Bill Gehm

I am Pastor of Grace Church in Amarillo, TX (Calvary Chapel) Hear us @

[Matt Smethurst @MattSmethurst]

If Christ has died for me, I cannot trifle with the evil that killed my best Friend.

— Spurgeon

[Grace Church @GraceAmarillo]

"Legacy isn't built cheaply or easily. We're building something our kids can see to guide their own lives. If the enemy breaks us, he uses our story to break them. We are fighting for all of us." —Pastor Bill

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#Legacy #Family #Faith

[Ed Taylor @CalvaryChurchCo]

Expect it.
Ask for it.
Depend on it.

He will sustain you.

[Bill Gehm @BillGehm]

The Lord lives!
Praise to my Rock!
May God, the Rock of my salvation,
be exalted! 2Sam22:47

I’ve been singing this verse for over 53 years! Wow 🎶

[Diana @drpenn]

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[Amir Tsarfati @beholdisrael]

Iran continues to escalate, Hezbollah keeps attacking Israel, and questions are growing about America's response in the Middle East. In this episode of MidEast & Beyond, we discuss the latest developments in Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, Russia, Europe, and the growing instability shaping today's world. We also examine how these events align with Bible prophecy and what believers should be watching as global tensions continue to rise.

Watch the entire update here: https://t.co/yI5N1KTO8H

[Faithfulness Okom @AttorneyF_]

Nobody asks why beauty exists, but everyone asks why suffering does. The question nobody asks is the one that changes everything.

Modern physics confirms that the universe has an undeniable, finely tuned order: the gravitational constant is calibrated so precisely that a deviation of 1 in 10^40 collapses everything.

The human eye processes 10 million colors. DNA encodes more information per cubic millimeter than any human technology has approached. This is all magnificent, the designer’s track record is not in question.

If a surgeon has performed ten thousand flawless operations and you are on his table, you do not demand explanations for every incision. Excellence earns the right to say “I know what I’m doing” before the full explanation arrives. Past precision earns theological trust for the parts we cannot yet explain.

It also proves capability: if this God can build something as complex as DNA, then he has the technical capacity to end suffering. The question is not if, but when.

A hidden premise is buried inside the very popular complaint about suffering. When we ask why God allows suffering, we assume we deserve better. We demand perfection now, before the final act of history.

The Christian framework refuses that assumption, it posits that sin is not merely a behavioral lapse correctable with effort; it is an ontological distortion, a fracture in our nature, and a chosen distance from the source of all coherence. The world we experience is not random cruelty; it is the accurate shape of that distance. The farther from the light you go, the darker it gets. That is the factual architecture. In this sense the staggering question is not why we suffer, but why, given what we are, anything beautiful exists at all.

What we have now is a mediated reality. God governs through instruments and delegated systems; the sun for light, the rain for growth. This is God operating behind a veil, and the reason is mercy. To drop the veil and introduce his full presence into a fractured world would mean immediate consumption by absolute justice.

To end all suffering this second would require either importing evil into the final perfect state, or executing final judgment immediately, closing the door on everyone not yet reconciled. The pause before the last act is not negligence, it is a stay of execution, the widest mercy available, keeping the door open for reconciliation before the final reality sets in.

Revelation 21 promises he will wipe every tear from every eye. This is not a general amnesty where wrongs are administratively cleared, but something personal, individual, and complete. If a single person in the new creation carries unaddressed grief over what God allowed, the system fails. The promise is therefore not a mere comfort verse, but it is a contractual commitment from a God with the full capacity to keep it.

In the New Jerusalem, the delegation stops. There is no sun or moon, for God himself is the light of the city. He removes the veil and gives all of himself. What we are living in now, with its suffering and its waiting, is simply the scaffolding. Scaffolding has rough edges by nature, and that is not an indictment of the architect.

