Following Jesus ✝️𓅦𓅦𓅦
Self-professed followers of Jesus the Messiah on Nostr. Protestants, Roman Catholics and Orthodox welcome. (No LDS or JWs)
"The resurrection banquet has already begun!" Wednesday of Trinity 20 2025
This is where the kingdom begins to break in. And this is where your repayment begins — not in money or reward, but in resurrection, in mercy, in joy that never ends. So when Jesus says, “Invite the poor,” He’s not just telling you what to do. He’s telling you who you are. You are the poor. You are the blind. You are the one who can’t repay. And still, He invites you.
How Operators Are Made
This piece is a manifesto for the men who run toward the sound of gunfire—those who choose mission over comfort, truth over safety, and conviction over consensus. It draws parallels between special operations training, early Bitcoin conviction, and the building of Nostr as modern tests of courage and principle. The message: you’ve been selected—now complete the mission.
The Value-for-Value Paradox: Why We’re All Hypocrites About Zaps
We treat zaps differently than every other purchase, hoarding sats for “future value” while freely spending on coffee and Netflix. If content is worth $1 to you right now, zap the equivalent in today’s sats and stop doing mental gymnastics about what they might be worth later. Value-for-value means paying for value in the present, not extracting free content while pretending you’re being strategic.
"To be a beggar before God is to be blessed with the kingdom of heaven" — All Saints' Day 2025
To be a saint is to be a beggar before God. But to be a beggar before God is to be blessed with the kingdom of heaven. Because God fills what is empty. He lifts what has fallen. He gives what we could never buy.“Blessed are the poor in spirit,” Jesus says, “for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” He doesn’t say, “will be.” He says, “is.” Right now. This kingdom already belongs to those who know they’ve got nothing.
The Return to Quality: How Nostr Developers Are Rebuilding American Craftsmanship
We traded craftsmanship for quarterly earnings and built a disposable economy where everything barely works. Big Tech promised innovation and delivered surveillance. The gig economy killed pride in work. Now Nostr developers are proving you can build quality software without VC millions, platform games, or selling your users. Your code is your reputation. Forever. On-chain. This is how we rebuild.
"You can’t pour the new life of Christ into the old self" Wednesday of Trinity 19 2025
But you can’t patch the old with a little grace. You can’t pour the new life of Christ into the old self that wants to run the show. The old self has to die. The old wineskin has to burst. That’s what happens in Baptism. The old Adam is drowned. The new man rises. That’s what happens in Absolution. The old guilt is forgiven. The new life begins again. That’s what happens in the Supper. The old hunger is met with new wine—Christ’s own Blood poured out for you, filling you with His forgiveness and His life.
Free Article 2 (Oct. 28, 2025): Why We Keep Writing
When recognition fades and exhaustion sets in, what keeps the writer at the desk? This essay explores how faith, rhythm, and love sustain the creative act even when the external world remains indifferent.
The Riot-Starting Gospel: Why Nostr, Bitcoin, and Christianity Share the Same Enemy
Paul started riots by making sin personal. Bitcoin, Nostr, and the Gospel share the same enemy because all three reject the lie that truth is whatever institutions say it is.
Letter to the Editor: Broken Money, Broken Homes
Scripture says, “Unequal weights and unequal measures are both alike an abomination to the Lord” (Proverbs 20:10). An “abomination” is a “disgusting thing.” In Biblical times, a dishonest scale cheated the buyer or the seller. Today, our dishonest scales are hidden in how our money is created and managed. When new money is printed, added to a bank ledger, or borrowed into existence, the first to receive it benefits, while everyone else bears the cost later through higher prices.
"Forgiveness of sins flows from Christ's cross into your life" Trinity 19 2025
And here comes Jesus—with no lecture, no conditions, no delay— “Take heart, son. Your sins are forgiven.” That’s not just a kind word. That’s a word that changes everything. That’s a word that moves you from death to life. We might think Jesus got it wrong—this man came for healing, and Jesus gave forgiveness. But that’s the point. Forgiveness is the healing. The real sickness isn’t in the legs; it’s in the heart. It’s the sin that separates us from God. And Jesus cuts straight to it. This isn’t Jesus showing off for the Pharisees or using the man as an object lesson. No, He loves him. He loves him enough to give him what matters most: peace with God.
“The Church is a field of sinners—repentant sinners” Wednesday of Trinity 18 2025
You want to talk about weeds? Look at the cross. There’s the Lord of the harvest—hanging among the weeds, counted as one of them, so He could raise up a field of wheat. He took our impatience, our distrust, our self-appointed judgment. He took it all into the ground, and on the third day, the true Wheat sprouted from the soil—first-fruits of a new creation. Now He’s at work in you. In this messy, mixed-up field we call the church, He’s working through His Word, watering you with baptism, feeding you with His body and blood, forgiving, pruning, reshaping, keeping the wheat alive until harvest.
Pioneer Hash - Roadmap
Bitcoin mining decentralization musings
On human inertia
Humans adhere to physical laws.
Nostr Will Be Attacked: The OPORD
The establishment will attack Nostr with the same playbook they used against every freedom technology. This is the intelligence assessment and defense posture for the war ahead.
