David Hartkopf

Christ-follower, husband, father, teacher, pastor, musician*(well, trumpet player).

[sᴄᴏᴛᴛ ᴀɴɪᴏʟ @ScottAniol]

Augustine: "Virtue is nothing else than rightly ordered love." The crisis of our age is not that we love too little but that we love out of order — treasuring comfort over holiness, relevance over faithfulness, experience over formation.

[David Hartkopf @DAHartkopf]

Boom.

[Shane Pruitt @shane_pruitt78]

The best advertisement for any local church is its members living as true followers of Jesus beyond the church walls.

[Jason Kovacs @jasonkovacs]

Temptation is often a trade:

Immediate pleasure → long-term pain.

Faithful obedience can feel like:

Immediate pain → long-term joy.

The battle is who are you trusting for real, lasting joy.

[Matt Smethurst @MattSmethurst]

Christianity is the greatest force for humanitarianism in the history of the world. But the morality came from the doctrine—you don’t get one without the other.

Watch @TimKellerNYC explain.

[Garrett Kell ن @pastorjgkell]

Often, the greatest prayers are not the longest.

Here are a few I often pray.

"I don't know what to do, but my eyes are on You." 2 Chron. 20:12

"I believe, help my unbelief." Mk. 9:24

"Lord, save me." Mt. 14:30

"Lord, help me." Mt. 15:25

"Jesus, have mercy on us." Lk. 17:40

[Ben @MrGoodlyCooks]

I don’t follow hockey, but this had me tearing up. They brought their teammate’s (who was killed by a drunk driver) kids out onto the ice with their dad’s jersey to celebrate the moment. 🥹

[David Hartkopf @DAHartkopf]

Aaaaaand retweet.

[Magills @magills_]

🔴: Not 2026 Hockey Gold Medal Winner
🔵: 2026 Hockey Gold Medal Winners

[David Hartkopf @DAHartkopf]

I stand by this 💯💯🇺🇸.

[Barstool Detroit @BSMotorCity]

The state of Michigan is the greatest country on planet Earth 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝟑𝟒𝟒 𝐋𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 @Section344Lions]

Connor Hellebuyck (Commerce, Mich.)
Jack Hughes (Canton, Mich.)
Dylan Larkin (Waterford, Mich.)
Zach Werenski (Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich.)

The 4 players on the ice for the OT winner for USA

This is what we mean around these parts when we say #Hockeytown with pride.

[𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔇𝔢𝔱𝔯𝔬𝔦𝔱 𝔗𝔦𝔪𝔢𝔰 📰 @the_det_times]

MICHIGAN NATIVE MEGAN KELLER WINS GOLD FOR THE WOMENS USA HOCKEY TEAM 🇺🇸🥇

[David Hartkopf @DAHartkopf]

Great article.

[Kyle Worley @kyleworley]

Read the rest of the article here:

https://t.co/0yaTJGOV8X

[Dave Portnoy @stoolpresidente]

Now before people say the Big 10 is over rated and Ohio State is a joke keep in mind Ohio State hasn’t won the Big Big 10 in 100 years. They are a mid tier team in our conference. They always lose big games. That’s what they do.

[Doug Ponder @dougponder]

“To you who boast tomorrow’s gain
Tell me, What is your life?
A mist that vanishes at dawn,
All glory be to Christ!”

[Brant Hansen @branthansen]

Okay... I'm going to sound like real-life @ChrchCurmudgeon here, but here goes...

If you are a church musician, and you honestly want to "lead people in worship" through music, you may want to do the following:

1) Pick a singable key for the median person who doesn't sing all the time. Don't pick a key to highlight your voice.

2) Lower the volume so people can hear the voices of those around them, and themselves.

3) Let people sing the melodies that are familiar to them. While you may want to jazz up or do the latest CCM twist of "Hark the Herald" or "Silent Night"--people can't follow you. They just want to sing the song.

Picking keys to highlight your voice; playing at concert volume; doing creative rearrangements to make the familiar suddenly unfamiliar... all discourage us from singing.

There's NOTHING wrong with highlighting your voice, or playing at concert volume, or doing creative rearrangements of songs... if you are a performer.

Book a gig somewhere! Play out! Be great! Build a following! But please, when we all get together and sing, don't put up barriers to stop us.

[David Hartkopf @DAHartkopf]

Goodness, @AJWTheology, this is beautiful.

[Andrew Wilson @AJWTheology]

A short spoken word poem for Christmas. Peace Child: https://t.co/ZzD1cyt4r5

[Matt Smethurst @MattSmethurst]

Maybe the greatest incarnation quote I’ve ever seen.

[Andrew Wilson @AJWTheology]

Post of the day: Why is the Son called “everlasting Father”? A really good answer to a really good question. @TGC https://t.co/dYBvwzvS69