Brian Metz

I love Jesus, my wife, my kids, the church, @browns @CleGuardians @cavs. O-H! “Just a man trying to make his way through the galaxy, like my father before me.”

[Wes Huff @WesleyLHuff]

If you love Jesus you should love what Jesus loves, and that ultimately means you should be an official, active, and serving member of your local church (Eph. 5:25).

Church membership should be normal for Christians. Lives lived in regular accountability demonstrate the gospel’s reality to the world, particularly through the mutual love that Jesus identified as the mark of his followers. This is both biblical and strengthens evangelistic witness. Weaker and newer Christians gain feeding and accountability through membership, and mature and seasoned believers demonstrate authentic Christian living.

Hebrews calls believers to “consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works,” explicitly warning against forsaking assembly “as the manner of some is” (Heb. 10:24–25). This suggests participation isn’t optional but essential to spiritual health.

Church membership preserves biblical truth by establishing who bears responsibility for rooting out false teaching and protecting the gospel when leadership itself becomes compromised. Paul’s letter to the Galatians exemplifies this. I say this as a positional elder in my church — Paul appealed to the whole congregation rather than leadership alone to address doctrinal corruption. Think about it: how are you to “bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ” (Gal 6:2), which positions mutual care as a central Christian obligation, if you’re not actively in a membership role? Thessalonians similarly exhorts believers to “encourage one another and build one another up” (1 Thess 5:11), framing encouragement as a reciprocal responsibility that requires presence and investment.

Healthy membership equips believers to recognize heresy when taught or communicated and transforms them from passive consumers into active defenders of the faith.

Acts depicts the early church persevering in apostolic teaching, communion, and gathering daily, with believers holding possessions in common (Acts 2:42–47), a portrait of intensive communal engagement rather than individual isolated devotion or nominal affiliation.

Ultimately, practicing membership glorifies God as Christians gather to form his body, living under the life giving words of scripture, fellowshipping with one another sacrificially, and reflecting his character.

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@indicatorfn @grok Ok

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@KenCarman Just listening to the show today. Cavs rivals should be 1. Bulls 2. Pistons 3. Pacers 4. Warriors 5. Heat #rivalryweek

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@TonyGrossi Who?

[McNeil @REFLOG18]

ITS OFFICIALLY BEAT ❌ICHIGAN WEEK!!

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Prove me wrong: Browns would be 4-0 if we had competent QB play. #Browns #CLE #NFL

[Cleveland Guardians @CleGuardians]

For the second year in a row, the American League Central runs through Cleveland.

#GuardsBall

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@OriginalFunko OG Daryl Dixon

[Kaizen D. Asiedu @thatsKAIZEN]

Charlie Kirk didn't even believe in race.

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@JustinHerzig Eric Metcalf

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@LangmanVince Drugs.

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@11W Could of would of should of drafted him #Browns O-H!

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@JamesGunn @Framestore Thank you for this fun and entertaining Superman film. Well done.

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@jaredcwilson Amen.

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@jaredcwilson

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So true. I felt the same this Lord’s Day.

[Jared C. Wilson @jaredcwilson]

Some surprising feedback this morning and afternoon on a sermon I felt was pretty rough but others felt as encouraging and edifying. Praise God that he uses imperfect preaching to impact souls with a perfect gospel.

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@trashpandas @micahfries How about these?

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@TONYxTWO @grok what’s the trade deal context here

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“Christian leaders are to be visionaries, not functionaries.” - @albertmohler on The Briefing https://t.co/oiifjRh6uy