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\nFinished reading: Everything Is Never Enough by Bobby Jamieson š
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Tech Policyās Libertarian Hangover by Brad Littlejohn
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William Lane Craig and Evangelicalismās Trinitarian Deficit by Phillip Cary
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Tech Policyās Libertarian Hangover by Brad Littlejohn
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\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/5651/2026/28107b7b-b1e4-47e0-a6c2-9c9ee8b96f1c-m.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://microblog.marmanold.com/2026/09/01/miles-in-august-its-been.html","date_published":"2026-09-01T23:06:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Michael Wayne Arnold","url":"https://info.marmanold.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F48%2F11810.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"marmanold"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-01 23:06","date_timestamp":1788304008,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:p7nkp5rjasksezc2rwlw2iy5/post/3muijwxccb52d","https://grain.social/profile/did:plc:p7nkp5rjasksezc2rwlw2iy5/gallery/3muijwydygusb"]}},{"id":"96760853","content_html":"\n\nāSo far this year, three times as many people have died by cars in Davidson County as by gunshot wounds.ā
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Blindspot: How Nashville Addresses Death and Design on City Roads by Eli Motycka
\n","summary":"","url":"https://microblog.marmanold.com/2026/09/01/so-far-this-year-three.html","date_published":"2026-09-01T11:15:14+00:00","author":{"name":"Michael Wayne Arnold","url":"https://info.marmanold.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F48%2F11810.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"marmanold"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-01 11:15","date_timestamp":1788261314,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:p7nkp5rjasksezc2rwlw2iy5/post/3muhc6rcin22n"]}},{"id":"96680389","content_html":"Love the Neighbor God Gives You: marmanold.com
","summary":"Neighbor. In almost every context except for Church, this is a word none of us have trouble defining. Invariably, if you ask a child or any person on the street, theyāll define it as the people who live next door, or maybe the people on their street, in their neighborhood, or even their city or to...","url":"https://marmanold.com/sermon/love-the-neighbor-god-gives-you/","date_published":"2026-08-31T00:35:34+00:00","author":{"name":"Michael Wayne Arnold","url":"https://info.marmanold.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F48%2F11810.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"marmanold"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-31 00:35","date_timestamp":1788136534,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:p7nkp5rjasksezc2rwlw2iy5/post/3mudm2ubbqx2s"]}},{"id":"96523756","content_html":"\n\nāThat therefore in these both curious and unhappy differences, which have for so many hundred years, in different times and places, exercised the Church of Christ, we will, that all further curious search be laid aside, and these disputes shut up in Godās promises, as they be generally set forth to us in the Holy Scriptures, and the general meaning of the Articles of the Church of England according to them.ā
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The Kingās Declaration by hanover.edu
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Every Right on Red Frays the Social Contract a Little Further by 00 AM EDT
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āEvery Right on Red Frays the Social Contract a Little Furtherā ā„ defector.com by Nick Heer
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\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/5651/2026/af42daa62f-m.jpg\")
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\nCurrently reading: Resisting Therapy Culture: The Dangers of Pop Psychology and How the Church Can Respond by Matthew Loftus š
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The Catholic Gentleman by Sam Guzman, Dale Ahlquist
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The Catholic Gentleman by Sam Guzman, Dale Ahlquist
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\n","summary":"","url":"https://microblog.marmanold.com/2026/08/21/its-interesting-watching-the-traffic.html","date_published":"2026-08-21T17:53:35+00:00","author":{"name":"Michael Wayne Arnold","url":"https://info.marmanold.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F48%2F11810.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"marmanold"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-21 17:53","date_timestamp":1787334815,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:p7nkp5rjasksezc2rwlw2iy5/post/3mtmdcpkgji22"]}},{"id":"96130513","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9780486270678/cover.jpg\")
\nFinished reading: A Midsummer Nightās Dream by William Shakespeare š
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No-One Makes You Shop at Amazon by Henry Farrell
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State of Our Streets by Walk Bike Nashville
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No-One Makes You Shop at Amazon by Henry Farrell
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\nCase in point: After decades, our only cycle and pedestrian bridge dumps you off directly onto the street where you are left to hope that a tourist actually lets you cross. (They almost...
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Happy Lordās Day! ā Go to Mass! ā¤ļø āŖļø
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How Shall We Then Rest? by Karl E. Johnson
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