Have you listened to the Humble Skeptic podcast yet? In the first episode, Shane explores faith and doubt through an investigation of his dad’s account about being in Billy Joel’s “Piano Man” bar.

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🎵 Listening to Copper State, an Arizona-inspired, jazz-country album from Arthur Vint & Associates released today. It’s great. (HT: Tucson Sentinel)

@TucsonSentinel Thanks for sharing. Great album.

Christianity Today says that Crossway and the Gettys are working on a new hymnal. Hymnworks is helping according to its website.

NASA Guide to Air-filtering Houseplants infographic by lovethegarden.

Sunset at the Cortaro Equestrian Center.

Interesting stat regarding the recent Arizona primary elections: “Statewide, there were 131 races with only one candidate, which comes to about one-fourth of all the seats that were up for grabs in the primary elections.” (Tucson Agenda)

Finished reading: Bridge-Building Apologetics by Lindsey Medenwaldt. Audio available on Libby. 📚

See how one of the most important rooms in America has been decorated over the years. It’s hard to choose a favorite.

Edinburgh Theological Seminary is currently offering a great set of classes for less than $65.

• David Nixon: Unashamedly Christian
• Zachary Purvis: The Parables of Jesus: What Are They and Why Are They So Misunderstood?
• Daniel Sladek: “Bizarre Food” or Spiritual Feast? Understanding Leviticus

Open to anyone, the Saturday Courses are an excellent way of gaining more than would normally be offered in church on Sunday whilst being less demanding than a full-time theological course.

And if you’re not in Scotland, you can take them online.

Finished reading: Christ-Centered Biblical Theology: Hermeneutical Foundations and Principles by Graeme Goldsworthy. Solid read. I have a better view of the Davidic Covenant now. CCBT is best for those familiar with the BT field. If you are a beginner, check out From Eden to New Jerusalem. 📚

Good news: Apple Maps is now available on the web.

@danalcantara That's so cool to know you are from here. If you ever come back and visit, let's get together! Send me an email sometime: christopherchelpka@pm.me. I'd love to know how you got from Tucson to Scotland.

Amazing time-lapse video of a storm forming over Tucson. Watch for when the rain starts to fall.

From Psalm 137:1

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The rest of the psalm describes why they wept, including the sorrow caused by a brother. I’ll be preaching on these topics this Sunday.

QUIZ: What generation are you when texting? - CNN

If you don’t know how texting practices and expectations vary among age groups, this is a fun way to learn.

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@Mtt I have a field watch from Vaer which I love. Based on what you are looking at, I think you might be interested in what they offer. From your choices, I’d probably go with #1 for EDC, although #9 is more fun and hard to resist.

@cjhubbs Nice watch!

I bought some strawberry tamales on a whim. They’re good! They remind me of strawberry shortcake.

@ReaderJohn It’s not common in presbyterian churches.

@ReaderJohn We’re no Seattle but we do get about 11.5 inches of annual rainfall. That’s about 1.4x more than the utility provides each year to the whole city! Not saying we wouldn’t happily take more though.

MARS prof, Paul Ipema, on catechism preaching:

• importance
• common objections
• guidelines

🌈 Did you know you can report rainbows in the iOS weather app?

Days away from leaving the nest, these two braved Sunday’s storm.

@numericcitizen Someone is a good swimmer!

@annahavron I love that. Well said.

@mwerickson Here’s one version and another.

@nathanrhale I didn’t know about the online version. Thanks. netbible.org/reader

@ChiaCheer thanks for sharing your thoughts. And I’m glad you enjoyed the links.

@onewildcrow Thank you. What an amazing place.

@sdevore ❤️ 😊

@onewildcrow wow! where is this?

@HabibCham so cute!

@rscottjones wow!

@onewildcrow 😁 Great pic!

@jedda I bet it did. Thanks.

@vincentritter I have three teens. The phone thing is tough! Jonathan Haidt has a new book out on this subject. He lays out the ideas and suggests action items we need to take as a society. Here’s a summary on the Hidden Brain podcast. The slow burn jcrabapple@dmv.community talks about is part of the problem.

@manton it doesn’t seem like many people are sharing so far. The only usernames I’ve been able to find are yours and Adam Mosseri’s lol

@manton I figured it out. You need to search for usernames like this: @username@threads.net

@manton How do you follow Threads accounts from Micro.blog?

@drewbelf I’m in the middle of enjoying her interview with Tyler Cowen right now. What stood out to you about the book? 

@danalcantara Great! Happy it was helpful. Feel free to use the contact info on my about page if there's anything now or in the future that I might be able to help with.

@JoshNicholas I love it!