If you are unfamiliar with the Holy Nope, it’s basically Pastor Austin Keeler calling out foolishness on social media. I mean, he produces TikTok, YouTube Shorts and FB Reels that usually feature a short clip of someone on social offering up heresy or acting foolish in church. He uses comedy to draw attention to the fact the he is very serious about identifying the truth of scripture. He is pretty harsh on charismatics, women pastors and he is a hard line Calvinist. Which brings me to April Fools Day.

When I saw the statement above I thought he was serious about that. The comment thread that ensued was a mixed bag; some agreed heartily because the audience he built is highly critical and highly vocal about anything they disagree with. But others believed this post was actually an April Fools prank itself… and it was. He linked a short YouTube video in the comments about what it means to blaspheme the Holy Spirit. There are not a hundred different ways to commit blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. There is only one way, Calvinist or not, and that’s to be unsaved. He and I will differ a little bit in interpretation but a born again Christian believer cannot blaspheme the Holy Spirit because that person has already received the Holy Spirit when regenerated. April Fools Day does have roots in paganism, by the way, but so do many of the traditions surrounding Easter and Christmas. We can celebrate the resurrection – which we do every Sunday – without swearing allegiance to Ishtar or whatever foot thing I get accused this time of year.

I know very little about this outside of being able to confirm it’s real. Netflix is producing a version of Narnia – I’m not even sure if it’s a movie or a series – that will “reimagine” Aslan as female. Reimagining a fairy tale, which was a product of someone’s imagination in the first place, is one thing. But C.S. Lewis created characters and story lines in his children’s novels to be an allegory for Christ and to share the Gospel. The knee-jerk reaction has been highly critical; but, I kind of wonder… the kingdom of God is like a man that bought a field, a collector of pearls, a woman sweeping her floor and a dozen other things. When Jesus left Jerusalem for the last time, he wept over it and asked how many times would he have wrapped them in his arms like a hen gathers her brood. If Jesus himself could use motherhood as an allegory for the Christ, is it possible Netflix hasn’t ruined this as completely as they are trying to? Something to think about.

Barbecue Presbyterian Church, there we go. We needed a fun one to get back on track.

I’m no social media influencer and wouldn’t normally offer hairstyle suggestions, but if you are interested in Easter Basket Head you can easily Google up a tutorial. Sorry I lost the link. Or I never saved it start with, whatever.

I love Buc-ee’s, don’t get me wrong. But that is one stupid looking logo. It that just his head or whole body? Are those meant to be arms and legs? Why is he so ill-shapen like a bean bag? Barc-ee’s is clearly a rip off but that logo work is much cooler, imho. I mean that dog is driving a pink ’59 Cadillac. Maybe as part of the settlement their design team could help Buc-ee out.

The Pollening – If you’re not from the South you might think we are exaggerating about the pollen thing. Look at the roof of this car; zoom in the back window. I washed this car on Wednesday, on Thursday I blew a cloud of yellow powder off the roof with a leaf blower. Last Saturday a new pollen count record was set in Georgia at 14,801 which broke the previous record set in 2012. Pollen count is recorded in grains of pollen per cubic meter, not in parts per million but the concept is similar, you are looking at concentration. I sucked in so much pollen cutting the grass that I coughed up a pine cone.

Today they delay the game one hour if you can hear thunder from the ball park. Can you even imagine continuing to play a game after a player was struck by lightning?

Props to the good people at Arizona Tea. I don’t know how they do it but their product is inflation proof. 99 cents was the price before the pandemic and last week Kroger ran this sale and sold it for 88 cents a can!

I actually have a few more items in the folder but this post is long enough and I’m going to shut it down. Maybe I will follow this post up later or just save some for next week. I think Read the Bible has found its stride and the design changes will settle down. We’re up to Genesis 35, you can hop on anywhere and eventually get back around. It’s like Perimeter 285 in Atlanta but with much less traffic.