Glenn Smith

Retired, sort of……

[Glenn Smith @RadyG1959]

https://t.co/VLm34lYah2?

Great house….

[Corby Davidson @corbydavidson]

Ok. I can’t believe this just happened. My kid is sitting in a beach chair with his hand casually in the sand, & suddenly goes “oh my god look.” He pulls up a girls wedding band. It says “April 16, 2016 I love you.” This was gone FOREVER until now. Seagrove, Fla…Find this lady!

[The Unseen Realm 🇺🇲🇮🇱 @TheUnseenRealmx]

@EricLDaugh She needs back on her psych meds right away!
And a heavy dose of this!

[Glenn Smith @RadyG1959]

@Real_JaredMarsh @FreddyLA7 Nope, there would be biscuits and maybe gravy.

[Glenn Smith @RadyG1959]

It is great, until it’s not.

[X Freeze @XFreeze]

Starlink deployment is running ahead of its record-setting 2025 pace

SpaceX deployed 1,589 Starlink satellites during the first half of 2026

That is 100 more than the 1,489 satellites deployed during the same period in 2025...a year that already set a new record

Nearly 11,000 Starlink satellites are now functioning in orbit

SpaceX is mass-producing orbital internet infrastructure at an unprecedented pace

And with Starship preparing to carry next-generation V3 Starlink satellites, the next phase is going to be even bigger

[Josh Barzon @JoshuaBarzon]

Is this what Jesus and the apostles envisioned the Church would look like 2,000 years later? Hundreds of denominations and sub-denominations?

The answer is both yes and no.

Let me explain biblically…

“No”, because Scripture never celebrates division. Jesus prayed that His people would be one (John 17:20–23). Paul rebuked the Corinthians for rallying around personalities and creating factions (1 Cor. 1:10–13). Christians are called to preserve the unity of the Spirit because there is one body, one Lord, one faith, and one baptism (Eph. 4:3–6).

Whenever division is driven by pride, politics, or personal ambition, it is a tragedy, not a victory.

But the answer is also “yes.”

The New Testament never suggests that every faithful church would agree on every issue. Even in the apostolic age, believers wrestled with disputed matters and were instructed to show charity toward one another (Rom. 14:1–13). As Christians have sought to faithfully interpret Scripture, sincere believers have reached different conclusions on baptism, church government, spiritual gifts, eschatology, and other secondary doctrines. Those convictions naturally shape how churches organize, worship, and associate together.

That doesn’t mean every difference is equally important. Scripture draws clear boundaries around the gospel itself (Gal. 1:6–9). Not every group that claims the name “Christian” faithfully proclaims the biblical Christ.

Yet from a historic Protestant perspective, these denominational differences do not divide the true Church.

The New Testament presents the Church not as one worldwide visible institution under a single earthly head, but as one universal body made up of everyone who has been united to Christ by faith. Christ alone is the Head of His Church (Col. 1:18; Eph. 1:22–23; 1 Cor. 12:13).

This is also where I believe Rome departs from the New Testament. Scripture never identifies the universal Church as one visible institution ruled by a pope or united under a single earthly hierarchy. Instead, Christ alone is the Head of His Church (Col. 1:18), and every believer is united directly to Him by faith (1 Cor. 12:13). The true Church is not defined by communion with Rome, but by union with Christ through the gospel.

That means I can gladly remain a Baptist while recognizing many Presbyterians, Lutherans, Anglicans, and other evangelical believers as genuine brothers and sisters in Christ. We may belong to different local churches and associations, but we belong to the same Savior.

Every denomination (including my own) should continually ask whether its traditions are being shaped by Scripture or whether Scripture is being bent to preserve tradition.

This chart is fascinating, but it should also remind us of something deeper:

Many local churches.
Many traditions.
One gospel.
One Head.
One universal Church.

Christ is building His Church (Matt. 16:18), and despite our imperfections, He has never stopped doing so.

