C.S. Edds

Husband. Father. Minister. PhD Student (Imagination & the Christian Life in J.H. Bavinck, Lewis, & Augustine).
Director of Systematic Theology at birdhouse.

[C.S. Edds @CodyEdds]

Your wife, still recovering from a Pharisee culture, wonders (in tears) if her mother had enough church membership to get into heaven.

Meanwhile, the monitors with their tubes, all declaring her present weakness, blink on and off.

And Jesus, strong, waits to welcome her home.

[C.S. Edds @CodyEdds]

@philipnation Strength and faith for the days to come as we will be grieving my MiL after removing her from the ventilator some time this week or next.

[C.S. Edds @CodyEdds]

What if God isn’t stingy with grace, and He really doesn’t crush a bruised reed?

[Nathan White @NPWhite717]

It's absolutely staggering how often in the gospels we are explicitly told Jesus had compassion on someone. He wasn't just fulfilling his role. He wasn't just doing the job.

He was moved by deep love.

[Nathan White @NPWhite717]

Pray for these wonderful people.

[C.S. Edds @CodyEdds]

Even in this, God has a sense of humor.

[C.S. Edds @CodyEdds]

@NPWhite717 You can’t possibly know the impact you’ve had on her in the midst of this. Like a startle, as JH Bavinck would say…

[C.S. Edds @CodyEdds]

@NPWhite717 So thankful for you, man. She’s reading psalm 18 to me now and is just reveling in the goodness of God. She’s regretting not getting into how the Pharisee-ism remains from the last place and that’s why she is struggling so hard with that particular issue with her mom.

[C.S. Edds @CodyEdds]

The last few days have been full of God’s grace & providence. Thankful to hear so many testimonies of my MIL’s faith. Praise God for providentially surrounding my wife with God’s people & His presence. What a story of His love for Amber & her mom. Keep praying for strength.

[C.S. Edds @CodyEdds]

We were on vacation when we got the news. Wife is flying out to be with her mom. Me & the boys stay here for now. I’ll go there in a few days.

Thankful my kids are here & not there.

Darkest days of our marriage. Darker days to come. Thank you all for the prayers. Keep praying.

[C.S. Edds @CodyEdds]

Update today: her brain is unresponsive.
Pray for my wife, Amber.

[C.S. Edds @CodyEdds]

Praying for a miracle tonight. My Mother-in-Law was found unresponsive today. No breathing or heartbeat. She is in critical condition in the ICU. Pray for her. She is not a believer.

[C.S. Edds @CodyEdds]

Praying for a miracle tonight. My Mother-in-Law was found unresponsive today. No breathing or heartbeat. She is in critical condition in the ICU. Pray for her. She is not a believer.

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[C.S. Edds @CodyEdds]

@ScottC1517 @NoWarChristian Birdhouse is giving it away if you write for us and get picked!

[Ed Stetzer @edstetzer]

Carl Trueman coined the phrase Big Eva and it caught on.

But, now he thinks Gig Eva—unaccountable online evangelical influencers—is an even greater concern.

Watch the clip and listen to the full episode on https://t.co/ehnQVJSyE2 or anywhere you listen to your podcasts.

[C.S. Edds @CodyEdds]

Introducing birdhouse’s first giveaway:
Muller’s Post-Reformation Reformed Dogmatics.

Come tell us cynics to consider the birds; come tell us sad-sacks that death has been made ridiculous; come tell us control-freaks that we can play and let others play too. Come outside & play!

[C.S. Edds @CodyEdds]

Almost nothing is as hard as rewiring your brain and heart after years in a Pharisee culture.

I keep having to say, and hearing from others, “Yes. The Christian life really is that easy,” and, “Yes. Jesus really is that kind,” and even, “Yes. You can have fun.”

[C.S. Edds @CodyEdds]

@JeffreyPWiesner @rjl1689 @espinoza_dy The distinction is between activity and content. Theology is the activity of studying God (or living to God in Christ according to Mastricht). Doctrine is the content. The former can definitely be an idol, even the study of good theology. We can even turn faith into an idol.

[Joe Hussung @joehussung]

“Just as our body needs air to breathe, so our soul needs trust, appreciation, and honor in order to be able to express itself”

J.H. Bavinck

[C.S. Edds @CodyEdds]

"The mystery of the Trinity is a mystery that ought to lead to worship. It is the doctrine that as we conform to its reality, we become who we were made to be."

@JosephGilbert_ writing about the Trinity for birdhouse today:

https://t.co/AKOtatAwOk

[C.S. Edds @CodyEdds]

https://t.co/0LpFZojTaS

[Tony Reinke @TonyReinke]

R.C. Sproul: “I see that word and I get chills up my spine. Because in that one little word is captured all of the glory of the perfection of God’s being.”