Bill Frerking 🦬

Husband of 1+Father of 4; All Baptized Christians; Mizzou, Baylor, Auburn, Georgia Tech, Tennessee, Wesleyan, UMKC, Royals, Chiefs; LCMS G2G! S2M! VDMA🦘

[Bill Frerking 🦬 @Billfrerking]

“If Christ rose from the dead, nothing else matters. And if Christ did not rise from the dead, nothing matters” Jaroslav Pelikan

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@KC4UTIA @HollianneC Praise to God for making you one in Christ! Happy Anniversary, my friends.

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Truth!

[Doug Sides @DougSides]

“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious People. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” - John Adams

“Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports.” - George Washington

“The Bible is the rock on which our Republic rests.” - Andrew Jackson

“The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected, in one indissoluble bond, the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity.” John Q. Adams.

“Hold fast to the Bible as the sheet anchor of your liberties.” - U.S. Grant

There are plenty more where this came from.

[Bill Frerking 🦬 @Billfrerking]

Amen!

[Doug Sides @DougSides]

Today on America 250 we should echo the words of George Washington’s prayer:

“Almighty God, who has given us this good land for our heritage, we humbly beseech Thee that we may always prove ourselves a people mindful of Thy favor and glad to do Thy will.

Bless our land with honorable industry, sound learning and pure manners.

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Save us from violence, discord and confusion; from pride and arrogance, and from every evil way.

Defend our liberties, and fashion into one united people the multitudes brought out of many kindreds and tongues.

Endue with the spirit of wisdom those whom in Thy name we entrust the authority of government, that there may be peace and justice at home, and that through obedience to Thy law, we may show forth Thy praise among the nations of the earth.

In the time of prosperity, fill our hearts with thankfulness, and in the day of trouble, suffer not our trust in Thee to fail.

All of which we ask through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.”

[🦬 𝕸𝖆𝖙𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖜 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝕷𝖊𝖘𝖘𝖊𝖗 🦬 @DarthHarryson]

Luther on The Grace of God:

"What, then, is the grace of God? It is this, that from sheer mercy, for the sake of Christ, who is our beloved Bishop and Mediator, God forgives all our sins. He abates all His anger, leads us by faith from idolatry and error to truth.

And the Holy Spirit purifies our hearts, enlightens, sanctifies, and justifies us, chooses us as children and heirs, adorns us with His gifts, redeems and protects us from the power of the devil, and finally gives us eternal life and blessedness.

And yet He also supplies this transitory life with everything needful, gives and preserves it, through the service and cooperation of all creatures of heaven and earth. The whole world could not deserve even the tiniest of these gifts. . . .

If this is true—and it undeniably is—then it follows that our works, wisdom, and holiness are nothing before God.

For if it is God’s love, then it cannot be our merit. And if it is our merit, then it is not God’s love."

-LW 14:25

[Bluebook Sports™ @bsblbluebook]

📢 Players, listen up.

Championship teams don’t always make some magical run. They find confidence. They start believing in themselves, believing in each other, and trusting the work they’ve put in.

And the best teams pair confidence with selflessness. They put the team first, celebrate each other’s success, and focus on winning instead of individual recognition.

When a team becomes confident, connected, and selfless, amazing things can happen.

Believe in yourself. Believe in your teammates. Put the team first.

That’s when good teams become great teams.
#TheProcess #WIT #TeamFirst #Confidence #WinningCulture

[Matt Foster @MattFosterTV]

📽️: Like Father, Like Son

@TurgeonWill always wanted to coach with his dad. That dream seemed lost after Mark Turgeon's retirement.

But as fate would have it, Turgeon's returned to coach @KCRoosMBB & now has Will on staff alongside him. @KSHB41 @KCRoosAthletics #RooUp 🏀🦘

[Bill Frerking 🦬 @Billfrerking]

Truth. Good analysis.

[William Weedon @WmWeedon]

“The very fact that the Lutheran Reformation was not aimed at indifferent adiaphora, but retained those things which were in harmony with God's Word, shows that it was not a disorderly revolution, but a Biblical reformation;

[Mike Lee @BasedMikeLee]

James Madison described the powers of the federal government as “few and defined” and those reserved to the states as “numerous and indefinite.”

We’ve been dangerously drifting from that understanding since the 1930s.

The drift has been most evident in areas now most fraught with waste, fraud, and abuse.

If we honored the Constitution’s limits on federal power, there’d be very little waste, fraud, and abuse in our national government.

Share if you’d like to see a “constitutional reset,” in which any government function that’s not obviously and necessarily federal under the Constitution would be returned “to the states respectively, or to the people,” as the Tenth Amendment specifies.

[Matt Smethurst @MattSmethurst]

This is the most detailed MRI scan of an unborn baby.

At just 20 weeks, she is moving, turning her head, kicking—even standing. Her beating heart is also visible.

Human life is a miracle.

[Heritage Foundation @Heritage]

For the next 48 hours, @CallSignCourage is free.

Watch it. Share it. Pass it on. https://t.co/11ZyP3nwIK

[Bill Frerking 🦬 @Billfrerking]

@ChaseDaniel Your children will remember this time - and likely laugh at “how Dad did it” - all of their lives. Enjoy every minute.

