Nick Key
@nkey97.bsky.social
Dad. Husband. Tiger. Writer. Outdoorsmen. Christian. Fan of sanity.
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Common Sense, published 250 years ago today.
January 10, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Common Sense, published 250 years ago today.
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“Legalistic remorse says, ‘I broke God's rules,’ while real repentance says, ‘I broke God's heart’”
January 10, 2026 at 4:18 AM
“Legalistic remorse says, ‘I broke God's rules,’ while real repentance says, ‘I broke God's heart’”
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Renewal means we should look increasingly less like Empire … not more like it.
America is not "Christian" culture.
If our idea of becoming more like Christ makes us look more like Caesar or “normal” culture … we’ve chosen to become more like Barabbas, not Christ.
America is not "Christian" culture.
If our idea of becoming more like Christ makes us look more like Caesar or “normal” culture … we’ve chosen to become more like Barabbas, not Christ.
January 9, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Renewal means we should look increasingly less like Empire … not more like it.
America is not "Christian" culture.
If our idea of becoming more like Christ makes us look more like Caesar or “normal” culture … we’ve chosen to become more like Barabbas, not Christ.
America is not "Christian" culture.
If our idea of becoming more like Christ makes us look more like Caesar or “normal” culture … we’ve chosen to become more like Barabbas, not Christ.
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God is not silent regarding systemic abuse. He sent Jesus, who lived amid corrupt systems, and He stood against anything and everything that deformed, crushed, and destroyed humanity, including religious leaders.
January 9, 2026 at 12:56 PM
God is not silent regarding systemic abuse. He sent Jesus, who lived amid corrupt systems, and He stood against anything and everything that deformed, crushed, and destroyed humanity, including religious leaders.
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3/ Any system that limits a person’s voice, autonomy, and inherent value … does not emulate Christic example or His coming Kingdom.
Any ideology or theology that willingly pushes others down with a promise of later elevation … denies the present and finished work of the Cross.
/ENDS
Any ideology or theology that willingly pushes others down with a promise of later elevation … denies the present and finished work of the Cross.
/ENDS
January 8, 2026 at 4:00 AM
3/ Any system that limits a person’s voice, autonomy, and inherent value … does not emulate Christic example or His coming Kingdom.
Any ideology or theology that willingly pushes others down with a promise of later elevation … denies the present and finished work of the Cross.
/ENDS
Any ideology or theology that willingly pushes others down with a promise of later elevation … denies the present and finished work of the Cross.
/ENDS
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2/ When it looks like flawed normal human nature, behaves like Caesar, or acts like normal human society … it cannot be of Christ, promote Christ, or draw anyone to Christ.
Any choice, policy, or action that degrades our fellow man … is not of Christ.
Any choice, policy, or action that degrades our fellow man … is not of Christ.
January 8, 2026 at 4:00 AM
2/ When it looks like flawed normal human nature, behaves like Caesar, or acts like normal human society … it cannot be of Christ, promote Christ, or draw anyone to Christ.
Any choice, policy, or action that degrades our fellow man … is not of Christ.
Any choice, policy, or action that degrades our fellow man … is not of Christ.
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1/ A reminder: Caesar’s tools cannot and will never build the coming Kingdom of Christ … nor can it build a flawed facsimile. Likewise, nothing born of Christ, Christ’s character, or Christ’s mission which represents the heart of God … will ever build anything remotely akin to Caesar’s kingdom.
January 8, 2026 at 4:00 AM
1/ A reminder: Caesar’s tools cannot and will never build the coming Kingdom of Christ … nor can it build a flawed facsimile. Likewise, nothing born of Christ, Christ’s character, or Christ’s mission which represents the heart of God … will ever build anything remotely akin to Caesar’s kingdom.
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We “perform” (do) works of love and service, but this is not to earn anything. It is a part of our grateful and faithful response to what God has already done for us in Christ
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January 2, 2026 at 4:53 AM
We “perform” (do) works of love and service, but this is not to earn anything. It is a part of our grateful and faithful response to what God has already done for us in Christ
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Agree 💯 With Matthew Dowd......
