Thoughtful Christians
Professors, pastors, writers, and religion journalists. A lot of these people just joined Bluesky on November 14, 2024 so need followers.
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@andyrowell.bsky.social
@joshuajipp.bsky.social
@wartwatch.bsky.social
Looking at abuse in the broader evangelical church. I do not discuss politics, so it does not define my presence here. I retweet things I find interesting. These are not meant to be endorsements.
@brianzahnd.bsky.social
Founding pastor of Word of Life Church in St. Joseph, Missouri; author of eleven books, including The Wood Between the Worlds.
@shaneclaiborne.bsky.social
Author, activist, & recovering sinner. Building a new world in the shell of the old one. http://shaneclaiborne.com FB:ShaneClaiborne IG:Shane.Claiborne
@nancyfrench.bsky.social
Author of GHOSTED: AN AMERICAN STORY - order here: https://shorturl.at/bklzH NYT Best-Selling Author, investigative journalist, story teller. Married to @davidfrenchjag.bsky.socialโฌ though I don't share his taste in movies.
@davidfrenchjag.bsky.social
NYT Columnist, visiting professor at Lipscomb University, Chautauqua Perry Fellow in Democracy. Married to @nancyfrench.bsky.social. Iraq vet, Grizzlies fan, born in War Eagle Country and raised in Big Blue Nation.
@edstetzer.bsky.social
Dean @TalbotTheology Edtr @OutreachMag Pstr @MarinersChurch Dstngushd Vstng Scholar @WycliffeHall at Oxford https://linktr.ee/edstetzer
@amypete.bsky.social
Author, teacher, Episcopal priest. Wayward and curious. Solvitur ambulando. she/her https://amypete.substack.com https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B01N2AKDP8
@richstearns.bsky.social
President Emeritus of World Vision (retired) and author of โThe Hole in Our Gospel' and โLead Like it Matters to God.โ Opinions are strictly my own.
@jtnoble.bsky.social
Peddling Hebrew Bible at Marian Univ Indy, looking for good ideas on Blue Sky
@dianelangberg.bsky.social
Psychologist.Trauma Expert. International Speaker. Consultant. Author. https://linktr.ee/dianelangberg?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=6b3b4f52-72f4-4cb4-9419-f034fba65a75
@iamfujimura.bsky.social
Artist. Author of โArt+Faithโ (2021) and โArt Isโ (2025) Yale University Press https://linktr.ee/Iamfujimura
@sandraglahn.bsky.social
Dances with words. Seminary prof. Author/editor/writer. Co-founder, Visual Museum of Women in Christianity (visualmuseum.gallery)
@warrenkinghorn.bsky.social
psychiatrist and theological ethicist at Duke, co-director of the Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative at Duke Divinity School
@drcedmondson.bsky.social
Psychologist| Organizational Strategist| Top 1% Podcast| 2023 NAACP Image Award Nominee| IVP 2023 Justice Book of the Year winner | ๐๐ Author of http://ivpress.com/faithful-antiracism
@matthewkaemingk.bsky.social
Author, Professor | Theology, Ethics, Politics | Books: Work & Worship, Muslim Immigration, Reformed Public Theology http://bit.ly/3AVvjCe Podcast: Zealots at the Gate
@julieroys.bsky.social
Reporting the Truth. Restoring the Church. Christian investigative journalist, author, & podcaster. JulieRoys.com
@danielgreid.bsky.social
Resident alien in the Central Oregon high desert, next door to the Cascades. My background is (PhD) in biblical studies, but interests run wide. Recently: The China We Never Knew: https://dgreid49.substack.com
@drrickwarren.bsky.social
Wrote some books. Have spoken to businesses, churches, and governments in 167 nations. Loves seekers, skeptics, and strugglers.
@meganlively.bsky.social
Would rather learn more about you Letโs make social media kind and fun again ๐
@amypeeler.bsky.social
Professor of New Testament, Episcopal priest, author, wife to amazing musician, mom to three stellar kids, runner, crossfitter, anti-fascist.
@jpowellmcnutt.bsky.social
Rev Dr Prof Mom | FrHistS, Dyrness ๐ชProfessor of Theology and History of Christianity | ๐ Author (2024) Know the Theologians, The Mary We Forgot, The Oxford Handbook of the Bible and Reformation | Presby Pastor McNuttshell Ministries
@mikaedmondson.bsky.social
Claimed by Christ, husband, father, son, advocate for marginalized,author "The Power of Unearned Suffering," Retweet โ Endorsement
@chrisbjames.bsky.social
practical theologian, missiologist, professor, author: church planting, ecumenism, ecclesial ecologies, cities, common good, theological education
@lucepeppiatt.bsky.social
Principal at WTC Theology, theologian, author, supporting young leaders at Crossnet Church
@michelleboorstein.bsky.social
curious religion reporter. cockapoo-obsessed. I have questions.
