RyanDean Birge

Father, Husband and Son... trying to seek justice, love mercy and walk humbly with God.

[Paul David Tripp @PaulTripp]

God wants to change your heart. He wants to produce in you the fruit of the Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control (Galatians 5:22-23).

The question is: will you take up God's purpose, or will you fight for your own?

[Pastor Mark Driscoll @PastorMark]

Every pastor retweet this post and let his biggest post be what he cared about most.

[Paul David Tripp @PaulTripp]

God's grace isn't always comfortable because He isn't primarily working on our comfort - He's working on our character.

[Tullian Tchividjian @TullianT]

The Law demands your wholehearted, unflinching, flawless devotion to God (good luck).

The Gospel declares God’s wholehearted, unflinching, flawless devotion to you (good news).

[Paul David Tripp @PaulTripp]

Corporate worship is designed to remind you that your world is not out of control, but under the control of your Sovereign Savior King.

[Tullian Tchividjian @TullianT]

Living wisely can spare you a ton of heartache. Living foolishly can blow up your life. The way we live absolutely matters—on the horizontal plane. It affects our relationships, our peace, our health, our bank accounts, our reputations. Choices have consequences. Sin destroys stuff. Trust me. I know.

But none of it—your wisdom or your foolishness—has any bearing on God’s vertical acceptance of you.

Martin Luther said, “God does not slack his promises because of our sins…or hasten them because of our righteousness and merits. He pays no attention to either.”

That’s offensive to our religious sensibilities. We want God to be as conditional as we are. Reward the good, punish the bad. Keep the score.

But grace doesn’t play that game.

God’s love isn’t a wage—it’s a gift. It’s not a paycheck for good behavior or withheld due to bad behavior. God’s love is a gift given, not a bargain struck. Your status before God is anchored in Jesus’ perfection, not your performance.

So yes, how you live matters. But it matters for you and for those around you—not for God’s love toward you. That’s fixed, settled, done.

Where God is concerned, you’re not on trial. You’re not being graded. You are fully known and fully loved—even when your life is a wreck.

That’s what makes grace so scandalous. And so liberating.

[Tullian Tchividjian @TullianT]

It’s hard, isn’t it, to resist the urge to make it all about us and what we do rather than all about God and what He’s done?

We say we believe in grace—but we secretly believe we have to manage it, measure it, maintain it.

We turn good news into good advice. We turn “It is finished” into “Get to work.” We turn the cross into a ladder and start climbing.

Why? Because grace terrifies us. Radical, one-way love leaves us out of the equation—and we hate being left out. We crave skin in the game. We’d rather be in control than set free.

But the gospel isn’t about our transformation. It’s about Christ’s substitution.
It’s not about your resolve. It’s about His rescue. It’s not about your faithfulness. It’s about His.

The minute we make the gospel about our performance, it stops being the gospel. Jesus didn’t come to improve your resume—he came to tear it up and hand you his own.

Until we stop making it about us, we’ll never taste real freedom.

#FallenAndFree #GraceIsntFair #JesusPlusNothingEqualsEverything

[RyanDean Birge @Kelly_RyanDean]

"Don't be afraid, for I am with you. Don't be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and..." Isaiah 41:10 https://t.co/fihatGiIIl

[RyanDean Birge @Kelly_RyanDean]

"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever." Hebrews 13:8 https://t.co/fihatGiIIl

[BandofBrothersOmaha @BoBIronMen]

Men join us Sat 7:15am at KOK! From Nehemiah we learn God makes men by turning what breaks our hearts into a passionate calling. #Donuts

[Coach With Love @CoachWithLove]

Trust in the Lord with all ur heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek his will in all you do. - Proverbs 3:5-6 (NLT)

[BandofBrothersOmaha @BoBIronMen]

How God Makes Men...Humble. After 80yrs in the desert (literally and figuratively) Moses was the most humble man that lived. Join us on Sat!

[RyanDean Birge @Kelly_RyanDean]

"How God Makes Men" by Patrick Morley "God is more interested in the success of our character than the success of our circumstances. (Moses)

[BandofBrothersOmaha @BoBIronMen]

Men join us Sat 7:15am! From Moses we learn God makes men by taking us through a humbling process that completely changes the way we think.