Tom Greenwald

Jesus follower. Husband. Dad. Trying to leave the world better than I found it.

[New England Patriots @Patriots]

The New England Patriots have acquired WR A.J. Brown in a trade with the Philadelphia Eagles.

[Tom Greenwald @GreenwaldTom]

@WrestlerHauser My favorite movie of the year so far and I’ve seen 33 in the theater as of this afternoon.

[Tom Greenwald @GreenwaldTom]

@markosbeard you’re hitting all of my stomping grounds!

[Tom Greenwald @GreenwaldTom]

Now is a really great time to have an @AMCTheatres A List membership!

[Tom Greenwald @GreenwaldTom]

@ATRightMovies Nighthawks and Cliffhanger are regular rewatchables for me.

[Tom Greenwald @GreenwaldTom]

@CinemaTweets1 I saw an early screening last weekend and really enjoyed it!

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

First trailer for Guy Ritchie's new action thriller ‘IN THE GREY’, starring Henry Cavill, Jake Gyllenhaal and Eiza González.

In theaters on May 15.

[Faithfulness Okom @AttorneyF_]

The Old Testament does not record the golden calf as a story about pagans. It is a story about the people of God. People who had seen miracles. People who knew better. People who, the moment their leader was out of sight, found something tangible to worship because the invisible God demanded too much of them.

You cannot serve two masters. That is not my opinion. That is a direct quote from the man whose name these pastors invoke.

The tragedy is not even that Donald Trump has a golden statue, since men have always built monuments to power. The tragedy is that the Church showed up to consecrate it.

When the prophets of Israel wanted to describe spiritual betrayal at its most complete, they did not describe atheism. They described this.

[Josiah Hawthorne @JosiahHawthorne]

I'm just saying, before this is all over, the prophet Moses is going to grind that thing up, mix it with water, and make some people drink it.

[Rich Villodas @richvillodas]

God does not love us because Christ died for us; Christ died for us because God loved us.

- John Stott

[Jordan Rolfes @CoachRolfes]

Good Friday

Pause and pray at each today:

6:00 AM – Jesus is tried by Jewish leaders
7:00 AM – Taken to Pilate, then Herod, then back to Pilate
8:00 AM – Sentenced to death
9:00 AM – Crucifixion begins
12:00 PM – Darkness covers the land
3:00 PM – Jesus dies
5:00 PM - Jesus laid in the tomb

“It is finished” - Jesus

He did this all for you and me.

Sunday is coming.

[The Gospel Coalition @TGC]

Good Friday reminder:

“The man on the middle cross said I could come.”

[Andrew T. Walker @AndrewTWalker]

From Artemis II.

Psalm 19:1

The heavens declare the glory of God,
and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.

[Timothy Keller (1950-2023) @timkellernyc]

Had Jesus come with a sword to destroy all evil--there would have been no one left afterwards. Instead he came not with a sword in his hands, but with nails in his hands. He came not to bring judgment but to bear it.

[Tom Greenwald @GreenwaldTom]

My Dad sent me this clip so many times. So powerful and true!

[Jeremy Carl @realJeremyCarl]

I'm going to keep posting this Alstair Begg clip "The Man on the Middle Cross" (less than four minutes in length) every Holy Week, because its message is true in 2026, it will be true in 2036 and it will be true in 3036.

"If i take my eyes off the cross, I can then give only lip service to its efficacy while at the same time living as if my salvation depends upon me.

And as soon as you go there it will lead you either to abject despair or a horrible kind of arrogance.

And it is only the cross of Christ that deals both with the dreadful depths of despair and the pretentious arrogance of the pride of man that says you know, I can figure this out."

[Tom Wright @profntwright]

Being a Christian doesn’t mean pretending that everything is ‘all right really’ when actually it isn’t. To lament is to recognize that things still are out of joint, and that we can and should bring our puzzled sorrow and frustration into God’s presence. God’s gift of lament (following the Jesus who, according to Isaiah 53.3, was ‘a man of sorrows and acquainted with infirmity’) is the way we join in with God’s own sorrow at the continuing tragedy of his world.

Second, though, the importance of genuine celebration. Keeping the season of Easter isn’t whistling in the dark. It is opening our eyes to the light – and, in astonished gratitude, determining day by day to live in that light. Once we get Lent right – once we learn to lament properly, with our bodies as well as our minds and hearts – we can then praise God for Jesus’ death and resurrection, and for the new creation into which we have been brought, without any danger of making it sound cheap or trivial.

-From Wilderness to Glory: Lent and Easter for Everyone

[Tom Greenwald @GreenwaldTom]

You can't demand that the 10 Commandments be displayed and then so blatantly break the very first one...

[Lloyd Legalist @LloydLegalist]

Dear rest of the world: Nobody cringes harder at this religious charlatan being Trump’s spiritual advisor than most evangelicals- and that’s including many who voted for him. Her husband wrote some solid music, so he gets a minor pass…but we don’t know what he was thinking, either.
#Trump #Journey”

[Tom Greenwald @GreenwaldTom]

@NewsHour This is not biblical Christianity.

[The Super Mario Galaxy Movie @supermariomovie]

Let's rock and roll! Fox McCloud joins The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, only in theaters April 1. Get tickets now.

[Brad Brisco @bradleybrisco]

Weekly reminder:

"When the Church tries to embody the rule of God in the forms of earthly power, it may achieve that power, but it is no longer a sign of the kingdom."

~ Lesslie Newbigin