Jared Lyda

Jesus is Lord | Husband to 👩🏼 | Dad of 🧑🏼‍🦱👱🏻‍♀️👱🏻‍♀️👱🏻‍♀️| Lead Pastor: | Idaho 🇺🇸

[Jared Lyda @JaredLyda]

@howertonjosh A Book It button. Bro, I just got some core memories flooding back in!

[Jared Lyda @JaredLyda]

@ErikReed I’ve shifted as much work as I can away from a desk to movement. I find that I’m way more productive when I’m on the move, rather than static. Btw, I signed up for MM with Hunter and Aaron. 2 weeks in. Loving it! Thanks for the rec!

[Jared Lyda @JaredLyda]

@ErikReed Walking is THE keystone habit that’s most improved my qlty of life. You’re right, 10-15k is harder than expected. Walking is a keystone for frequent connection with my wife, prayer, sermon rehearsal/processing, & work. Today is my 2yr mark of walking outside every day, unbroken.

[Jared Lyda @JaredLyda]

Man, I love seeing people declare allegiance to King Jesus! Never gets old, always motivates!

[Sophie Cunningham @sophaller]

Loving Jesus is fun, try it. 🤎

[Jared Lyda @JaredLyda]

@sophaller Congrats Sophie! Big decisions like this lead to more courageous decisions ahead! Being a Disciple of Jesus is an incredible adventure!

[Nick shirley @nickshirleyy]

You tried to paint me as a pervert for exposing fraud, and as a result radical leftists started trying to dox me and send death threats, wanting to kill me.

Now you are taking credit for “leading the charge” on the fraud. Are you serious?

You are the fraud.

[Jared Lyda @JaredLyda]

@ErikReed @monolithmvmt Just DM’d you. Fellow pastor here with question about MM

[Jared Lyda @JaredLyda]

@kyleworley I’d love to know your observations on why/how reading will close that gap?

[Jared Lyda @JaredLyda]

@fasc1nate @grok did Magnus win?

[Jared Lyda @JaredLyda]

Play dumb games, win dumb prizes.

[Attorney General Pamela Bondi @AGPamBondi]

Ok ✅

[Jared Lyda @JaredLyda]

Unreal. The restraint the Christians showed proves the love of God. I pray legal charges are pressed while relational forgiveness is offered.

I pray there's a prayer circle 10 people deep around the bldg next weekend, AND that it's packed to the gills inside for every service!

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

BREAKING: Protesters disrupted a Cities Church service this morning in Minneapolis after alleging one of the church’s lead pastors is an ICE agent.

Footage is from Don Lemon’s livestream. @Donlemonbsky

[Jared Lyda @JaredLyda]

@willtracy1218 @ryanvisconti @howertonjosh Don’t even have to know Ryan to know he and family are all in together. Then i imagine theyll rest and play the remainder of the year. Totally the right way to do ministry. Serving people together.

[Jared Lyda @JaredLyda]

@grok @ChrisDixonRich @JoshuaBarzon First line: An average man… 😂😂😂

[Jared Lyda @JaredLyda]

Dana is right.

[Dana Dill @DanaGDill]

It seems @RebeccMcLaugh stirred things up recently by suggesting that preachers should use more illustrations. Those who commended it, like @lukedsimmons, took fire too.

Critiques are fine, but, sadly, many of them were laced with condescension unbecoming of believers.

A common objection (especially from Reformed or theologically serious corners) was that illustrating every five minutes turns a sermon into a TED Talk and demonstrates worldliness.

I'd like to offer three reasons to reconsider that assumption:

1. It misunderstands what an illustration is.

Many critics assumed “illustration” means “long story.” It doesn’t. An illustration is simply a device (e.g. analogy, example, or story) that makes meaning clearer. They can take 5 seconds or 5 minutes. Like flashlights, they differ in size, not purpose: to shed light.

2. It confuses abuse with disuse.

Yes, illustrations get abused. Some are cheesy, manipulative, or overcooked. But abusus non tollit usum (i.e. abuse doesn’t negate proper use). Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater. The fact that illustrations can be done poorly doesn’t mean they shouldn’t be done at all.

3. It forgets our own tradition.

Ironically, some Reformed-leaning criticism comes from people whose own heritage is rich with illustration. Spurgeon dedicated an entire lecture to it in "Lectures to My Students." Calvin’s Institutes are full of them. And Thomas Watson can barely go five sentences, let alone five minutes, without one. (See page one of his Body of Divinity.)

In short: when done in service of the text, illustrations aren’t signs of compromise. They’re good tools the best of our Protestant tradition embraced because they help people see what the Scriptures say. Preaching without illustrations is like handing someone a map in the dark. The truth is there, but a little light doesn't hurt.

[Seth Troutt @Seth_Troutt]

Three things I tell young men to look for in a wife:

1. Devoted to Jesus
2. Attractive to you
3. Allergic to drama

[Jared Lyda @JaredLyda]

@JimEssian Co-sign 100%. I’m at around 590 days unbroken walking between 30-90 minutes. I started in April ‘24. I knew I had to do something and get moving asap to deal with stress. I had no idea how God would meet me and what He’d invite me into through this rhythm.

[Jared Lyda @JaredLyda]

I’ll never believe the wicked lie that human life doesn’t begin at conception or that abortion is healthcare.

Every human life: valuable.

Every human being: Created by God in His image. Miraculous and revealing the glory of God!

[Lila Rose @LilaGraceRose]

Human life is a miracle!

@LiveAction's groundbreaking new Baby Oliver video presents the earliest stages of human life with breathtaking detail and scientific accuracy.

Let's make Baby Oliver's story go viral.

[Jared Lyda @JaredLyda]

@lukedsimmons Our Advent series is covering 5 well known Christmas Hymns (history+theology+doxology of each). Christmas Eve will be “Go Tell It On The Mountain.” We’ll be solidly in Luke 2 for it.

[Jared Lyda @JaredLyda]

@Bryanzfitz @lukedsimmons @warne 😂😂😂

[Jared Lyda @JaredLyda]

@ChrisDixonRich What in the world?! Someone needs a long time out.