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GM, Happy Reformation Day!
The rock on which the Church is built is Christ the cornerstone. He is a stone of stumbling and rock of offense for those who reject him, but is the rock of salvation for those who believe.
Jesus, the rock of ages, cleft for you. Trust him.

2025-10-31 13:07:19 GMT

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Congratulations! The Lord has blessed you with another son.

2025-10-22 16:58:06 GMT

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https://open.spotify.com/album/244FxgEWyGypfxyYj4ILII
If you want biblical theology in rap form this album is fantastic.

2025-10-22 16:56:22 GMT

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https://www.timothybrindleministries.com/music

2025-10-14 10:53:51 GMT

Prayer for today:
“Slay utterly, O Lord, and cast down the sin which does so easily beset us; bridle the unholy affection; stay the unlawful thought; chasten the temper, regulate the spirit; correct the tongue; bend the will and the worship of our souls to you and so sanctify and subdue the whole inward man, that setting up your throne in our hearts, to the dethronement of all our idols, and the things of earth we hold too dear, you may reign there alone in the fullness of your grace, and the consolations of your presence, till the time arrives when we shall reign with you in glory. Amen.”
- Richard Brooke

2025-09-21 14:27:48 GMT

O worship the King all-glorious above,
O gratefully sing his power and his love:
our shield and defender, the Ancient of Days,
pavilioned in splendor and girded with praise.

2025-09-16 16:53:33 GMT

Every church we drove by on our way to church on Sunday had noticeably more cars in their parking lots.
We had new visitors, too.
Praise God.

2025-09-11 21:54:49 GMT

True freedom is the liberty to choose the good. Big difference from freedom as the liberty to do whatever you want.

2025-09-03 11:38:27 GMT

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For those curious, CS Lewis in Mere Christianity. Highly recommended reading.

2025-08-26 23:39:44 GMT

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$119,957

2025-08-25 12:13:10 GMT

Lord, without you I can do nothing; with you I can do all. Help me by your grace, that I fall not; help me by your strength, to resist mightily the very first beginnings of evil, before it takes hold of me; help me to cast myself at once at your sacred feet, and lie still there, until storm be overpast; and, if I lose sight of you, bring me back quickly to you, and grant me to love you better. Amen.
– E.B. Pusey
GM. May the Lord keep you this day.

2025-08-24 23:43:05 GMT

CS Lewis on Marriage:
The idea that ‘being in love’ is the only reason for remaining married really leaves no room for marriage as a contract or a promise at all. […]
As Chesterton pointed out, those who are in love have a natural inclination to bind themselves by promises. […] And of course, the promise, made when I’m in love and because I’m in love, to be true to the beloved as long as I live, commits me to being true even if I cease to be in love.
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Being in love is a good thing, but it is not the best thing. There are many things below it, but there are also things above it. You cannot make it the basis of a whole life. It is a noble feeling, but it is still a feeling.
Now no feeling can be relied on to last in its full intensity, or even to last at all. Knowledge can last, principles can last, habits can last; but feelings come and go. And in fact, whatever people say, the state called ‘being in love’ usually does not last.
If the old fairy-tale ending ‘They lived happily ever after' is taken to mean ‘They felt for the next fifty years exactly as they felt the day before they were married’, then it says what probably never was nor ever would be true, and would be highly undesirable if it were. Who could bear to live in that excitement for even five years? What would become of your work, your appetite, your sleep, your friend-ships?
But, of course, ceasing to be 'in love' need not mean ceasing to love. Love in this second sense—love as distinct from 'being in love'—is not merely a feeling. It is a deep unity, maintained by the will and deliberately strengthened by habit; reinforced by (in Christian marriages) the grace which both partners ask, and receive, from God.
They can have this love for each other even at those moments when they do not like each other; as you love yourself even when you do not like yourself. They can retain this love even when each would easily, if they allowed themselves, be ‘in love' with someone else. 'Being in love' first moved them to promise fidelity: this quieter love enables them to keep the promise. It is on this love that the engine of marriage is run: being in love was the explosion that started it.
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People get from books the idea that if you have married the right person you may expect to go on 'being in love’ for ever.
As a result, when they find they are not, they think this proves they have made a mistake and are entitled to a change—not realising that, when they have changed, the glamour will presently go out of the new love just as it went out of the old one. In this department of life, as in every other, thrills come at the beginning and do not last. The sort of thrill a boy has at the first idea of flying will not go on when he has joined the R.A.F. and is really learning to fly. The thrill you feel on first seeing some delightful place dies away when you really go to live there.
Does this mean it would be better not to learn to fly and not to live in the beautiful place? By no means. In both cases, if you go through with it, the dying away of the first thrill will be compensated for by a quieter and more lasting kind of interest.
What is more (and I can hardly find words to tell you how important I think this), it is just the people who are ready to submit to the loss of the thrill and settle down to the sober interest, who are then most likely to meet new thrills in some quite different direction. The man who has learned to fly and become a good pilot will suddenly discover music; the man who has settled down to live in the beauty spot will discover gardening.
This is, I think, one little part of what Christ meant by saying that a thing will not really live unless it first dies.
It is simply no good trying to keep any thrill: that is the very worst thing you can do. Let the thrill go—let it die away—go on through that period of death into the quieter interest and happiness that follow—and you will find you are living in a world of new thrills all the time. But if you decide to make thrills your regular diet and try to prolong them artificially, they will get weaker and weaker, and fewer and fewer, and you will be a bored, disillusioned old man for the rest of your life.
It is because so few people understand this that you find many middle-aged men and women maundering about their lost youth, at the very age when new horizons ought to be appearing and new doors opening all round them. It is much better fun to learn to swim than to go on endlessly (and hopelessly) trying to get back the feeling you had when you first went paddling as a small boy.

