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John 10: 14-15.

Jesus: I am the good shepherd.

He guides us where we need to go. He provides. He protects.

He tends to us like a shepherd.

He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.
Jesus: I know my own, and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father.

You can know Jesus the same way he knows the Father.

The relationship Jesus describes is intimate, knowing.

It is an invitation to friendship.
Jesus: I lay my life down for the sheep.

This Jesus has given everything to show you his love. He lays down his life.

To protect. To preserve. To save.

He is worthy of our adoration and following.
Take this Jesus love and live it today.

Apply it to your neighbors. Your enemies. Your social media. Your thoughts. Your prayers.

Love the God-Man by loving the way he first loved you.

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Jan 19
Last night I saw an exchange on here in which a pastor (whom I respect) asked for 3-5 examples of things the government is doing that is worse than protestors interrupting worship.

Wanted to take a moment to respond to that for a wider audience for a couple of reasons. (1/16)
I'll begin with this: I agree with what I saw several other pastors post yesterday.
Protestors interrupting a worship service was unequivocally wrong.
Starting here bc I don't want people thinking I didn't think this was a bad thing. I absolutely do. Terrible. Full stop. (2/16)
Next, I don't talk openly about my political affiliations for a number of reasons, but for the sake of this thread I will disclose that I have been a registered Republican since I was 18 years old and have served as a poll worker for many years. (3/16)
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Oct 23, 2024
MASCULINITY: A THREAD. “The end of all things is near; therefore, be alert and sober-minded for prayer. Above all, maintain constant love for one another, since love covers a multitude of sins.”—1 Pet 4:7-8

Staring down the end, Peter commends two things:

Prayer and love.
If I have any advice to offer to other pastors today, it is this:

Prayer and love may appear weak and naïve, but they are the most effective weapons in the church’s arsenal.

Churches who forsake these for “telling it like it is” are no churches at all.
The cyclical obsession with “masculinity” in the church (this is *at least* its third iteration in evangelicalism since I’ve been a pastor) ought to lead us to ask, “What does Jesus require of a man?”

The answer is the courage to love and pray, believing this Way is best.
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Oct 18, 2024
⛪️ 🇺🇸 CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM : WHAT IT IS, WHAT IT ISN’T, AND WHY IT MATTERS

During the Q&A at the @holypostpodcast event, someone asked, “What is Christian Nationalism?” Fair question, since it’s thrown around quite a bit these days.

I want to try to summarize my answer here. 1/11
WHAT CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM ISN’T:

It’s not Christians participating in politics, voting, or participation in civic life. Christians should participate in each of those things as citizens in a democratic republic. 2/11
It’s not advocating for policies, legislation, etc. That’s something we each do in our form of government. Every law is a codifying of morality of some sort, and Christians would be remiss to withdraw from that public conversation. 3/11
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Dec 1, 2023
🚨 SBC Insider Baseball Tweet Thread Alert. 🚨 I made this somewhat cheeky tweet in hopes to demonstrate what I perceive to be hermeneutical inconsistencies and some confusion re: the proposed Law Amendment. I saw a few questions in response, so wanted to follow up and clarify.
First, my original tweet. I was attempting to point out how many of those who want to read the role of females in the NT church as “crystal clear” will simultaneously ignore other seemingly “crystal clear” commands or apply a cultural hermeneutic to them. For example…
Romans 16:16 says, “Greet one another with a holy kiss.” This is common in some church cultures, but not in the United States, because it doesn’t translate into our culture. We usually shake hands or hug. But I don’t see lots of folks leading a “holy kiss” movement in the SBC.
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Nov 8, 2023
I don’t talk a ton about my health on the socials, but I’m texting with a longtime friend who is up against it right now in the battle with cancer, and I wanted to share a couple of quick things.

For the uninitiated: I have heart failure and should’ve died in 2003. 🧵Thread:
For all my passion about living the Kingdom here and now, my source of hope is that one day the dead in Christ will rise and Jesus will bring about the death of death. Some days it's the only thing that keeps me going.

If you’re disease-ridden:

We hope in the Resurrection.
When this life feels like too much, I go to the following places in my Bible:

Romans 8
1 Corinthians 15
2 Corinthians 1
Revelation 4
Revelation 21

Then I ask myself: “Do I really believe this?”

If the answer is yes, then I have to live accordingly.
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Oct 27, 2023
Two days ago news broke of an amicus brief filed in which the SBC, SBTS, and Lifeway were all third parties. The suit attempts to prevent the statute of limitations being lifted in cases of sexual abuse. I waited a beat before speaking to ascertain facts and await explanation.
As best I can tell, the EC acted unilaterally w/o trustee approval. The trustees were voted on by messengers and messengers have consistently and nearly unanimously voted in favor of sexual abuse reforms since @RobertDownen_’s @HoustonChron story in 2019. houstonchronicle.com/news/investiga…
The EC opposing this lawsuit unilaterally without consulting trustees is bad on a number of levels. I understand EC leadership must make decisions w/o trustee approval from time to time, but this topic has been at the forefront of discussion and reeks of self-preservation.
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