor Every Week." Nice job speaking to your base @nytimes.com
At Bible Study for the Homeless, a Search for Meaning
Religion is often overlooked as a factor in the lives of the needy, but those who gather at a center in Virginia say it helps sustain them.
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2024 at 4:32 PM
Always a pleasure to publish your work, Scot!
November 22, 2024 at 5:46 PM
Pay no attention to the man behind the temple curtain
November 22, 2024 at 5:30 PM