[Ed Taylor @CalvaryChurchCo]

Remember, child of God, you are a sheep that can never lose its Shepherd, a child that can never lose its Father. “I will never leave you nor forsake you” (Heb. 13:5), said Jesus as He revealed the Eternal Father’s heart.
Spurgeon

[Paul David Tripp @PaulTripp]

God's most significant objective in my life, from salvation until Jesus returns, is sanctification. We want our lives to be comfortable, successful, and predictable, but God is willing to compromise all of these in order to deal with our deepest difficulty: indwelling and remaining sin.

[Amir Tsarfati @beholdisrael]

Apparently, after the phone call between Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Trump that led to Trump’s post regarding the agreement with Hezbollah, there was another late-night call in which Trump was reportedly far from pleased. I assume he did not appreciate Netanyahu’s post summarizing the agreement.

I have been following the president’s posts and remarks since his visit to China, and something definitely seems different. I am not sure what happened there, but I am concerned that it may not be particularly favorable to either Israel or Taiwan.

The rush toward another nuclear deal with Iran - one that leaves the IRGC in power and merely postpones an inevitable future confrontation - is something that should deeply concern both Israel and the entire region.

Now, allow me to take off the hat of a concerned Israeli and put on the hat of a Bible prophecy teacher.

Iran will remain anti-Israel and will eventually join a Russian-led coalition against Israel (Ezekiel 38–39). If that is indeed the future God has revealed, then we should not be surprised if a deal is eventually reached.

I am torn between hating the present situation and knowing the future, thus accepting that certain things will happen whether I am for them or against them.

Allow me to close with the famous words of Isaiah 46:9–10:

“Remember the former things of old, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me, declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will do all My pleasure.’”

Lord, I fully trust these three things:

You are in complete control, and instead of trusting foreign leaders and princes, we should trust in You alone. (Psalm 146:3; Proverbs 3:5–6)
You will never allow Your people Israel to be annihilated. (Jeremiah 31:35–37; Amos 9:8–9)
You will ultimately win the war, and the nations will know that You are God. (Ezekiel 38:23)

Awaiting His Return,

Amir

[Ed Taylor @CalvaryChurchCo]

When someone says, "I was born this way."
It's true. Perhaps you were.
But here's a greater truth:
YOU CAN BE BORN AGAIN!
Yes. that's the truth!!

[Paul David Tripp @PaulTripp]

There are times when we secretly wish we could grab a hold of the joystick and direct the trajectory of our lives. Guess what? God, in love, won't let go.

[Matt Smethurst @MattSmethurst]

Some church will always have better coffee, better music, better facilities, better speaking, better marketing.

Showcase Christ and his gospel. Nobody can improve on that.

—@jaredcwilson

[David K. Bernard @davidkbernard]

Holiness means (1) separation from sin and the world and (2) dedication to God and His will. (See Rom 12:1–2; 2 Cor 6:14–7:1; 1 John 2:15–17.)

[Greg Laurie @greglaurie]

It’s been said, “Inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened.”

[Grace Church @GraceAmarillo]

"When you are united with Jesus, your relationship to sin changes forever; you don't have to run the laps your old master demands anymore."

—Doug M. Gehm
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#GraceChangesEverything #NewLife

[Matt Smethurst @MattSmethurst]

In all my years of pastoring, I have learned this lesson: a person’s spiritual maturity is not truly visible until they DON’T get their way. Then you see the person.

—@ErikReed

[Ed Taylor @CalvaryChurchCo]

If you’re thirsting, perhaps it’s because you’ve been drinking at the old watering holes, trying to find satisfaction in the world. Come to the Lord. Drink of Him. Draw nigh to Him and He’ll draw nigh to you. That’s not my word. It’s His (James 4:8).
Jon Courson

[Timothy Keller (1950-2023) @timkellernyc]

Sin is not just the doing of bad things but the making of good things into ultimate things. It is seeking to establish a sense of self by making something else more central to your significance, purpose & happiness than your relationship to God.

[Diana @drpenn]

THIS!!!