December 31, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Agree 💯 With Matthew Dowd......
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If you are going to enter into the suffering of those who have been traumatized, you have to learn how to sit with and listen to fear, anger, and great grief with compassion and understanding. You will also have to learn how to do it for far longer than you prefer.
December 27, 2025 at 12:58 PM
If you are going to enter into the suffering of those who have been traumatized, you have to learn how to sit with and listen to fear, anger, and great grief with compassion and understanding. You will also have to learn how to do it for far longer than you prefer.
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I remember students complaining about hand cramps when I was proctoring finals as a TA thirty years ago.
And uh, you’re not supposed to “like” the final exam.
And uh, you’re not supposed to “like” the final exam.
Does anyone else bristle at this framing? WSJ says blue books are “torturing” students with hand cramps, and “nobody likes them.”
Listen, students have been outsourcing everything to AI and cheating their way through college. Blue books should be celebrated as a return to authentic human learning.
Listen, students have been outsourcing everything to AI and cheating their way through college. Blue books should be celebrated as a return to authentic human learning.
They Were Every Student’s Worst Nightmare. Now Blue Books Are Back.
Cheating with ChatGPT has become a huge problem for colleges. The solution is painfully old-school.
www.wsj.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I remember students complaining about hand cramps when I was proctoring finals as a TA thirty years ago.
And uh, you’re not supposed to “like” the final exam.
And uh, you’re not supposed to “like” the final exam.
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Life is good, yes. But it can also be hard.
Whatever you’re dealing with today, I pray your load will be a little lighter tonight.
Happy Christmas, my friends.
Best,
JVL
Whatever you’re dealing with today, I pray your load will be a little lighter tonight.
Happy Christmas, my friends.
Best,
JVL
December 24, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Life is good, yes. But it can also be hard.
Whatever you’re dealing with today, I pray your load will be a little lighter tonight.
Happy Christmas, my friends.
Best,
JVL
Whatever you’re dealing with today, I pray your load will be a little lighter tonight.
Happy Christmas, my friends.
Best,
JVL
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“The Lord did not come to make a display.
He came to heal and to teach suffering humanity.”
—St. Athanasius, 4th c
He came to heal and to teach suffering humanity.”
—St. Athanasius, 4th c
December 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
“The Lord did not come to make a display.
He came to heal and to teach suffering humanity.”
—St. Athanasius, 4th c
He came to heal and to teach suffering humanity.”
—St. Athanasius, 4th c
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This is a voter problem, boys and girls.
If you want the Democrats to do more and to be able to stand up to Trump, you need to elect more of them.
People are like football coaches that only field 7 players on defense against the other team's 11. And then start yelling "YOU DIDN'T STOP THE RUN!!"
If you want the Democrats to do more and to be able to stand up to Trump, you need to elect more of them.
People are like football coaches that only field 7 players on defense against the other team's 11. And then start yelling "YOU DIDN'T STOP THE RUN!!"
December 17, 2025 at 9:01 PM
This is a voter problem, boys and girls.
If you want the Democrats to do more and to be able to stand up to Trump, you need to elect more of them.
People are like football coaches that only field 7 players on defense against the other team's 11. And then start yelling "YOU DIDN'T STOP THE RUN!!"
If you want the Democrats to do more and to be able to stand up to Trump, you need to elect more of them.
People are like football coaches that only field 7 players on defense against the other team's 11. And then start yelling "YOU DIDN'T STOP THE RUN!!"
