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RT @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.

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Nick Routledge@nick_routledge · 10 Aug 2026

@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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Quoted byFor the time has come for judgment to begin with the household of God. And the deepest reckoning is judgment upon judgment itself: evil unseen in ourselves, seen clearly in others, comes home to us. "You are the man!" (2 Sam. 12:7) Shadow. Finger. Scapegoat. Stone. Cross. Mirror.