2025-08-16 01:21:54 GMT

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ymh5PdvS-S0

2025-08-14 20:40:17 GMT

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We agree!

2025-08-14 20:39:16 GMT

“God takes you from where you are, and not from where you should have been.”

2025-08-14 13:54:26 GMT

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GM @nprofile…ctyt , you were created by God in his image for his glory. There are no little people. Check out Francis Schaeffer’s book by the same title. https://www.crossway.org/books/no-little-people-tpb-2/

2025-07-22 16:12:54 GMT

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https://www.sermonaudio.com/series/53636

2025-07-19 17:10:20 GMT

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Marty, what did you use to generate this? This is some fine script directing.

2025-07-19 16:55:37 GMT

@nprofile…f9pt is document upload down? Images upload fine but not documents regardless of file type. “Failed to process document. Please try again.”

2025-07-16 11:46:11 GMT

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https://x.com/thisisfoster/status/1942173235887432181

2025-07-16 11:35:05 GMT

https://overcast.fm/+ABCHv8lKlk0

2025-07-14 23:30:02 GMT

https://plantingsequoias.substack.com/p/jesus-christ-rules-over-bitcoin

2025-07-12 15:53:06 GMT

Friends, consider supporting this project by @npub1g3r…lnnz
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tgfb/the-orange-umbrella-book

2025-06-28 15:42:50 GMT

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From God through his Word

2025-06-27 16:04:47 GMT

Bitcoin and sin. We need new hearts.
https://youtu.be/6t8fGZNEQ_o

2025-06-25 11:06:36 GMT

The Lord is good. His mercies are new every morning. Great is his faithfulness!

2025-05-06 16:51:40 GMT

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Team, what’s next on the roadmap after mobile app? Model selection, file upload?

2025-04-25 12:29:59 GMT

I've found a Friend, oh, such a Friend!
He bled, he died to save me;
And not alone the gift of life,
But his own self he gave me.
Naught that I have my own I call,
I hold it for the Giver;
My heart, my strength, [my bitcoin], my life, my all,
Are his, and his forever.

2025-03-22 14:19:30 GMT

@nprofile…3z5x Good MM episode! 58 mins. 👍
On the next one, can you speak to what Strike is doing to enhance account/app security? Seems more important now with the loan product launching.

