Brennan McCurdy

Believer in helping people and loving God.

[Brennan McCurdy @BrennanMcCurdy]

@JohnstonGarrett Garrett, so incredibly sorry to hear that and will be praying for him and your family. 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[Matt Smethurst @MattSmethurst]

When @TimKellerNYC was 24 years old, he was a new pastor in rural Virginia. Alice was an elderly Christian who had suffered enormously in her life.

More than four decades later, Keller still remembered her perspective.

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

In your career, the most valuable currency is not how much you know. It's how well you learn.

In a stable world, success depended on building expertise. In a changing world, it hinges on evolving expertise.

Potential is no longer defined by ability. It's a function of agility.

[Detroit Lions @Lions]

Do you understand what we're capable of?

#AllGrit

[Jim Costa @JimCosta_]

Leading rusher: Gibbs
Leading in receptions: LaPorta
Leading tackler: Branch

All rookies

[Detroit Lions @Lions]

Y'all ever heard a roof pop off a building?

@derrickbarnes21 | #AllGrit

[Brennan McCurdy @BrennanMcCurdy]

This is so impressive by such a wonderful leader. I’m constantly amazed at her graciousness. Thanks for inspiring the rest of us Beth.

[Beth Moore @BethMooreLPM]

This article was good for me to read for a number of reasons, not the least of which was the closing exhortation. Yes, I hear you. Yes, I needed to hear it. But a couple of things I’d like to say in response:

What I wrote in that post to Southern Baptist women had been on my heart to say for some time. How the fissure began in 2016 was so chaotic and the studies were thrown out of numerous churches so quickly that it has taken me a good deal of time to sort it all out. I may never get it all sorted out but I know the Lord has overseen it all and had purpose. I believe I did what he told me to do and am now where he meant me to be. But, man, it has been brutal.

Those words to southern Baptist women were something like you might say to a friend that you lost in a conflict years earlier after you’ve healed up a bit: “no matter what happened, I want you to know I love you so much and I’m glad for the time we spent together and I’m the better for you being in my life. Thank you.”

You were not wrong, however, to connect the apology in some respects to the Wolfe tweet. Most of the time I can let this stuff roll off my back. I know it does not come from the Spirit because people who walk with Jesus don’t treat people the way Wolfe and his ilk do.

I can easily intellectually tell myself the truth when I see things like that but I’m not sure my skin will ever be thick enough to prevent every arrow from hitting my heart. My apology was not for speaking out. I make no apologies for that and I have not changed my mind or my stand. But in 40 years of teaching, the fact is, all of us owe some apologies to the people we’ve served. We’ve said too many words. Been poor examples at times. We’ve been self-centered and we’ve let our anger dictate some of our messages. Thus much I know: I helped prop up misogyny in the denomination and helped build up trust in some systems and some leaders that were not worthy of our trust though I did not realize that was what I was doing. I do indeed owe some people I’ve served a long time an apology for any harm I brought them. It was never my intention. My desire was to do good. My desire was to be godly.

Lastly, I’d like to say that what men like William do to women is not without effect, which, of course, they know and which, of course, is why they do it. And there is a “they.” Wolfe is just saying publicly what his circle says privately. In an ideal world, we would be unaffected by those kinds of things. But we are humans here. Still breakable. Still well able to be bruised. Still bothered in the dark night by questions like, did I do them harm???

And I have to think that, if the time comes that I cannot still be wounded, my heart has grown hard and I’ll probably need to retire.

So, what to do? Take those things to the Lord and learn from them and ask him to do something good with them.

[Rich Villodas @richvillodas]

We don’t build the kingdom of God.

• we announce it.
• we seek it.
• we receive it.
• we bear witness to it.
• “we build for it” (N.T. Wright)

The King builds it.

#ChristtheKing

[Brennan McCurdy @BrennanMcCurdy]

@Victor_Rod6 @Athletics Condolences man. Been so rough for Oakland fans. Freaking Vegas.

[Brennan McCurdy @BrennanMcCurdy]

@Victor_Rod6 Oh man I’m sure that was a devastating blow.

[Brennan McCurdy @BrennanMcCurdy]

Unforgettable. Was at this game 3rd base side. Beer was showering everywhere.

[Detroit Tigers @tigers]

#OTD: Magglio Ordóñez’s unforgettable walk-off home run sent the Tigers to the 2006 World Series in style.

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

22 Truths I Wish I Knew At 22

1. Most of your friends aren't really your friends. Real friends are there for you when you have nothing to offer. Cherish them.

2. Success in life is proportional to the number of difficult conversations you're willing to have.

(a visual thread)

[Brennan McCurdy @BrennanMcCurdy]

Some please check on @garyvee to make sure he’s ok #jets

[Rich Villodas @richvillodas]

If the greatest commandment in Scripture is rooted in love, the greatest sin (or the very essence of sin) must be a failure to love.

[Brennan McCurdy @BrennanMcCurdy]

There we go.

[Adrian Wojnarowski @wojespn]

Sacramento Kings All-NBA C Domantas Sabonis has agreed to a contract renegotiation and extension for a total of $217M over five years — including $195M in new money, his agents Greg Lawrence and Jason Ranne tell ESPN.

[Jonathan Merritt @JonathanMerritt]

“Without women preachers, we would have no knowledge of the resurrection.” - Jurgen Moltmann

Every patriarchal pastor owes his entire ministry to a group of courageous women who risked their reputations to preach the gospel to men. 🙏🏼

[Brennan McCurdy @BrennanMcCurdy]

That putt was incredible!!

[Brennan McCurdy @BrennanMcCurdy]

More of this from all of us.

[Rick Warren @RickWarren]

My biggest regret in 53 years of ministry is that I didn’t do my own personal exegesis sooner on the 4 passages used to restrict women. Shame on me.
I wasted those 4 yrs of Greek in college & seminary. When I finally did my proper “due diligence”, laying aside 50 years of

[Brennan McCurdy @BrennanMcCurdy]

@bobrobertsjr @JoAnneLyonGS This.

[Rich Villodas @richvillodas]

The Continued Problem with Thoughts and Prayers

https://t.co/tzWNDila3U