{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - Kyle Essary","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/KyleEssary","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"115468","username":"KyleEssary","bio":"I'm a husband and father of four lovely children. 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And shorts are a big part of it, so I understand your dilemma.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/KyleEssary/93031748","date_published":"2026-06-27T17:21:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Kyle Essary","url":"https://www.kyleessary.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F115468.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"KyleEssary"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-27 17:21","date_timestamp":1782580896,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"92961972","content_html":"<p>Fortnightly Health Update (26 June 2026): <a href=\"https://kyleessary.com/2026/06/26/fortnightly-health-update-june.html\">kyleessary.com</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://kyleessary.com/2026/06/26/fortnightly-health-update-june.html","date_published":"2026-06-26T15:27:51+00:00","author":{"name":"Kyle Essary","url":"https://www.kyleessary.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F115468.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"KyleEssary"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-26 15:27","date_timestamp":1782487671,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92894082","content_html":"<img src=\"https://micro.blog/books/9781087743172/cover.jpg\" class=\"mini_cover\">\n<p>This is a simple, down-to-earth reminder of character in the pastorate. 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I guess that’s why I ended up in the “pragmatic” and polite right.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/KyleEssary/92234292","date_published":"2026-06-15T18:23:26+00:00","author":{"name":"Kyle Essary","url":"https://www.kyleessary.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F115468.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"KyleEssary"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-15 18:23","date_timestamp":1781547806,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"92035414","content_html":"<p>A friend isn’t able to eat pork when in his home country. But on our recent trip to Thailand together, he really wanted a McDonald’s pork burger. We agreed it wasn’t great. But it was fun to see him enjoy it in a public venue.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/67765/2026/6bee905444-m.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://kyleessary.com/2026/06/12/a-friend-isnt-able-to.html","date_published":"2026-06-12T11:34:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Kyle Essary","url":"https://www.kyleessary.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F115468.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"KyleEssary"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-12 11:34","date_timestamp":1781264082,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91699535","content_html":"<p>God is so good. We had a great morning of worship. Our friend, Simon Murphy, came to town and preached. We celebrated baptisms as well. I’m so thankful for all that God is doing at Flourish Hill.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/67765/2026/00c9a79df2-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"A group of people is gathered indoors for an event, with many seated and some standing, in a space that appears to be a bookstore or library.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://kyleessary.com/2026/06/07/god-is-so-good-we.html","date_published":"2026-06-07T13:27:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Kyle Essary","url":"https://www.kyleessary.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F115468.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"KyleEssary"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-07 13:27","date_timestamp":1780838856,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91641703","content_html":"<img src=\"https://micro.blog/books/9781514002162/cover.jpg\" class=\"mini_cover\">\n<p>Always the provocateur, Leithart accuses Augustine, Calvin, and Bavinck of cowardice: accommodation is just a trick to hide their embarrassment with Scripture. 😳🤦‍♂️</p>\n<p>Currently reading: <a href=\"https://micro.blog/books/9781514002162\">Creator A Theological Interpretation of Genesis 1</a> by Peter J. 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It rarely referenced the Christian faith.</p>\n<p>Finished Reading: <a href=\"https://micro.blog/books/9781400344581\">The Deep-Rooted Marriage</a> by Dr. Dan B. 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I explain that if my deadlines weren’t <em>absolute</em>, then I’d be a liar. They still rarely get it.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/KyleEssary/90211177","date_published":"2026-05-15T07:43:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Kyle Essary","url":"https://www.kyleessary.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F115468.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"KyleEssary"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-15 07:43","date_timestamp":1778831028,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90050144","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/KyleEssary\">@KyleEssary</a> He suggests restrictions without noting the irony of state controls as a replacement of corporate controls.</p>\n<p>He has nostalgia for the past. 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If people are powerless to corporate-controlled algorithms, saying ‘resist harder’ won’t help. The theologian hears ‘law’.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/KyleEssary/90049806","date_published":"2026-05-13T00:06:14+00:00","author":{"name":"Kyle Essary","url":"https://www.kyleessary.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F115468.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"KyleEssary"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-13 00:06","date_timestamp":1778630774,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90049658","content_html":"<img src=\"https://micro.blog/books/9781324130543/cover.jpg\" class=\"mini_cover\">\n<p>I found this much less persuasive than <em>The Shallows</em>.</p>\n<p>Finished Reading: <a href=\"https://micro.blog/books/9781324130543\">Superbloom: How Technologies of Connection Tear Us Apart</a> by Nicholas Carr 📚</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://kyleessary.com/2026/05/13/i-found-this-much-less.html","date_published":"2026-05-13T00:02:41+00:00","author":{"name":"Kyle Essary","url":"https://www.kyleessary.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F115468.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"KyleEssary"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-13 00:02","date_timestamp":1778630561,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89961355","content_html":"<img src=\"https://micro.blog/books/9781629953847/cover.jpg\" class=\"mini_cover\">\n<p>This was more informative and generous than similar books. 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The transition to Pages and Keynote has been smooth. I still have to use Word for work, but at least I’m not paying for it.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/KyleEssary/89703260","date_published":"2026-05-06T10:46:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Kyle Essary","url":"https://www.kyleessary.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F115468.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"KyleEssary"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-06 10:46","date_timestamp":1778064384,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"89643448","content_html":"<p>I had a student write a paper on source criticism. The paper itself plagiarised multiple sources that the student spliced together. At most 10% of it was original. I’ll fail him, but I wish I could use his paper to teach the class about source criticism by finding his original, unattributed sources.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://kyleessary.com/2026/05/05/i-had-a-student-write.html","date_published":"2026-05-05T14:46:14+00:00","author":{"name":"Kyle Essary","url":"https://www.kyleessary.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F115468.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"KyleEssary"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-05 14:46","date_timestamp":1777992374,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89433834","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/mwerickson\">@mwerickson</a> I’m thankful someone with your background and pastoral wisdom could write such an op ed.