2025-02-17 14:42:14 GMT

As bitcoiners, we love freedom and self-sovereignty.
Saving in bitcoin will give you greater financial freedom, but without Christ, it’s hollow.
Christian freedom is paradoxical. One must give it up to find it. George Matheson’s hymn, Make Me a Captive, Lord (1890), captures it well:
Make me a captive, Lord,
And then I shall be free;
Force me to render up my sword,
And I shall conqu'ror be.
I sink in life's alarms
When by myself I stand;
Imprison me within Thine arms,
And strong shall be my hand.
My heart is weak and poor
Until it master find;
It has no spring of action sure,
It varies with the wind.
It cannot freely move
Till Thou hast wrought its chain;
Enslave it with Thy matchless love,
And deathless it shall reign.
My will is not my own
Till Thou hast made it Thine;
If it would reach a monarch's throne,
It must its crown resign.
It only stands unbent
Amid the clashing strife,
When on Thy bosom it has leant,
And found in Thee its life.

2025-02-06 00:43:54 GMT

I bet Saylor owned the domain strategy.com for some time.

2025-02-03 02:23:28 GMT

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Catching a falling knife is painful, but having a strategy and sticking to it helps.

2025-02-03 01:55:46 GMT

This is a proper dip. 14% off of the ATH and counting. Looks like we may test 90k.

2025-02-02 21:24:18 GMT

Read the first three chapters/meditations of your book @npub1e07…w4rg. So far, it’s really good and strikes a good balance of appealing to bitcoiners and presenting the gospel. Thanks for writing it!

2025-02-02 21:09:25 GMT

If you haven’t used on-chain in while, now is a good time to practice while fees are low.

2025-02-02 17:11:32 GMT

Speak the truth in love. Easier said than done!

2025-02-01 18:29:47 GMT

Learned about the Magnalia Foundation today and am glad for its existence. They also have a podcast.
https://www.magnalia.foundation

2025-01-26 20:16:15 GMT

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What are you running on it?
Seems like it’s not the best option for running Pop OS, which I prefer.

2025-01-22 00:02:02 GMT

Amazing grace. So happy for Ross and his family.

2025-01-21 18:41:14 GMT

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was a season of Light, it was a season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was a winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to heaven, we were all going direct the other way..."
{Dickens, Tale of Two Cities}
I don’t know how things will unfold in the coming months and years, but as an American, I feel more hopeful about our country's direction. It felt good to be awash in feelings of optimism on Inauguration Day.
But that was yesterday. Today, I’m a bit more sober-minded. In the midst of the fanfare and celebration, there were stark reminders of how far we’ve drifted away from our Christian roots and how foolish it is to put our hope in earthly princes.
So while I am grateful for the sea change, I am reminded that my hope is in Christ. He is my sure and steady anchor, sovereign King over all.

2025-01-20 23:57:47 GMT

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Wow. 🤯

2025-01-20 23:55:51 GMT

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Nope. Still waiting.

2025-01-20 22:52:10 GMT

@npub14f0…7k3l is TGFB a registered non profit?

2025-01-20 16:28:29 GMT

Great is thy faithfulness!

2025-01-20 13:08:42 GMT

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Welcome Bob!

2025-01-20 02:13:01 GMT

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Took me back many years. Haven’t seen that acronym in a while!

2025-01-19 12:46:22 GMT

GM. I love Sundays because it's a day to gather together to worship the Lord and hear God's word proclaimed.
It's a day that I am most clearly reminded of who I am in Christ, and it grounds me for the week ahead.
I hope you will worship the Lord today.

2025-01-18 15:41:57 GMT

GM, friends. Don’t forget to practice good opsec, including on Nostr.

2025-01-16 13:47:37 GMT

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Yes. I’m a steward. But I need to remind myself often.

2025-01-16 02:48:18 GMT

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Jeff, I listened to this interview and you drew a distinction between how you handle your own finances (hodl, live mostly on a bitcoin standard) and how you think about the market as a fund manager.
I’m curious why you wouldn’t apply the same strategies you’d use in your fund to deliver a positive return in your own finances.
I agree that the vast majority of people are better off not trying to time the market. Per Odell, stay humble and stack sats. That’s sound advice.
But you’re an experienced fund manager who is responsible for eyeing liquidity like a hawk and devising strategies to lock in returns and avoid massive/lengthy drawdowns.
Is it a matter of principle? A mix of other considerations?

