Philip Swann

Christian, husband, father, grandpa, son, pastor, preacher and hopeless optimist

[Soul Care Cymru @SoulCareCymru]

We have exciting news! We are running two skills days this year! Check out the information below and book your space NOW!

[Llanelli Evangelical @Lfec82]

There’s NO Toddlers this morning as it’s half-term. We’ll look forward to seeing you all again next week!

[Llanelli Evangelical @Lfec82]

Join us for Coffee Morning today between 10:00 - 12:00!

[Adam Thomas @AdamMerrivale]

On this day 6 years ago, I made a plan to end my life. This could have been the last photo taken of me.

I'm glad I got help. I'm glad I'm still here.

If you're struggling, please know
- You're not alone
- It's good that you are here
- There is hope

https://t.co/MKeWJ4ERwd

[Philip Swann @PhilipSwann]

In the 90’s we were poor because players went north, in the 2000s we were not fit enough, now no excuse
#ITAvWAL

[Philip Swann @PhilipSwann]

Where is that coach off the motorway advert when you need him? #ITAvWAL @motorway

[Philip Swann @PhilipSwann]

Shane Williams hoping to be awarded the Legion d’Honneur for his commentary tonight #FRAvWAL

[Justin Brierley @JusBrierley]

Last year @holland_tom invited me to attend a service of Evensong with him at London’s oldest church, St Bartholomew the Great.

Holland, who co-hosts the phenomenally popular The Rest is History podcast, has been a regular congregant for a few years. He began attending while researching Dominion, his bestselling book which outlined the way the 1st-century Christian revolution has irrevocably shaped the 21st-century West’s moral imagination.

It also recounts how Holland, a secular liberal westerner who had lost any vestige of faith by his teenage years, came to realise he was still essentially Christian in terms of his beliefs about human rights, equality and freedom.
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[Philip Swann @PhilipSwann]

@LeicesterTigers Chin up

[Philip Swann @PhilipSwann]

@AmbJapanUK Welcome Sir

[Hiroshi Suzuki @AmbJapanUK]

I ❤️ Welsh cake !

[Expositors Collective @expositcllctv]

This video has gone viral on instagram (for good reason) - be encouraged by Ray Ortlund's exhortation towards pastoral faithfulness and tenderness:

[☧ Today in Christian History @HistoricalRook]

#OTD January 6, 1850:
Charles Spurgeon, who would become one of the most renowned preachers in history, converts to Christianity.

Amid a snowstorm, he sought shelter in a small Primitive Methodist chapel in Colchester. There, a lay preacher delivered a simple sermon on Isaiah 45:22: “Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is none else.”

Spurgeon later recounted how the preacher’s words pierced his heart, leading him to a sudden and life-changing realization of Christ’s role as Savior. He described the moment vividly:

“He had not much to say, thank God, for that compelled him to keep on repeating his text, and there was nothing needed—by me, at any rate except his text. Then, stopping, he pointed to where I was sitting under the gallery, and he said, ‘That young man there looks very miserable’ . . . and he shouted, as I think only a Primitive Methodist can, ‘Look! Look, young man! Look now!’ . . . Then I had this vision—not a vision to my eyes, but to my heart. I saw what a Savior Christ was. . . . Now I can never tell you how it was, but I no sooner saw whom I was to believe than I also understood what it was to believe, and I did believe in one moment.”

[Llanelli Evangelical @Lfec82]

We’re back with coffee morning TODAY!
Join us between 10-12 to escape the rain, enjoy a hot drink and maybe even a leftover mince pie! Everyone is welcome!

[S A M M Y Woodhouse @officialsammyuk]

Women have had to flee the country to ensure the man that raped them can’t get access to their child.

Our government are not only neglecting victims of rape, they’re neglecting children born from rape.

It must stop.

[Damien Lewis @authordlewis]

Very timely, in today's Mail on Sunday - "Ex-defence chiefs lead calls for SAS legend to get posthumous VC for wartime heroics." Please share to spread the word - let's get this over the line and a great wrong rightly corrected. Thanks.🙏
https://t.co/0XNTv1Qk72

[Just Maps @JustElexMaps]

Map of the largest religious group in each constituency in England and Wales as of the 2021 census. (1/11) #ukpol #ukparliament

[Tom Holland @holland_tom]

The boat in which Grace Darling & her father, the local lighthouseman, made their attempt to rescue the crew of the SS Forfarshire, shipwrecked off the Farne Islands in September 1838.

They made 2 trips in terrifying conditions, & rescued 9 survivors from a wave-lashed rock.

[The Culturist @the_culturist_]

Why would a good God create a world full of evil and suffering?

C.S. Lewis wrestled with this question for years until it finally hit him:

There is no "evil" — only a corrupted form of good... (thread) 🧵

[Philip Swann @PhilipSwann]

@dalepartridge A prayer meeting