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/KyleEssary/89433834","date_published":"2026-05-02T06:15:51+00:00","author":{"name":"Kyle Essary","url":"https://www.kyleessary.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F115468.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"KyleEssary"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-02 06:15","date_timestamp":1777702551,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"89144400","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/ablerism\">@ablerism</a> Congrats! That’s wonderful.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/KyleEssary/89144400","date_published":"2026-04-28T03:28:38+00:00","author":{"name":"Kyle Essary","url":"https://www.kyleessary.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F115468.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"KyleEssary"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-28 03:28","date_timestamp":1777346918,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"89137760","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/marmanold\">@marmanold</a> The negative changes are everywhere. Clipboards were often much faster than tablets at service centres. Cash transactions were more rapid than QR payments … and sometimes even than tap payments. We could go on and on … it’s a future that sounded cool, but in retrospect, nobody wanted.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/KyleEssary/89137760","date_published":"2026-04-28T00:34:58+00:00","author":{"name":"Kyle Essary","url":"https://www.kyleessary.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F115468.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"KyleEssary"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-28 00:34","date_timestamp":1777336498,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"87734798","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/drewbelf\">@drewbelf</a> This is worth the boast. Congrats. I’d be proud.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/KyleEssary/87734798","date_published":"2026-04-07T00:50:33+00:00","author":{"name":"Kyle Essary","url":"https://www.kyleessary.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F115468.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"KyleEssary"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-07 00:50","date_timestamp":1775523033,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"87734707","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/ayjay\">@ayjay</a> This is my exact practice. Moving to Instapaper gives me a break to consider whether it was ever worth saving to begin.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/KyleEssary/87734707","date_published":"2026-04-07T00:49:05+00:00","author":{"name":"Kyle Essary","url":"https://www.kyleessary.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F115468.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"KyleEssary"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-07 00:49","date_timestamp":1775522945,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"87631681","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/ablerism\">@ablerism</a> I think I might try to write it out in a post sometime soon, where I have more space. I don’t deny salvation history, and think it does bring so much together, but I’m skeptical of it serving as the prime structure through which the OT communicates its theology.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/KyleEssary/87631681","date_published":"2026-04-05T08:11:52+00:00","author":{"name":"Kyle Essary","url":"https://www.kyleessary.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F115468.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"KyleEssary"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-05 08:11","date_timestamp":1775376712,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"87577731","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/KyleEssary\">@KyleEssary</a> I say this as someone who has taught courses on Biblical Theology using Goldsworthy, Goheen, and Wellum/Gentry. I don’t doubt that ‘salvation history’ plays a role in the theology of the OT, but I no longer think it provides the structure to the theology of the OT.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/KyleEssary/87577731","date_published":"2026-04-04T07:52:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Kyle Essary","url":"https://www.kyleessary.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F115468.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"KyleEssary"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-04 07:52","date_timestamp":1775289129,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"87577102","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/bbowman\">@bbowman</a> I remember reading some Mockingbird articles 15-16 years ago and thinking they were cool, but I didn’t ‘get it’ at the time. I do now and I’m going back and reading so much at that site.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/KyleEssary/87577102","date_published":"2026-04-04T07:31:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Kyle Essary","url":"https://www.kyleessary.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F115468.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"KyleEssary"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-04 07:31","date_timestamp":1775287896,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86989959","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/patrickrhone\">@patrickrhone</a> I have either been in that restaurant or the one next door. Greece stands out for many reasons among the places I’ve travelled.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/KyleEssary/86989959","date_published":"2026-03-26T09:26:11+00:00","author":{"name":"Kyle Essary","url":"https://www.kyleessary.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F115468.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"KyleEssary"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-26 09:26","date_timestamp":1774517171,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86654238","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/lukemperez\">@lukemperez</a> I still <em>love</em> Maverick. Such an enjoyable flick.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/KyleEssary/86654238","date_published":"2026-03-21T05:39:14+00:00","author":{"name":"Kyle Essary","url":"https://www.kyleessary.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F115468.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"KyleEssary"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-21 05:39","date_timestamp":1774071554,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86597346","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/lukemperez\">@lukemperez</a> It’s easily among the most enjoyable films of the past few years. Outstanding.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/KyleEssary/86597346","date_published":"2026-03-20T11:20:46+00:00","author":{"name":"Kyle Essary","url":"https://www.kyleessary.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F115468.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"KyleEssary"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-20 11:20","date_timestamp":1774005646,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86501944","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/isaacgreene\">@isaacgreene</a> This is so beautiful. Thanks for sharing it.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/KyleEssary/86501944","date_published":"2026-03-19T01:27:43+00:00","author":{"name":"Kyle Essary","url":"https://www.kyleessary.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F115468.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"KyleEssary"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-19 01:27","date_timestamp":1773883663,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86300317","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/philbowell\">@philbowell</a> We have the full Proton account, which includes Proton Pass. It doesn’t integrate as well as Apple Passwords. We tried it, but eventually stuck with Apple.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/KyleEssary/86300317","date_published":"2026-03-16T09:24:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Kyle Essary","url":"https://www.kyleessary.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F115468.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"KyleEssary"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-16 09:24","date_timestamp":1773653040,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}}]}