2025-01-16 01:48:07 GMT

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“Spiritual reality is a revealed reality.” Well said, brother. May the Lord give us eyes to see.

2025-01-12 20:06:18 GMT

Sinclair Ferguson on what we should understand from Jesus' washing of the disciples' feet:
People often equate being a Christian with "living by the Golden Rule." Jesus did in fact, teach a positive version of it: "As you wish that others would do to you, do so to them" (Luke 6:31). We should love our neighbors as ourselves. But Jesus is not giving us a lecture on ethics here. His Golden Rule is not a piece of moral advice disconnected from himself. It is modeled by him, and the power to follow it is found only in him.
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So, the issue for me as a Christian is not: "How would I like them to treat me? Then I should try to do the same for them." Instead it is: "How has the Lord Jesus treated me? Then that is the model for the way I will treat others. With his help, I will display the same grace he has shown to me!"
{Ferguson, Lessons from the Upper Room, 24-25}

2025-01-12 15:15:19 GMT

I just finished listening to this engaging book about the pervasive influence of Christianity on the modern West. Highly recommend the audiobook read by the author.
From the blurb:
Is Christianity history? Or is Christian history the deepest explanation of the modern world?
Today in the west, many consider the church to be dead or dying. Christianity is seen as outdated, bigoted and responsible for many of society’s problems. This leaves many believers embarrassed about their faith and many outsiders wary of religion. But what if the Christian message is not the enemy of our modern Western values, but the very thing that makes sense of them?
In this fascinating book, Glen Scrivener takes readers on a journey to discover how the teachings of Jesus not only turned the ancient world upside down, but continue to underpin the way we think of life, worth, and meaning. Far from being a relic from the past, the distinctive ideas of Christianity, such as freedom, kindness, progress and equality, are a crucial part of the air that we breathe. As author Glen Scrivener says in his introduction: “The extraordinary impact of Christianity is seen in the fact that we don’t notice it".
Here’s a sample: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0021/5210/3983/files/breathe-Look_Inside.pdf
https://m.primal.net/NcjE.jpg

2025-01-10 13:16:45 GMT

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Yes, and we must guard our hearts as NGU (purchasing power go up). The temptation to secure life through material possessions, whether now or in the future and apart from God, is real.

2025-01-07 23:21:00 GMT

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I’m not familiar with Keller’s “Theology of the cities,” but I’ve benefited from his books and sermons. So I felt inclined to defend Keller as I read the article. But the author’s critique may be justified.
I was also put off by the author’s writing style. One too many cheap shots. Ex. Sliding in a comment that Keller “was so pretentious” because he spelled civilization the British way is irrelevant.
Worse is the exaggerated and baseless claim that Keller worshipped cities: “Cities, of the type that Keller worshipped, are no type and shadow of the New Jerusalem to come.”
Maybe there’s some entertainment/rhetorical value to the author’s writing style, particularly if you’re predisposed against Keller and cities? 🤷‍♂️
But I did appreciate the author’s reflections on the virtues of homesteading. I’m not a city dweller, so I’m inclined to agree.
The subtitle of the post reads: “If you are watching closely enough, you'll see the Holy Ghost blowing his breath away from the cities. Follow Him.”
We should follow the Lord and go wherever He is calling us. It could be the country. It could be a town or city. It could be a foreign land. We’re pilgrims and people need to hear (and see) the gospel wherever they live.

2025-01-07 17:52:34 GMT

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Really good article in that you agree with the author’s critique of Keller and defense of homesteading? What about it particularly resonated with you?

2025-01-05 23:50:18 GMT

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If going this route, nano texture option is great.

2025-01-05 21:15:22 GMT

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Purchased a copy recently and looking forward to reading it.
I’m on the other side feeling the urgency to help more brothers and sisters around me understand bitcoin.

