Kevin

Teaching Pastor @ Grace Chapel Indio, CA; Master’s Seminary

[Kevin @4GDadKevin]

@JoshuaBarzon Congrats!

[Kevin @4GDadKevin]

@jimcosman2 Seems like a little more than a “re-roof” but amazing all the same. I struggle sharing my “old” passions as I have four daughters. Praying I get to build, hunt, and fish with thier husbands someday. Until then I share my passion for the Lord and his people with them.

[Kevin @4GDadKevin]

@ericchurch “Living Part of Life” always a good listen in the hectic pace of life. Reminds me to enjoy the time I have with my wife and kids.

[Mike Riccardi @MikeRiccardi_]

“If the whole function of the minister is ‘inspirational’ rather than ‘instructional,’ then, no doubt, we may dispense with all serious study of the Scripture.”

“But, if the minister is the mouth-piece of the Most High, charged with a message to deliver, to expound and enforce; standing in the name of God before men, to make known to them who and what this God is, and what his purposes of grace are, and what his will for his people—then, the whole aspect of things is changed.

“Then, it is the prime duty of the minister to know his message; to know the instructions which have been committed to him for the people, and to know them thoroughly;

“to be prepared to declare them with confidence and with exactness, to commend them with wisdom, and to urge them with force and defend them with skill, and to build men up by means of them into a true knowledge of God and of his will, which will be unassailable in the face of the fiercest assault.”

— B. B. Warfield

[Stephen Cox @StephenCox_SC]

Being a pastor is hard to explain unless you’ve stood in the pulpit yourself.

One week you’re walking with a family through their darkest valley.

The next, they’re gone without a word.

You’ll be praised and misunderstood, often by the same people in the same month.

Some days you see God move and go home full. Other days you lie awake rehearsing every word, wondering what you missed.

Everyone has an opinion of how you should pastor. You quickly learn you cannot preach with one eye on the crowd.

But then..a soul saved, a marriage mended, a grieving heart given comfort.

And suddenly you remember why you answered the call.

Ministry is heavy. But it’s a high calling.

And it’s worth it all.

[Kevin @4GDadKevin]

@drantbradley You are correct I don’t need one. Nor does a church need one. But should they choose to have one it should be used to inform parents not the students. There are many tools to do this. Social Media COULD be one of the tools. A wisdom issue for each church to wrestle with.

[Kevin @4GDadKevin]

@shepconf there is conflicting schedule information. Website and app schedule shows check in at 7am with first session at 9am. Yet there is a news alert in app stating the times are now 8a and 10a respectively??

[Kevin @4GDadKevin]

@YourCalvinist Great intro!

[Kevin @4GDadKevin]

@YourCalvinist Man this is describing my current feelings. Thanks for sharing this. Going to read this section and pray then get back to preparing for Sunday.

[Kevin @4GDadKevin]

@tgtengage Spend some good time with the family!! Find that new local church to plug into!

[Kevin @4GDadKevin]

@DrJackHughes Yes. Link to your answer key would be nice. In case there are any objections

[Kevin @4GDadKevin]

@JCRyle It. Is. Finished.

[Kevin @4GDadKevin]

This deserves a revisit from the archives:
Worse than Halloween: A Biblical reason to Hate Mondays https://t.co/f5JBWllADC via @cripplegateblog

[Kevin @4GDadKevin]

@JoshuaBarzon The one I’m currently reading (which ever that happens to be).

[Kevin @4GDadKevin]

@JeffreyPWiesner Tweets like this is what keeps me from forsaking this platform. When a brother pastor has words that encourage my soul from afar and remind me to keep my gaze on my precious savior.

[Kevin @4GDadKevin]

Same Mr. Stott

[Denny Burk @DennyBurk]

"Seldom if ever do I leave the pulpit without a sense of partial failure, a mood of penitence, a cry to God for forgiveness, and a resolve to look to him for grace to do better in the future."

-John Stott

[Kevin @4GDadKevin]

I thought here is @hbcharlesjr speaking some great truth again. This time he was just quoting. Thankful for both men. While being trained at TMS I had the Lovelace of sitting under a number of HB’s sermons and I learned clarity is greater than quantity.

[hbcharlesjr @hbcharlesjr]

I don't need fifteen hours to prepare a sermon. I can prepare a sermon in half an hour. I need fifteen hours to understand the text with clarity. It's hard to get to the point of clarity. You have to be driven to understand it. But, if you step into the pulpit with a substantially clear grasp of the biblical concept, it has a profound effect on how you preach. - John MacArthur Jr.

[Danny @Truth_matters20]

"Women who pastor, women who preach in a church are a disgrace, and they openly reflect opposition to the clear command of the word of God. Perhaps women pastors are the are the most obvious evidence of churches rebelling against the Bible."

—MacArthur

[Jayson York @jaysonyork]

I don’t care if this sounds self serving:

You should support your pastor more

Go to church
Give to the church
Serve at the church

Text him your appreciation

Encourage his wife and kids without judgment

Buy him a gift card

Listen to him more than you are online