@wilsonhartgrove.bsky.social
Author, preacher, & moral activist. Assistant Director & Lecturer, Yale Center for Public Theology & Public Policy. Substack: https://ourmoralmoment.substack.com/
@carolynezer.bsky.social
Author of Malestrom: How Jesus Dismantles Patriarchy & Redefines Manhood; The Gospel of Ruth: Loving God Enough to Break the Rules. Champions a male/female Blessed Alliance & practices what she preaches w/Frank James. Loves the Phillies!
@winncollier.bsky.social
Pastor & Priest | Writer | Director of the Eugene Peterson Center for Christian Imagination | Clemson Sports We have so little joy because we take ourselves too seriously. // Merton
@danielsilliman.bsky.social
News editor at Christianity Today. Historian who wrote a religious bio of Richard Nixon. Raising chickens, bees, and cats in Appalachia.
@dankimball.bsky.social
Bible. Theology. Church. Jesus. Rockabilly. Vintage Punk. Drums. Dinosaurs. Bronze Age Comic Books. Bowling. Universal Monsters. Author: โHow (Not) To Read The Bibleโ
@dhenreckson.bsky.social
Director/professor at Whitworth University | author at Cambridge and Baker Academic (contracted) | PhD at Princeton | Chicago partisan | latter-day scholastic
@wdavidotaylor.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Theology & Culture @fullerseminary. Author: "Prayers for the Pilgrimage" + "A Body of Praise" + "Open & Unafraid." IG: @davidtaylor_theologian. W: https://www.wdavidotaylor.com.
@kazhayashi.bsky.social
PhD Hebrew Bible / Old Testament || Associate Professor of Old Testament at Bethel University/Seminary || Biblical Archaeologist || Bible and Christianity in Japan, Anime, and Manga
@royciampa.bsky.social
Retired New Testament professor (Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and Samford University); seeking to follow Jesus and to learn to love God and all my neighbors. Learning from those who are different from myself and who help me grow in understanding.
@melissaf-b.bsky.social
Mennonite Church USA pastor and writer. Mennonite Action, Anabaptist World board, Christian Century columnist, LโArche for life
@bethmoorelpm.bsky.social
Author __ Bible Teacher __ Jesus Follower __ Dog Lover __ People Liker __ I live in the woods outside Houston with my man of a jillion years and our bird dog Pecos. Honorary Auntie to anyone who wants one.
@zugzwanged.bsky.social
Theologian and husband to @suzania.bsky.social. Substack: https://argosy.substack.com/
@kateshellnutt.bsky.social
@christianitytoday.com news director ๐ฐ | augusta, georgia ๐| probably up too late ๐
@fitchest.bsky.social
Professor, pastor, C&MA, Northern Seminary, Neo-Anabaptist, Holiness, Pentecostal Theologian. I talk Culture, Theology, Ethics, and most of all, Mission!!
@chuckdegroat.bsky.social
Hoping to offer goodness & beauty in this digital wilderness | Professor @westernsem | Licensed Therapist | Author | 5 Day SouI Care Intensives | PhD Psychology
@andrealturpin.bsky.social
Associate Professor of History, Baylor U. Author, *A New Moral Vision: Gender, Religion, & the Changing Purposes of American Higher Education.* Currently researching women in US religious controversies. Views my own.
@lauraebarringer.bsky.social
Educator. Co-author of A CHURCH CALLED TOV + PIVOT. Christian Book Award finalist. Board member, Broken to Beloved. Links: http://linktr.ee/lauraebarringer
@racheldhastings.bsky.social
Assistant Academic Editorial Director IVP Academic Mom to 3; MAOT, MANT (GCTS) Chaotic reader
@margmowczko.bsky.social
Grateful for the new life Jesus offers to every person on the planet. Advocate for mutuality and unity between women and men in ministry and in marriage. Blogs at MargMowczko.com ๋ฏธ์๋ค ์ด ๋ง์ด์ฌ
@melissamoorezolfo.bsky.social
Reading + Writing + Cooking โข Lover of Trees, Words, Birds, Conversations & the Dallas Mavericks โข Biblical Studies & Theology Enthusiast โข Learning to be Human I Rest in the Faithfulness of Jesus lproof.org
@joelchopp.bsky.social
Asst. Prof. of Historical & Systematic Theology, Asbury Theological Seminary | Managing Editor of Pro Ecclesia | PhD U of Toronto, Wycliffe College
@martyduren.bsky.social
Happy Hubster, Dad, Pawpaw, author, reader, freelance writer, raconteur, tsundoku practitioner, Jesus follower. I work with words.
