Melanie Good

Christian. Wife. Mother. Attorney. Asking the hard questions.

[Melanie Good @GoodHardQs]

Absolutely introduce that bill. The 2008 Supreme Court decision in Kennedy v Louisiana that outlawed the death penalty for aggravated chile rape was an absolutely terrible decision. The facts of that case still haunt me and make my stomach churn. We have a different Supreme Court now- let’s get that one overturned.

[The Jeremy Boreing Show @JBoreingShow]

Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, weak men create hard times.

The hard times are upon us again, and America’s pastors are among the weak men who’ve created them.

[The Jeremy Boreing Show @JBoreingShow]

Charlie Kirk did the watchman's work in the public square for a decade—in a country with a church on nearly every corner. 

What the hell were the pastors doing while he did it?

[Melanie Good @GoodHardQs]

@LMozisek @dbongino Chills! Love it!

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@SpencerKlavan Such an amazing sound track!

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@elonmusk @StarbaseTX Is there a way to take my young sons to watch a real launch?! I think they would love it and it would be truely an amazing memory for them!

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@elonmusk Political ragebait- that’s exactly what to call all these posts during the primary! I’m using that from now on!

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@Michael_McCoyy @BlakeSNeff @DrFrankTurek @megynkelly

[Melanie Good @GoodHardQs]

It’s a great idea with the current Supreme Court to revisit their death penalty precedent- if you read the facts of that opinion when they said Louisiana’s law back then was cruel and unusual it would make your stomach churn. Hope FL is successful in overturning that case and allowing the death penalty back in these cases.

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@TheMuppetPastor It’s like these men have skipped over Titus 2:3-5 women are supposed to and called to teach other women, particularly the older women to the younger….it was a women’s conference. Sigh.

[Melanie Good @GoodHardQs]

“We need men of courage and conviction these days, but the evangelical leadership that shaped the last generation of pastors trained men to bury their courage. How many men go to seminary and graduate more on fire for Christ?”

This resonated with me today. An excellent commentary on the last couple decades of church leadership.

[Michael Clary @dmichaelclary]

When I think about many of the Christian leaders I once looked up to, I wonder how many of them are feeling a lot of cognitive dissonance these days.

In my seminary and early church planting days, I was taught a model of cultural engagement that emphasized non-offensiveness as a ministry non-negotiable.

As I implemented this methodology in my ministry, I found it wholly inadequate for the challenges of real ministry. So I rejected that approach. It took me several years to fully deprogram my ministry instincts and retrain myself to be more bold and outspoken.

Then I think of men like Charlie Kirk. He didn't go to college or seminary. He didn't build a platform by adopting the tactics of the credentialed experts. He built his platform with guts and grit.

If Charlie Kirk had gone to a typical seminary, he likely would have lost his edge. He would have learned to be more careful. He would learned to be more measured. He would have had his prophetic voice educated right out of him. He may have ended up as just another celebrated academic, publishing white papers at ETS, and speaking on the lecture circuit.

I'm not against those things. My point is that our institutions produce academics when the need of the hour is more prophets.

We need men of courage and conviction these days, but the evangelical leadership that shaped the last generation of pastors trained men to bury their courage. How many men go to seminary and graduate more on fire for Christ?

That's why I think many older Christian leaders are feeling cognitive dissonance these days. The man who arguably had the greatest gospel impact in a generation did not go through their credentialing process, and did the opposite of what they would have trained him to do.

How do you make sense of that?

And then, I'm disturbed by this thought: how many young men have had their wings clipped by the credentialed class who told them "you can't offend people if you want to be effective in ministry"?

How many men sought training for ministry only to have the leaders they respected train the zeal right out of them?

Kirk's death has awakened the consciences of a generation of young men. They admire his courage, boldness, clarity and zeal. In the aftermath of Kirk's death, many of these young men are looking for leaders who can sharpen them and direct their zeal.

Who do they have to look to?

Kirk's bold voice, testimony to the gospel, massive appeal, and effective platform are a rebuke to the credential class who would have advised him to tone it down so he could play the long game and have a nice career.

Don't get me wrong, there's still some very courageous voices out there, but many of them are speaking from outside the system, because their bold voice is a threat to the status quo.

Going forward, the status quo is not gonna cut it. Everyone senses it. The way forward is more voices in the mold of Charlie Kirk, but the bench is pretty thin of men who can train the next generation of Charlie Kirks.

So I find it ironic that God used Charlie Kirk, who did the opposite of everything Christian leaders are taught to do, and ended up building a ministry platform that produced the largest single gospel preaching event in human history.

"God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise." 1 Cor 1:27

[Melanie Good @GoodHardQs]

@realmitchlittle @dallasnews An interesting about face. Many of us in the practicing legal community knew this from the transcripts and evidence of her autopsy and were appalled to see people so easily go along with that circus.

[Melanie Good @GoodHardQs]

@jk_rowling This is more real, authentic, and civil than any of her performances of the character you wrote. You continue to be the voice of reason despite which way public opinion leans. We can tell the difference between someone whose values change with the crowd.

[Melanie Good @GoodHardQs]

@kksheld Yes!!

[Melanie Good @GoodHardQs]

It’s crazy. I almost lost my job bc I refused to get the JAB while pregnant (there was just not enough info for me to risk putting something in my body if we didn’t know potential outcomes on the baby) and now a study comes out saying there may be heightened risk if you do this while pregnant and then you just take it bc you hate the messenger?? It’s wild.

[Melanie Good @GoodHardQs]

@The_Kyle_Mann I remember the first time I tasted one- so bad.

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@alisa_childers Agreed. Glad you’re back.

[Melanie Good @GoodHardQs]

“We don’t owe the culture an apology for our beliefs, but we do owe it an explanation.”

[Megan Basham @megbasham]

In talking about Charlie, my 16-year-old daughter just said the most profound thing to me:

"We don’t owe the culture an apology for our beliefs. We owe them an explanation."

That's what she learned from him. What a legacy.

[Melanie Good @GoodHardQs]

We will never forget.

[Turning Point USA @TPUSA]

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[Melanie Good @GoodHardQs]

@MattWalshBlog Their food has already gone down hill in recent years- makes sense.