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

FULL SPEED 🏎️💨

[Josh Barzon @JoshuaBarzon]

The Old Rugged Cross was written by George Bennard it in 1912 while meditating on Christ’s sacrifice. A humble American hymn that spread quickly. Treasured for its devotion to the cross and hope of exchanging it for a crown.

[Glenn Smith @RadyG1959]

@JoshuaBarzon 1611 and NKJV and ESV

[Action News 5 @WMCActionNews5]

Scottie Scheffler commits to FedEx St. Jude Championship https://t.co/KG14Ysm0jc

[Arkansas Baseball @RazorbackBSB]

DVH is an ABCA Hall of Famer! 🐐

[Brent Money @brentmoney]

“We are NOT a Christian nation!”
“Separation of church and state!”
“Benjamin Franklin was a deist!”

On this date, June 28, 1787, Benjamin Franklin delivered his famous “Prayer Speech” at the Constitutional Convention.

This is the one where Franklin, amid deadlocks and frustrations in the Convention, implored the delegates to begin sessions with prayer, acknowledging human limitations and seeking divine assistance. Here is the full transcript (from James Madison’s notes and standard historical sources, with minor spelling normalizations for readability):

Mr. President:
The small progress we have made after four or five weeks close attendance & continual reasonings with each other—our different sentiments on almost every question, several of the last producing as many noes as ays, is methinks a melancholy proof of the imperfection of the Human Understanding. We indeed seem to feel our own want of political wisdom, since we have been running about in search of it. We have gone back to ancient history for models of government, and examined the different forms of those Republics which having been formed with the seeds of their own dissolution now no longer exist. And we have viewed modern states all round Europe, but find none of their Constitutions suitable to our circumstances.
In this situation of this Assembly, groping as it were in the dark to find political truth, and scarce able to distinguish it when presented to us, how has it happened, Sir, that we have not hitherto once thought of humbly applying to the Father of lights to illuminate our understandings? In the beginning of the Contest with G. Britain, when we were sensible of danger we had daily prayer in this room for the divine protection.—Our prayers, Sir, were heard, & they were graciously answered. All of us who were engaged in the struggle must have observed frequent instances of a superintending providence in our favor. To that kind providence we owe this happy opportunity of consulting in peace on the means of establishing our future national felicity. And have we now forgotten that powerful friend? or do we imagine that we no longer need his assistance?

I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth—that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid? We have been assured, Sir, in the sacred writings, that “except the Lord build the House they labour in vain that build it.” I firmly believe this; and I also believe that without his concurring aid we shall succeed in this political building no better than the Builders of Babel: We shall be divided by our little partial local interests; our projects will be confounded, and we ourselves shall become a reproach and byword down to future ages. And what is worse, mankind may hereafter from this unfortunate instance, despair of establishing Governments by Human wisdom and leave it to chance, war and conquest.
I therefore beg leave to move—that henceforth prayers imploring the assistance of Heaven, and its blessings on our deliberations, be held in this Assembly every morning before we proceed to business, and that one or more of the Clergy of this City be requested to officiate in that service.

[Glenn Smith @RadyG1959]

@Natstrange73 Praying for you and your mom and family. My wife, Carla, has stage 4 TNBC (breast cancer) so I can empathize with your situation.

[1776 Live @250YearsAgoLive]

Thomas Jefferson submits the final draft of his Declaration of Independence to Continental Congress.

[Glenn Smith @RadyG1959]

@Zachsquatch86 @Protestia Agreed, I’m going DNR at 67…. #heavenbound

[Glenn Smith @RadyG1959]

Excellent graphic. @shure @apple @allenandheath @MIDASconsoles

[Glenn Smith @RadyG1959]

@JoshuaBarzon The churches responsibility is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and not try to be the Holy Spirit.

[Bruce Pearl @coachbrucepearl]

I'm a lifelong Republican but I never believed the Democrats hated our country. I was wrong! They hate capitalism, balance of power, boarders, law and order, common sense and the Judeo Christian principles this country was founded on
Voters are frustrated, not crazy @A1Policy