Steve Hawkins

Christian, husband and dad, proud Papa, pastor and slow runner. Retweets are not ALWAYS endorsements.

[Steve Hawkins @Steve29687]

@ImJimR87 Praying for your mom

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@ImJimR87 Thanks, brother. 37 years and counting!

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@Joshua_M_Hump ,happy anniversary, brother!

[Danny @Truth_matters20]

This will always be true.

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@JohnCornyn

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@ImJimR87 Thanks, bro!

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@ImJimR87 Absolutely.

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@ImJimR87

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@henrymcmaster @TVAmy Just stop.

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@NancyMace No

[Dustin Benge @DustinBenge]

What we lose when the Bible is only on a screen:

1. You remember where the verse lives on the page and aids memorization.

2. The page shows you much more at once. You see the context, not just a few verses at once.

3. The page keeps your notes. Years from now they will still be there, in your own hand.

4. The page cannot distract you with a notification. It only asks to be read.

5. The page is something your children watch you open and they know it’s the Bible.

The screen gives much. The page gives more.

[WWUTT? @WWUTTcom]

A good sermon should still be good 50 years after it's preached.

It shouldn't be time stamped with culture or personal events—it's not about me. A good sermon transcends not only time, it transcends culture.

John MacArthur

[Ronnie Parrott @ronniep]

Don't lose it all.

The books. The diplomas. Your wife. Your children. Your church. All at risk.

I had lunch this week with three pastors whose senior pastor was recently removed for secret sin. These brothers are now leading in the aftermath of his moral failure.

No church recovers quickly. No pastor who walks that road gets back what he lost.

Find someone who knows the real you. Live in the light.

"Confess your sins to one another & pray for one another, that you may be healed." - James 5:16

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@farmingandJesus @FBI

[Jeffrey Perry® @JeffreyPerry09]

For many years, I was taught to question my salvation, and I got really good at it.

To be clear, my problem was not that I did not believe, nor that I lacked faith; rather, it stemmed from the fact that I would not stop evaluating it.

I would ask myself questions, like "Did I really feel enough conviction?", and then I would try to convince myself that maybe I was truly saved at a different time when I could pinpoint a feeling of 'conviction'.

Or I would wonder if my repentance was really sincere. So I would convince myself that the space between my sins was enough to prove that I really meant it.

Or I would evaluate the sincerity of my faith and try to convince myself that I had enough at the moment of conversion, even though it felt weak at the moment.

I would be okay for a while, but then I would hear a sermon that made me question whether my experience matched what was being described, or I would spend too much time in introspection and end up right back in the same place.

Now, I realize I can sound like a broken record talking about assurance, or the lack of it, but that is because all of this kept me from any real assurance for years at a time.

The real change, for me, did not come from a trip to an altar, and it did not come from finally convincing myself that I was right. It came when I realized I had the whole direction backwards.

It came when I stopped asking, “Is my faith real enough?” and started asking, “Is Christ enough for sinners?”

It came when I stopped asking, “Did I really repent?” and started asking, “Is Christ enough for sinners?”

It came when I stopped asking, “Did I feel enough conviction?” and started asking, “Is Christ enough for sinners?”

And the answer to all of those questions is the same.

He is enough.

So if you find yourself constantly evaluating your conviction, your repentance, your faith, and wondering why you cannot land anywhere solid, this is the problem.

You are looking in the wrong place.

Look to Christ as He is given to sinners, and believe.

[Matt B @MattB79569101]

@DavidAFrench "trample the rights of others"?

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@LarryFarlow @jason_howerton Yes, his statement is consistent with the Catechism. It's a shame he contradicts the words of Jesus.

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@LamiereT @breeadmancer Pee Wee's Big Adventure taught me this.

[Megan Basham @megbasham]

I appreciate much that the Trump administration has done to recognize our historical Christian roots and acknowledge how important those values and virtues are going to be to keeping America strong.

But as much as we appreciate President Trump, we should never liken him to our savior.

Trump needs Jesus as much as we all do.

[Lloyd Legalist @LloydLegalist]

A Jesus statue in India started mysteriously leaking water from its feet. Worshippers visited the shrine collecting and even drinking the water believing it would cure illnesses. The source was from a clogged drainage pipe fed by toilet plumbing.

Brings to mind that G.K. Chesterton‑inspired thought: When people stop believing in God, they don’t believe in nothing; they believe in anything.