Nick Routledge@nick_routledge
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@BremenBod A profound account of the Church's mingling of grace and betrayal—but the decisive word is not 'always'. The one whose name we have borrowed returns to separate what history and Church have made to appear eternal, vindicates the crucified, and judges every use made of His name.

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Nick Routledge@nick_routledge · 5 Aug 2026

@Plough @AmyMantravadi A further thought: if the sunburst of the messianic reveals anything, it is that salvation, and freedom are not ecclesial possessions. Reality isn't waiting upon the Church. The Church may witness and serve this awakening, and be judged by it, but it cannot prescribe its form.

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Quoted byRT @nick_routledge: @Plough The unexamined assumption in familiar critiques of Christendom is that Christianity still gets to narrate its own renewal. But the Parousia is not a self-directed recovery project. “When did we see you?” asks Matthew 25. The Day arrives like a thief in the night, confounding us.Quoted by@Plough The unexamined assumption in familiar critiques of Christendom is that Christianity still gets to narrate its own renewal. But the Parousia is not a self-directed recovery project. “When did we see you?” asks Matthew 25. The Day arrives like a thief in the night, confounding us.