@theboyonthebike.bsky.social
Author of The Book of Waiting, The Road Away from God, How to Survive a Shipwreck, Prototype. Host of the Zeitcast. Director at DePauw University Center for Spiritual Life. Pastor Fillmore UMC.
@drujohnson.com
Sr Research Fellow, Wycliffe Hall, U of Oxford Dir, Center for HebraicThought.org Dir, Abrahamic Theistic Origins Project Adjunct, Hope College Co-host, OnScript || OnScript.study My books at druJohnson.com/page/
@stevenrharmon.bsky.social
Baptist ecumenical theologian. Prof at Gardner-Webb University School of Divinity. Views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of my employer, Gardner-Webb University
@jtcochran.bsky.social
Historian Purdue University Northwest. Jonathan Edwards and Hebrews (V&R, 2025). Brand Evangelicals (Brazos Press, forthcoming 2026). Columnist Anxious Bench.
@carmenjoyimes.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Old Testament, Talbot School of Theology; Author of Bearing God's Name, Being God's Image, and Becoming God's Family. YouTuber: Torah Tuesday.
@scotmcknight.bsky.social
Follower of Jesus. Husband of Kris. Professor at Houston Theological Seminary and at Westminster Theological Centre (UK) @wtctheology. Author: https://amzn.to/4fTfwIh Cleveland Guardians fan.
@sjkoh.bsky.social
Assistant Director of Graduate Futures and Research Engagement at UC Irvine's Humanities Center; scholar and teacher of Christian theology and ethics.
@karanslade.bsky.social
priest, theologian, teacher, police chaplain, Protestant monastic type, dog person, New Jersey convert, ham radio operator KE2APB
@michaelrwear.bsky.social
President and CEO, Center for Christianity and Public Life Author of The Spirit of Our Politics: Spiritual Formation and the Renovation of Public Life
@stewartdantec.bsky.social
Writer, minister, poet. // Author of Shoutinโ in the Fire: An American Epistle // I love my family. I love you. I tell stories. Thatโs it.
@oalannoble.bsky.social
Author: #YouAreNotYourOwn, #OnGettingOutOfBed, #DisruptiveWitness. Assoc. Prof Eng., OBU. Fellow, Keller Center for Cultural Apologetics. Bald, PCA.Substack: https://newsletter.oalannoble.com/
@melissajhogan.substack.com
Attorney โข Advocate โข Author, โAfraid of the Doctorโ โข Parenting a son with rare disease/special needs โข Grieving the loss of another son โข I #amwriting about the intersection of the law, faith, and abuse at melissajhogan.substack.com
@amyjuliabecker.bsky.social
Author | Speaker | Reimagining the Good Life podcast | Disability. Faith. Culture. | MDiv, Princeton | WORKSHOP: Reimagining Family Life with Disability https://amyjuliabecker.com/
@debrakrienstra.bsky.social
Author REFUGIA FAITH and refugianewsletter.substack, climate, ecotheology, Michigan, nature n stuff, Professor of English at Calvin U, she/her
@michellevanloon.bsky.social
I write about faith, spiritual growth, and culture. Book #8 coming your way in 2025โDownsizing: Letting Go of Evangelicalism's Nonessentials. Thereโs always more to say. https://linktr.ee/michellevanloon
@tisaiahcho.bsky.social
Gathering a healing and just church community with City of Refuge in Columbus, OH. Owner and Roaster of Mosaic Coffee. Editorial Manager. timothyisaiahcho.substack.com
@fellipedovale.bsky.social
I teach theology and work where ethics and theological anthropology meet, especially gender. ๐ง๐ทian. โFuh-lee-pay dough-veil.โ I wrote a book called Gender as Love. โค๏ธโ๐ฅ
@carsonweitnauer.bsky.social
Building a supportive community for spiritual growth at uncommonpursuit.net
@dglennbutner.bsky.social
Associate Prof. of Theology at Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary; author - Work Out Your Salvation; Jesus the Refugee; Trinitarian Dogmatics; The Son who Learned Obedience
@danielleshroyer.bsky.social
Spiritual director, author, speaker, dream worker, former pastor, 2nd Dan TKD black belt, Lebanese roots. I drink tea and inhale books.