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Mel Brooks having to bury Rob Reiner is against all laws of nature and I’m not ok about it
December 15, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Mel Brooks having to bury Rob Reiner is against all laws of nature and I’m not ok about it
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Think my oldest person belief is "you don't always need to blast music in between the action at a sporting event"
December 13, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Think my oldest person belief is "you don't always need to blast music in between the action at a sporting event"
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“Rightly so, at Christmas, people who are suffering want to know, ‘Why should I be merry? What basis do I really have for joy?’ The answer is that if Christmas really happened, if God really did open a cleft in the pitiless walls of this world, …”
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December 13, 2025 at 6:04 AM
“Rightly so, at Christmas, people who are suffering want to know, ‘Why should I be merry? What basis do I really have for joy?’ The answer is that if Christmas really happened, if God really did open a cleft in the pitiless walls of this world, …”
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Foresight on so many things facing our country right now…from Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social in February 2017:
“The health of a Democracy is based on our ability to come together for the common good, and only way to do that is with common set of facts.”
-- Matthew Dowd
#Democracy
“The health of a Democracy is based on our ability to come together for the common good, and only way to do that is with common set of facts.”
-- Matthew Dowd
#Democracy
December 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Foresight on so many things facing our country right now…from Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social in February 2017:
“The health of a Democracy is based on our ability to come together for the common good, and only way to do that is with common set of facts.”
-- Matthew Dowd
#Democracy
“The health of a Democracy is based on our ability to come together for the common good, and only way to do that is with common set of facts.”
-- Matthew Dowd
#Democracy
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A truth-teller disturbs, alerts, wakens, and warns against indifference to injustice and complacency about the needs of human beings. To be silent about injustices in this world is to be a partner with those who carry out violence and evil and corruption.
December 12, 2025 at 12:35 PM
A truth-teller disturbs, alerts, wakens, and warns against indifference to injustice and complacency about the needs of human beings. To be silent about injustices in this world is to be a partner with those who carry out violence and evil and corruption.
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“The image of God and 'common grace' means non-Christians are never as bad as their wrong beliefs would otherwise make them. Remaining sin means Christians are never as good as their right beliefs should make them. So, Christians should not act and feel as superior as many do”
December 12, 2025 at 7:46 AM
“The image of God and 'common grace' means non-Christians are never as bad as their wrong beliefs would otherwise make them. Remaining sin means Christians are never as good as their right beliefs should make them. So, Christians should not act and feel as superior as many do”
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Remember: You are not loved for being above the human condition. You are loved for being deeply, achingly human within it.
December 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Remember: You are not loved for being above the human condition. You are loved for being deeply, achingly human within it.
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Not everybody who talks about God is godly or even believes in God.
Not everybody who calls themselves a Christian is a Christian or even understands the Gospel.
And not everybody who hugs an American flag believes in the Constitution of the nation which that flag represents.
Not everybody who calls themselves a Christian is a Christian or even understands the Gospel.
And not everybody who hugs an American flag believes in the Constitution of the nation which that flag represents.
December 6, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Not everybody who talks about God is godly or even believes in God.
Not everybody who calls themselves a Christian is a Christian or even understands the Gospel.
And not everybody who hugs an American flag believes in the Constitution of the nation which that flag represents.
Not everybody who calls themselves a Christian is a Christian or even understands the Gospel.
And not everybody who hugs an American flag believes in the Constitution of the nation which that flag represents.
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“It's one thing to be grateful; it's another to give thanks. Gratitude is what you feel. Thanksgiving is what you do”
November 28, 2025 at 3:48 AM
“It's one thing to be grateful; it's another to give thanks. Gratitude is what you feel. Thanksgiving is what you do”
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We are not called to protect our institutions, nor do we protect the God of truth by covering up sin and/or a crime. To do so is to “protect” a cancer—and cancer kills. We honor God by caring for the wounded and by dragging sin to the light and calling it by its right name.
November 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
We are not called to protect our institutions, nor do we protect the God of truth by covering up sin and/or a crime. To do so is to “protect” a cancer—and cancer kills. We honor God by caring for the wounded and by dragging sin to the light and calling it by its right name.
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I wish Christians in America would worry a lot less about our nation being Christian and a lot more about our actions being Christlike.
November 19, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I wish Christians in America would worry a lot less about our nation being Christian and a lot more about our actions being Christlike.