Posts from May 2023

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Beer-lahai-roi

by Tyler Dirks

Once upon a time there was a couple who couldn’t have kids. The wife cajoled her husband into having intimate relations with her servant (for she thought, “It may be that I shall obtain children by her.”). The husband yielded to his wife’s execrable naggings. The servant conceived a child, and for the first time […]

What The Boss Said…

by Tyler Dirks

Here are the primary takeaways from my morning meeting with The Boss today… Elders must hold firm to sound doctrine and the trustworthy Word as taught and emphasized by Jesus of Nazareth. The protocols, norms, and decorums of American Christianity don’t get to dictate what is truly and forcibly meant by ‘sound doctrine’, but rather […]

Missive to Peeps in Colossae

by Tyler Dirks

A couple of days ago I read an account of Jesus having a breakfast meeting with His friends around a campfire. So last night before bed I checked the weather and saw that the temp was forecast to be 57 degrees in the morning, and I resolved to have my morning breakfast meeting with The […]

A Mother’s Complaint Against Jesus

by Tyler Dirks

I am writing to express my concern and distress regarding the “rabbi” Jesus of Nazareth. My son has never been the brightest crayon in the box, and I have always been worried about people preying on him and leading him astray. My husband and I have worked very hard to provide a prosperous and protected […]

John 6

by Tyler Dirks

Here’s a highlight reel from John 6. “Let’s serve dinner to thousands of people.” – Jesus of Nazareth “Yeah! Definitely! There’s a kid over there with a Lunchable, maybe we can ask him to share with everyone! It’ll be an epic feast!” – Andrew (said as a joke, and probably with some irritable sarcasm). “Bingo! […]

Affirming Your Humanity

by Tyler Dirks

A friend of mine recently reminded me of a paragraph from a past blog post. The paragraph reads: Jesus hates it when we attempt to have Him on our terms. Jesus will not tolerate our agenda to reduce Him to anything less than our Maker and Master. Jesus withdraws because we want to neuter and […]

Hometown

by Tyler Dirks

Driving the kids to school on Wednesday, we were listening to “Hometown” by twenty one pilots. Having recently read Amos and Ezekiel the following lyrics were particularly engrossing: Put away, put awayAll the gods your father served todayPut away, put awayYour traditions, believe me when I sayWe don’t know, we don’t knowHow to put back […]