Tuesday Morning Briefing (June 3, 2025)

Good morning! This morning I'm going to finish with a couple more thoughts on the annual conference session I just attended, then I'm going to talk about things mostly outside of my tribe. See what I'm thinking about below:

Pride Month is now an annoyance
Glenn Greenwald publicly shamed for gay stuff
Dr. David Coffin attempts to exonerate Bryan Chappell in the Presbyterian Church of America - https://x.com/PastorAndyWebb/status/1929617496115454229 - source - https://theaquilareport.com/concerning-the-resignation-of-dr-chapell/
Rick Joyner makes the case for Mike Bickle’s continued leadership - https://x.com/MikeWingerii/status/1929664232641253576

Educational Segment - American bread is bad - https://x.com/DiedSuddenly_/status/1929553891592433850

AI now being used to generate realistic recreations of biblical stories - https://x.com/DrGladd/status/1929552079900565639

NT Wright fails on abortion - https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1DrLPWV8id/?mibextid=wwXIfr and https://x.com/mattwalshblog/status/1929664465496064159?s=46&t=UGB_bVaMqYnX9gy5jXvGyg and https://x.com/Protestia/status/1929502934720528813

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