@amyfritz.bsky.social
Host of the Untangled Faith Podcast https://untangledfaithpodcast.com/
@loriadamsbrown.bsky.social
๐ป Director, Global Talent Development in #tech ๐ค Speaker ๐๏ธ Podcast Host, https://www.aworldofdifferencepodcast.com โ๏ธ Board Member ๐ Human Leader ๐ฉ๐ผโ๐ปCEO Advisor โ๏ธ Polyglot https://linktr.ee/loriadamsbrown | IG: @loriadamsbrown https://www.loriadamsbrown.com/
@bonhoefferchild.bsky.social
A minister exploring the mass intersection of belief, politics, responsibility, and humanity. Gadfly. https://bonhoefferchild.substack.com/
@scottmcoley.bsky.social
author | professor | consultant | political philosophy, metaethics, philosophy of religion | views expressed are my own | ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐: ๐๐๐ข๐กโ, ๐๐๐ค๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐๐โ๐ก https://a.co/d/a8zoXdA
@matthewsoerens.bsky.social
VP of Advocacy & Policy, World Relief. National Coordinator, Evangelical Immigration Table. Coauthor, Welcoming the Stranger, Seeking Refuge, Inalienable
@garonnevik.bsky.social
Farm wife. Mother to 6. Author of "Ragged: Spiritual Disciplines for the Spiritually Exhausted." Co-host of the "Freely Given" podcast.
@bonniekristian.bsky.social
Journalist & author. Editorial director of ideas and books at Christianity Today, fellow at Defense Priorities, grad of Bethel Seminary. www.bonniekristian.substack.com
@dstephenlong.bsky.social
Grandfather, father, cyclist, Methodist pastor, dabbler in theology, ethics, politics, economics and whatever else comes to mindl Cary M. Maguire University Professor of Ethics, SMU
@druhart.bsky.social
Professor, Author, Podcaster, Activist Seeking first God's dream for us where everyone belongs, where everyone matters, and where everyone can thrive. #Anablacktivism
@reggiel.bsky.social
Theology Prof. at St Louis University. Author of "Bonhoeffer's Black Jesus"
@paulputz.bsky.social
Historian. Director of the Faith & Sports Institute at Baylorโs Truett Seminary. Author of THE SPIRIT OF THE GAME Into sports, theology, religion, culture, writing, teaching. Also all things Nebraska. James 1:19. https://linktr.ee/PaulPutz
@bozlaw.bsky.social
Advocating for abuse survivors inside and outside of courtrooms throughout the United States. www.bozlawpa.com
@tedolsen.bsky.social
Associate Publisher and Editorial Director for Media and Trade Books, InterVarsity Press. Formerly Executive Editor (etc) at Christianity Today.
@amberbowen.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Philosophy @RedeemerUniv โข 23-24 Faculty Research Fellow at Notre Dameโs Center for Phil of Religion
@mrothausmoser.bsky.social
Theology professor at Loyola University Maryland; Professor of Great Books in the Honors College at Azusa Pacific University
@emmillerwrites.bsky.social
Semi-retired religion reporter. Just here to follow the UFO news.
@kaitdugan.bsky.social
Director, Center for Barth Studies at Princeton Theological Seminary Love pizza, cats, tv shows, and people who are kind.
@brandonhurlbert.bsky.social
Lecturer in Hebrew Bible/Old Testament at Durham University | Research associate for Centre for the Study of Bible and Violence | podcast w/ The Two Cities
@toffelmire.bsky.social
Professor of Old Testament (Ambrose Uni), amateur cook, even more amateur film lover. Theology, culture, language and hermeneutics, probably more politics than is healthy or wise.
@bezner.bsky.social
Longtime pastor turned Truett Seminary prof of Pastoral Ministry. Trying to take Jesus seriously. Peacemaking and BBQ enthusiast. Author Your Jesus is Too American.
@wthrockmorton.bsky.social
Co-author with Michael Coulter of Getting Jefferson Right, 2nd ed. Gettingjeffersonright.com. Check out the podcast series, Telling Jefferson Lies https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/telling-jefferson-lies/id1720424853 - Debunking Christian nationalism.
@christabrown.bsky.social
Author of BAPTISTLAND | Exposing the truth about systemic abuse & coverups in the Southern Baptist Convention | retired appellate attorney | #ThisistheSBC #SBCtoo | christabrown.substack.com
@itsmebenmarsh.substack.com
Pastor @ facws.com Guy who cares, generally, about a lot, mostly about other people I like books
@kkramermcginnis.bsky.social
Writing for Christianity Today | Musicologist teaching at Grand View University | Book: โThe Myth of Good Christian Parentingโ (Brazos โ25) | Iowan | Repped by Keely Boeving https://linktr.ee/kkmcginnis