Caleb R Byrd

I’d play Sally Goodin all day if I could but the Lord and my wife wouldn’t take it very good so I fiddle when I can and I work when I should

[Andrew T. Walker @AndrewTWalker]

Alien discourse is apparently ramping up. I’ll admit I don’t have super well-developed thoughts on this, but my immediate response is simple: Aliens do not change the essential nature of what occurred at the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

As a general rule: When theological speculation reaches its limits, begin at the resurrection and reason from it.

Jesus rose from the dead. If that is true, and I believe it is, aliens within a theological program must accommodate to that reality. I’m not accommodating Jesus to aliens. Aliens, if real, accommodate to Him.

Bottom line: If aliens were proven true, they do not change the fundamentals of my theology.

[Stephen Wolfe @PerfInjust]

The "prophetic office" of the pastor, regarding addressing civil authorities, is not a political act but spiritual judgment. You, the congregant, must follow up with political action.

It is too easy for us to think that, in hearing the prophetic act, we're taking part in some political act. It has a pacifying effect: we think we're somehow being political in that moment. And then we can go home and sit on the couch. "That evil politician really got it good this morning." No, he doesn't care; he's not going to download the sermon from the church website.

It's on you to be political.

[Wes Huff @WesleyLHuff]

It’s crazy that @NASA has been releasing such quality photos of the moon. And I don’t want to be *that* guy, but I’ve just noticed some things that I don’t think add up. Let me explain 👇🏼

[Stephen Kent @StephenKentX]

Yesterday on @CosmicSkeptic, author Philip Pullman continued his long, losing battle against C.S. Lewis and Narnia (A filthy lie!) A quick @GeekyStoics rebuttal to some nonsense about The Magician's Nephew.

[Mike Beauvais @MikeBeauvais]

ITALY: Haha, we drink espresso in the dugout!

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Haha, we’re having so much fun hyping each other up!

TEAM USA: We’re listening to a man describe in detail the raid to kill Osama Bin Laden to prepare us to play Canada in baseball.

[Wes Huff @WesleyLHuff]

Paul says that “the wages of sin is death.” What does that mean and how does it tie in to the first chapter of the first book of the Bible?

[Caleb R Byrd @CalebRByrd1]

The funneled solution: Purchase an AI subscription (just $20 a month!) to stay ahead.

Get real. Don’t fall for the hype. Keep your nose on the grindstone and out of the AI pills.

[Caleb R Byrd @CalebRByrd1]

AI guru scams are here and you’re all falling for it.

The massive claim: AI will replace your work and everything you hold dear in a matter of 1-5 years.

The testimonial: My Lawyer buddy uses AI for hours each day! 1/2

[Matt Shumer @mattshumer_]

https://t.co/ivXRKXJvQg

[J. Chase Davis @jchasedavis]

What did you think? You thought if we won a presidential election, then we would save America?

This is only the beginning. There is so much work to be done. Turn to Christ.

[Joel Berry @JoelWBerry]

You are looking at the product of a genius mind. All creation testifies His glory. We are fearfully and wonderfully made.

[Collin Rugg @CollinRugg]

JUST IN: 40-year-old American climber Alex Honnold has successfully completed his climb up the Taipei 101 building in Taipei, Taiwan.

He reached the top of the tower in 1:31:35.

The building is 1,667 feet tall making it the 11th-tallest building in the world.

Wild.

[Denny Burk @DennyBurk]

The elders of Cities Church have released a statement about the desecration of their worship service by protesters two days ago. Solid word from them:
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A Response to the Disruption of Our January 18 Worship Service

Jesus is real. When we gather on Sunday mornings to worship him, we are gladly giving ourselves to what is most central and sacred in our life together. “We worship Jesus” stretches as the main banner of our church, alongside two other pursuits that flow from it: loving one another and seeking the good of the Twin Cities.

On Sunday, January 18, a group of agitators jarringly disrupted our worship gathering. They accosted members of our congregation, frightened children, and created a scene marked by intimidation and threat. Such conduct is shameful, unlawful, and will not be tolerated. Invading a church service to disrupt the worship of Jesus — or any other act of worship — is protected by neither the Christian Scriptures nor the laws of this nation.

We welcome respectful dialogue about present issues, and about how the realness of Jesus, as revealed in the Bible, provides the only final answers to the world’s most complex and intractable problems.

Jesus Christ, the divine Son of God, lived, died, and rose again for the rescue of all who put their faith in him. He offers a love that transcends cultures, borders, policies, and politics. As those who have been loved and rescued by him, we will not shrink from worshiping Jesus, nor will we stop “teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Messiah” (Acts 5:42). Church buildings are meant to be places of peace and solace, where worshipers can hear and live out this message. We therefore call on local, state, and national leaders to protect this fundamental right. We are evaluating next steps with our legal counsel.

– the Elders of Cities Church

[Collin Rugg @CollinRugg]

Pastor reveals that churchgoers & locals reconvened last night & held a service after the far-left radicals shut down the church earlier in the day.

“After it all settled down, that church & many other people from the area in MN regathered last night in the church”

Awesome. Don Lemon must be pissed.

[Denny Burk @DennyBurk]

Here’s Don Lemon trying to pundit-splain this pastor that the radicals have a first amendment right to shut down his worship service.

Lemon is absolutely wrong. This is a violation of a federal law called the FACE Act. AG is investigating already.

[Joel Berry @JoelWBerry]

All we're asking is for the Trump administration to protect churches at least as vigorously as the Biden administration protected abortion clinics.

[Denny Burk @DennyBurk]

Here’s what happened inside Cities Church today. Look at the terrified child being comforted by his father at 1:05.

If the FACE Act isn’t enforced against these lawless radicals, then expect for this to continue all over the country.

@AAGDhillon

[James Baird @james_d_baird]

the eye of Jesus burns white hot at the molesters of his bride

“for behold, the LORD will come in fire, and his chariots like the whirlwind, to render his anger in fury”

pray for repentance

and for the avenger to carrier out God’s wrath on the wrongdoer

God will not be mocked

[Andrew T. Walker @AndrewTWalker]

I have it on good authority that protesters were screaming in the face of youth at the church and following (and shouting at) young moms as they were trying to buckle children into to their vehicles to flee. Shame on them! Please do due diligence and investigate, @AAGDhillon.

[Andrew T. Walker @AndrewTWalker]

We're not doing this anymore. We're just not. You do not get an appeal to umpteen levels of intersectional slop to mount a defense for breaking the law and impeding on the civil liberties of churches.

[Denny Burk @DennyBurk]

I’m never going to forget this image. A lot of us aren’t.