David Bryant

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

I needed to move a sofa.

I mentioned this to an American. He said, "You know anybody with a truck?"

I did not know anybody with a truck.

He looked at me with real concern. Not pity. Concern. The way you look at a man who has told you he does not have a name.

"You gotta know somebody with a truck."

I asked how one acquires such a person.

He said, "You just do."

This is the third time I have received that answer in this country. It is the answer to everything here. You just do. There is no process. There is only the eventual fact of having.

He said, "Ask Kevin."

I do not know a Kevin. He said Kevin like I should. He said it the way you say a shared uncle.

I met Kevin four days later. Kevin owns a truck. Kevin does not own a truck for himself. Nobody owns a truck for themselves. Kevin owns a truck for a fifteen mile radius.

Inside I said: THIS MAN HAS TAKEN A VOW. HE DID NOT ANNOUNCE IT. HE SIMPLY PURCHASED A BED AND ACCEPTED THE CONSEQUENCES.

Kevin arrived on Saturday. He brought the truck. He also brought a second man.

I had not asked for a second man.

The second man's name is Tony. Tony came because Kevin came. Tony did not know me. Tony did not ask what we were moving. Tony brought gloves.

They moved the sofa in eleven minutes.

I offered them money. Both of them laughed at the same time, which felt rehearsed and was not.

I asked what I owed them.

Kevin said, "Buy the pizza."

That is the price. That is the entire economy. The truck costs one pizza and the pizza is not negotiable and the pizza is also not expensive and everyone knows what size.

Inside I said: THE FEE IS FIXED ACROSS THE ENTIRE NATION AND WAS SET BY NO ONE.

We ate on the floor because the sofa was against the wall and none of us wanted to be the first to sit on it.

Tony told me his daughter plays soccer. I asked if she is good. He said, "She's aggressive."

I still think about that.

Three weeks later, Kevin texted me.

"You free Sunday? Helping Tony move a fridge."

He did not ask if I wanted to. He informed me of a fridge.

Inside I said: I HAVE BEEN CALLED UP. I DID NOT ENLIST. THE PAPERS WERE FILED ON MY BEHALF.

I went. I moved the fridge. I have no truck. I contributed only arms.

Afterward, a man I had never met asked me if I knew anybody with a truck.

I said, "Yeah, I got a guy."

I have a guy.

I am somebody's guy now, too. Tony has told two people about me.

He describes me as "the guy who's strong for his size."

I have never been prouder of a sentence in my life.

[David Bryant @DavidBryantAg88]

@rcgwelsh Beard wins

[Ryan Welsh @rcgwelsh]

There are at least five different versions of Jesus being preached in America right now.

None of them can save you.

🧵

[David Bryant @DavidBryantAg88]

“You can not see wealth because wealth is built from the dollars that you don’t spend”

[David Bryant @DavidBryantAg88]

@Dutch_Oven45 chatting with a fan on the row behind me #texasrangers

[David Bryant @DavidBryantAg88]

@rcgwelsh Ryan Welsh’s sermon prep notes…

[Ryan Welsh @rcgwelsh]

Conservatives, let’s be consistent. Let’s call a spade a spade.

This is vile. Am I surprised? No. He acts like a child much of the time.

[David Bryant @DavidBryantAg88]

@rcgwelsh You don’t hate being a “Negative Nancy”

[David Bryant @DavidBryantAg88]

"Raising competent kids often appears reckless to incompetent adults..."
--@Xthreadgarage

[David Bryant @DavidBryantAg88]

Jonah 3:5, the true miracle of Jonah
#ItAintTheFish

[Ryan Welsh @rcgwelsh]

We ought to be more shocked that the Lord saved us than we are that He saved "those people."

[David Bryant @DavidBryantAg88]

@rcgwelsh Sounds like someone didn’t make it to the grocery store in time…

[Ryan Welsh @rcgwelsh]

“It’s easier to cry against one-thousand sins of others than to kill one of your own.”

- John Flavel

[David Bryant @DavidBryantAg88]

“The Lord doesn’t just pursue nonbelievers for salvation, he also pursues Christians for obedience”
@rcgwelsh

[David Bryant @DavidBryantAg88]

@justinamash Like a bunch of toddlers…”he hit me first”

[David Bryant @DavidBryantAg88]

“God sent God to appease the wrath of God”

~ 1 John 4:9-10

[JT English @jt_english]

Still Protesting and Reforming.

Why?

Sola Scriptura
Sola Fide
Sola Gratia
Solus Christus
Soli Deo Gloria

Happy Reformation Day.

Semper Reformanda

[Ryan Welsh @rcgwelsh]

Happy Reformation Day, everyone!

Great news... our justification is by faith alone!

[Ryan Welsh @rcgwelsh]

Some thoughts regarding pastors, preaching, and politics:

(1) Preaching the gospel should always include application

(2) These days, application often involves issues that are deemed "political" (life, sex/gender, marriage, the poor, etc)

(3) Pastors MUST NOT shy away from those applications

(4) Though neither political party is "Christian," the modern "Right" and the modern "Left" DO NOT hold equally evil ethical views and pastors should be willing to say that. The left's views on the family, marriage, sex/gender, abortion (just to name a few) are inexcusable and not comparable (not even a little) with the failings of the right

(5) #4 DOES NOT mean that President Trump or the Republican party should not be criticized when holding an unbiblical position

(6) Trump IS NOT, by all available evidence, a Christian, and therefore, should not be described or presented as such. His personal life and his words are often antithetical to the gospel

(7) Republican politicians SHOULD NOT be described as "Christians" or presented as role models just because they argue and vote for policies that are in alignment with biblical ethics. They sometimes advocate for policies that are in alignment with biblical ethics just before going on to Grindr to plan their night. Let's not confuse an ethical position with godly character

(8) Pastors SHOULD NOT "team up" with heretics/false teachers/wolves even when they agree politically. Speaking well of, and partnering with, these dangerous people for political purposes will confuse the flock and open the door for harmful teaching in the church