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@HansFiene Fortunately, only a good, German Lutheran one! Pretty tough handle as young children are learning to pronounce their “r”s. 😏

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As we have entered the Lenten season, we see Christ even in the story lines of the western movie genre. Thank you for your faithful preaching @HansFiene

[Hans Fiene 🦬 @HansFiene]

A devotion on sheriffs and satan: Mark 1:14–28

One of my favorite tropes in old movies is the whole “there’s a new sheriff in town” thing that you find in westerns. So a bunch of bandits have overtaken some little town and are terrorizing the poor citizens. But then the hero arrives and some low-level thugs find him in the street or in the saloon to tell him he’s not welcome. This is their terrain, and he’d better git if he knows what’s good for him. But, of course, the hero responds by easily dispatching the villains and showing them that the terrain they stole is not going to remain in their hands. Unlike the weak or corruptible sheriffs before him, he can’t be intimidated or bribed. No, there’s a new sheriff in town. And he has come to set the people free from the bandit’s tyranny.

There is, of course, something profoundly Christian about this old trope. It’s something we see often in the Gospels, including from our reading from Mark this morning. So Jesus appears in the terrain that has been under the power of the devil. He shows up in the land where Satan and his minions have been terrorizing the poor and the lowly. And when this demon finds Jesus in the synagogue, it mockingly calls Him “the Holy One of God.” In all of this, the demon is ultimately saying to our Lord, “what are you doing here? This is our terrain. These are our people to devour and destroy.”

But by casting out the demon with nothing but His words, Jesus makes clear that there’s a new sheriff in town. He’s a prophet unlike the other prophets before him who served and died. He’s a high priest unlike the high priests serving in the temple. He’s a king unlike the kings before who fell into corruption and condemnation. And He proves this all by going to Calvary. With His dying breath, He smashes the skull of Satan underneath His righteous heel. He destroys the devil by forgiving your sins, by covering you in His blood, by giving you victory over the serpent and his vicious thieves. Then, on the third day, your greater prophet, priest, and king rises from the grave and promises you that you are now worthy to live with Him forever in the land where Satan and his thieves will never enter, the land where sorrow and suffering will never be known again. There’s a new sheriff in town. And He will deliver you from evil always.

[Hans Fiene 🦬 @HansFiene]

A devotion on nothing but words: John 4:46-54

In the beginning, there was nothing. But then God spoke and the universe came into existence. God spoke and there was light. God spoke and there was the expanse. God spoke and the dry land came to be, the trees and the lights in the sky, the birds of the air, the fish of the sea, the beasts of the field. God spoke and made man in His image, the man He created to live forever.

But man would not live forever. Man would disobey his God and despise the Creator who spoke him into being. Through that sin, death came into the world and all men bore the curse of being a creature that would one day stop living. Because of this, all men would one day stop breathing. 

But God would never stop speaking, which we see when Jesus Christ tells the official who is riddled with fear over his perishing child, “go, your son will live.” For generations and generations, death reigned. But the Son of God never lost His power over the grave. And so He spoke again, with the same authoritative speech that brought the universe into existence. He cast death away from that child, kept the breath in his lungs. The man and his chipd didn’t need great signs and wonders. They just needed words, and out of His love, Jesus Christ gladly gave them.

Jesus gave you those words as well. At the cross, He cried out “it is finished,” and with those words, He destroyed your sin and clothed you in His righteousness. And because He rose from the grave, then He will give you more words after you breathe your last. On the day of His return, Jesus will put eternal breath into your lungs. The same divine voice that brought the universe into existence will speak over your grave, cast death into the pit, lift you into His arms and welcome you into His kingdom. Be at peace. All you need to conquer death is words, the words your Lord already has spoken, and the words He most certainly will speak.

[Bill Frerking 🦬 @Billfrerking]

@eli_rickell @WesleyanFB97 Congratulations! IYKYK, it’s long been said that it’s harder to be All-County (all classes) in Gwinnett County, GA than to be All-State (by class)!

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@RuralLutheran We should have the Lutheran Chorale parts printed in our liturgy and teach the congregation to sing them. Divine 3 is extraordinary … and add back singing the end of the Lord’s Prayer.

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@SamaHoole What if the whole clock was 6,000 to 10,000 years?

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Amen. And Amen! 🙏🏻

[Jeremy Wayne Tate @JeremyTate41]

This is mind blowing. These are students from the Logos school in Moscow, Idaho singing at the Idaho State capital.

[The Biblical Man @Biblicalman]

A history teacher once told me the Pilgrims invented Thanksgiving.

I asked her about George Washington's 1789 proclamation.

She had no idea what I was talking about.

October 3, 1789.

The Constitution is barely ratified. Congress asks the President to declare a national day of thanks.

Washington doesn't suggest it. He commands it.

"It is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for His benefits."

Duty. Not option.

He called Americans to "sincere and humble thanks" for winning the Revolution. For the Constitution. For religious liberty.

Then he told them to pray.

To "beseech Him to pardon our national and other transgressions."

The Father of our Country. Publicly confessing national sin. Calling a nation to its knees.

The Pilgrims weren't even mentioned.

That story came later. Sanitized. Secularized. Safe for public schools.

The real first Thanksgiving was a President declaring that gratitude to God was the price of being American.

They don't teach that anymore...