2025-01-01 15:21:37 GMT

“All Christians must beware of the lure of possessions and the temptation to protect one’s physical existence at the expense of one’s eternal destiny.”
{Blomberg, Neither Poverty Nor Riches, 127-128}
During bull markets, I am more:
1. Prone to forget that I am a pilgrim on my way home
2. Tempted to secure a materially better, more comfortable life
Motivation matters.
When I forget who I am in Christ, good desires become twisted into idolatrous ones. As NGU, I am tempted to forget that I am utterly dependent on God and am called to steward his resources for his mission and glory.
I have a low time preference, and I suspect many of you do, too. But why are we stacking? Motivation matters.
Praying that the Lord would guard our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus in 2025.

2025-01-01 13:13:11 GMT

Happy new year! Excited for 2025 and what the Lord has in store for us.

2024-12-31 20:44:09 GMT

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“Good faith” in this context = genuine/honest desire to understand.
Also, what do you mean by “being put into a routine of nonsense?”
Your response sparks other questions. You seem to have asked and have answers to them.
What is faith?
Who is God?
What does God want?
How can you know what God wants?

2024-12-31 20:18:38 GMT

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These are some good questions, assuming they’re asked in good faith.

2024-12-31 13:01:15 GMT

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And one day, Christ will return to end evil and renew the world. The new heavens and new earth.

2024-12-29 21:02:23 GMT

Happy Lord’s Day! May we be reminded of who we are in Christ.

2024-12-28 19:02:15 GMT

It's very difficult to get Christian ministries to adopt bitcoin because you need consensus amongst the executive team, board, and major donors.
All love the mission, but many are not interested in delving into the business model and finances. A conundrum.

2024-12-25 12:42:25 GMT

Merry Christmas! I hope your day is filled with JOY and HOPE today.
Joy because Jesus, the Saviour of the world, was born this day. Hope because he will come again.

2024-12-23 13:36:40 GMT

He who was infinitely rich became poor for our sake so that by his poverty we might become rich.
He gave up all of his treasure in heaven and humbled himself, even to the point of death.
Why?
To make us his treasure.
In what ways are you looking to your bitcoin stack for significance or security?
Look to Jesus.

2024-12-22 20:49:08 GMT

We become what we worship. Worship Christ and become more like him, or worship money (bitcoin) and become more like it.
Don’t be the foolish man who knew God but didn’t honor him as God or give thanks to him. He exchanged the glory of the immortal/incorruptible (Gk. aphthartou) God for idols. (Rom. 1)

2024-12-22 17:05:24 GMT

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Should have tagged @npub12ct…c5ky

2024-12-20 18:42:29 GMT

@npub1az9…m8y8 CC feature request:
Coldcard backup file name should incorporate the device nickname (e.g. “review-coldcard-backup.7z”) so that multi-device backups onto a single SD card is easily distinguishable. 🙏

2024-12-20 13:30:55 GMT

Currently reading Neither Poverty nor Riches by Craig Blomberg.
Will share snippets and reflections as I go.
Summary points from the final chapter (I’m quoting):
1. Material possessions are a good gift from God meant for his people to enjoy.
2. Material possessions are simultaneously one of the primary means of turning human hearts away from God.
3. A necessary sign of a life in the process of being redeemed is that of transformation in the area of stewardship.
4. There are certain extremes of wealth and poverty which are in and of themselves intolerable.
5. Above all, the Bible’s teaching about material possessions is inextricably intertwined with more ‘spiritual’ matters.
https://m.primal.net/NBdj.jpg

2024-12-19 16:41:07 GMT

Motivation matters. Why are you stacking sats? To what end?

2024-10-31 10:30:13 GMT

Happy Reformation day!

2024-08-31 12:20:48 GMT

If you’re a Christian, today’s a good day to prepare your body, soul, and mind for worship.

2024-08-26 01:04:27 GMT

Worship the King. Be reminded of who you are in Christ.

2024-08-12 17:29:57 GMT

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2 Timothy 3:16-17
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

2024-08-12 17:00:50 GMT

The Bible is God’s Word in human language. You can appreciate its significance or even revere it, but if you don’t read it, you will never come into contact with its Author.