Stef Dowd

[Stef Dowd @MommaChick]

“The more one reads & studies it (the Bible) the more it fills & satisfies the heart, while at the same time it causes a thirst for more.” Thank you @juliabhiggins for letting God use you to empower & equip so many women to teach the Bible rightly!

[hbcharlesjr @hbcharlesjr]

Context matters.

[Timothy Keller (1950-2023) @timkellernyc]

An unforgiving heart is an unforgiven heart. If you can't forgive, you haven't sensed or grasped or accepted His forgiveness.

[Trillia Newbell @trillianewbell]

I'm convinced that most* of our troubles in the Church today are due to a lack of discipleship.

[Ronnie Martin @ronniejmartin]

In his grief, Job asked God to leave him alone. God denied Job’s request.

God sticks with His people through their suffering, regardless of how they feel about Him in the moment.

[Ronnie Martin @ronniejmartin]

When Paul left for Damascus, you would have thought he was as far from embracing Christ as was humanly possible.

In reality, He was never closer.

Some who seem far, are ever so close.

[Rebecca McLaughlin @RebeccMcLaugh]

During worship this morning, we sang "What a beautiful name," but instead of,

"You didn’t want heaven without us
So Jesus You brought heaven down"

we sang, "Our sin had cut us off from heaven..." (or similar) & I was so thankful!

It's a lovely song with one bad line!

[Ronnie Martin @ronniejmartin]

Doubling down on theology while ignoring empathy is to miss Jesus entirely.

[Timothy Keller (1950-2023) @timkellernyc]

Buddha’s Final Words: Strive unceasingly.

Jesus’ Final Words: It is finished.

[Ronnie Martin @ronniejmartin]

We usually have patience & compassion for those in our churches who are suffering.

But less so for the stubborn, the belligerent, the angry, and the defiant.

As if they are not those who are suffering.

[Jen Wilkin @jenniferwilkin]

Keeping Christ at the center of our teaching means more than just pointing his followers to look back to what he has done. It also means exhorting them to walk as he walked. He is both our Savior and our Example. We need both indicatives and imperatives.

[Stef Dowd @MommaChick]

@PreschoolPastor teaching K-3rd graders @rcreekchurch wisdom about the Sabbath from a favorite Yoda tweeter @ronniejmartin #neverunderestimatethesowingoftheseed #CreekKids

[C. S. Lewis @CSLewisDaily]

“God intends to give us what we need, not what we now think we want.” -C.S. Lewis

[C. S. Lewis @CSLewisDaily]

“There are only two kinds of people: those who say to God, ‘Thy will be done,’ and those to whom God says, ‘All right, then, have it your way.’” -C.S. Lewis

[Jen Wilkin @jenniferwilkin]

👀 Could also sub “Bible study” for “worship service”

[Paul David Tripp @PaulTripp]

May the things that give you your highest pleasure be things that also please your Lord.

[NAMB @NAMB_SBC]

“Planting isn’t just for megachurches and big-name pastors. Planting is for every church, every pastor, in North America.” - @kevezell | #SBC21

[Jen Wilkin @jenniferwilkin]

Sanctification rarely looks like an immediate ceasing of a particular sin. It more often looks like an increase in the distance between repeated sins, and a decrease in the distance between committing them and confessing them. God is so patient with his children.

[Joel Rainey. ن @joelrainey]

A helpful, more comprehensive picture of the SBC—along with a solid challenge for pastors—from @KSPrior.

https://t.co/vlmI47EBV8