Daniel Rempel
@drempel.bsky.social
Bible and theology prof at Providence (🇨🇦) | PhD in theological ethics from Aberdeen | long-suffering fan of the Winnipeg Jets and Arsenal Football Club
All the recent Harper revisionism has been, umm, quite something.
February 4, 2026 at 9:17 PM
All the recent Harper revisionism has been, umm, quite something.
*frantically taking notes*
Got it.
Got it.
February 4, 2026 at 7:07 PM
*frantically taking notes*
Got it.
Got it.
True story! You’d think Canadian cities would be better, but…
February 4, 2026 at 12:31 AM
True story! You’d think Canadian cities would be better, but…
You know, I’m not sure that he actually read the Bible.
February 3, 2026 at 11:44 PM
You know, I’m not sure that he actually read the Bible.
Giving off these vibes:
a man in a blue shirt and tie is pointing at a board with papers on it .
ALT: a man in a blue shirt and tie is pointing at a board with papers on it .
media.tenor.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Giving off these vibes:
See, this is the problem, I just unpacked the question, I didn’t actually answer it.
February 3, 2026 at 11:26 PM
See, this is the problem, I just unpacked the question, I didn’t actually answer it.
Student: “Why did I get this bad grade?”
Me: “I don’t know.”
Am I doing this right?
Me: “I don’t know.”
Am I doing this right?
February 3, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Student: “Why did I get this bad grade?”
Me: “I don’t know.”
Am I doing this right?
Me: “I don’t know.”
Am I doing this right?
“The lectures start coming and they don’t stop coming / fed to the students and I hit the ground running”
February 2, 2026 at 7:01 PM
“The lectures start coming and they don’t stop coming / fed to the students and I hit the ground running”
I haven’t read Asad but I would agree re Coulthard. Interestingly, Barth’s next section moves from the critique of religion to a love grounded in materiality. IOW, love of neighbour is the material outworking of the command to love God. No materiality, no love.
February 2, 2026 at 4:09 PM
I haven’t read Asad but I would agree re Coulthard. Interestingly, Barth’s next section moves from the critique of religion to a love grounded in materiality. IOW, love of neighbour is the material outworking of the command to love God. No materiality, no love.
Yeah I think that’s right.
February 2, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Yeah I think that’s right.
Something like that, yeah.
February 2, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Something like that, yeah.
It’s an (unfortunate) classic German move (thanks Weber et al).
February 2, 2026 at 2:31 PM
It’s an (unfortunate) classic German move (thanks Weber et al).
(Yes I know that’s the classic Barthian move that you hate.)
February 2, 2026 at 2:29 PM
(Yes I know that’s the classic Barthian move that you hate.)
It’s clearer when you read it in light of his work on “lesser lights” in IV/3.1.
February 2, 2026 at 2:28 PM
It’s clearer when you read it in light of his work on “lesser lights” in IV/3.1.