Thirdmill Seminary

Thirdmill Seminary strengthens servants of Jesus Christ by providing affordable access to multilingual, globally resourced theological education.

[Rich Villodas @richvillodas]

Jesus riding on a donkey on Palm Sunday is a fulfillment of prophecy, and a reframing of power.

This story places before us two options:

1. Will we live according to the world's definition of power or...

2. Will we live according to Jesus' demonstration of power?

#sermonprep

[The Gospel Coalition @TGC]

We honor the life of John Perkins (1930-2026), who passed earlier today.

Read more about his life, and the ways that God used him as a civil rights advocate and Christian leader, in this profile from 2018.

https://t.co/aL0Z0pZEJ9

[Gregory Perry @gregoryrperry]

“A church whose members sought to regard and conduct themselves first as members of their own nation and only then as Christians would necessarily be a sick church, since it would resist the witness to the fellowship of all nations.” - Karl Barth, CD IV.3

[Gregory Perry @gregoryrperry]

How easily we deceive ourselves with God-talk when we use it to justify ourselves. How easily others are deceived with God-talk when the powerful wish to justify themselves. But, God is not mocked. He is both Just and the Justifier.

[Gregory Perry @gregoryrperry]

This makes sense because of God’s character as the missionary God, but also from the human side of the covenantal shape of reality—namely, new questions are raised in/by new contexts as the Gospel crosses generations and geographies.

[Gregory Perry @gregoryrperry]

VanHoozer always stimulates good reading practices. I stay up to date on Luke-Acts. My book, El Drama, appeared in Spanish! I revisited Job with Bill Brown and a new book of images & poetry. In higher ed, I looked back with Wolterstorff, and forward with Kahn, Volf and Hensen.

[Gregory Perry @gregoryrperry]

Jesus led a small, moveable school of students (disciples) who listened to his short stories about God’s kingdom in houses around tables and to his occasional sermons on hillsides or in synagogues. He demonstrated the mercy and justice of which he spoke by touching and healing...

[Gregory Perry @gregoryrperry]

Unto us a child is born;
Unto us a son is given;
And the government shall be upon his shoulder,
And his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end…

[Gregory Perry @gregoryrperry]

“Jesus Christ—in his person, his life, and his mission—is both the embodiment of God’s home among mortals and the promise of its full realization.” @MiroslavVolf @MatthewCroasmun This advent we sing with Mary in hope of his arrival (see Luke 1:46-55).

[Gregory Perry @gregoryrperry]

The Alliance is producing some excellent resources. @derekradney interviews Dr. @SeanMLucas who wrote For A Continuing Church-The Roots of the PCA. Essential viewing/reading

The Founding Vision of the PCA: Derek Radney and Sean Michael Lucas https://t.co/ynqyyHBqkx via @YouTube

[Gregory Perry @gregoryrperry]

Just as the Word about God’s love for the world was made flesh and dwelt among us (Jn 1:14), so too those who abide in His Word are an embodied message of God’s love to each other, their neighbors, the immigrant, the dispossessed, the sick, the elderly, the widow and the orphan.

[Gregory Perry @gregoryrperry]

For pastors and Bible teachers who are curious to find resources that open up avenues of communication with their communities, I believe you will find "The Sage and the Sermon: The Five Moods of Preaching" with Dr. Zack Eswine helpful. https://t.co/hovOy3L8Ct

[Chris Hatch 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇰🇪 @LondonHatch]

“Theology is a cross-cultural team game with global players.

And the referee is no longer the Western academy, but the Scriptures themselves.”

~ Chris Wright

[Gregory Perry @gregoryrperry]

Thankful for the EPC and for this conversation with Dean Weaver about intercultural discipleship. ⁦@ThirdmillSem⁩ https://t.co/qy9Ur0BLkU

[Gregory Perry @gregoryrperry]

Which political eschatology has captured your hope? “MAGA?” “Build back better?” Or something much bigger? ⁦@FaithfulPresDC⁩ https://t.co/Zp9ossjbQA

[Thirdmill Seminary @ThirdmillSem]

Join us on September 12-13 for our Fall Bible Conference with Dr. Richard Pratt, the President of @thirdmill at Holy Cross Episcopal Church in Sanford, Florida. For more info and to register, visit
https://t.co/nNG2ByKe3e

[Thirdmill Seminary @ThirdmillSem]

Join us on September 12-13 for our Fall Bible Conference with Dr. Richard Pratt, the President of @thirdmill at Holy Cross Episcopal Church in Sanford, Florida. For more info and to register, visit
https://t.co/mbkzUqO9QQ

[Gregory Perry @gregoryrperry]

The drama of discipleship is no quick “costume change.” Rather, it is a gradual transformation of character, energized by God’s Spirit, as understudies of Christ take off habits of their old way of life and form new habits for their roles in a new creation.

[Gregory Perry @gregoryrperry]

Those who study forests discovered that each tree is connected to an organic network of exchange. In like manner, those who have received the Spirit share its gifts, encouraging, grace-infusing one another with nutrients for growth and power for change. https://t.co/cADsajwdVz

[Gregory Perry @gregoryrperry]

Glad to contribute an article at the request of my friend Mitchell Moore on how humans change at https://t.co/mpbqdZy71w - “reach for the apple!” 🍎 @ThirdmillSem

https://t.co/qwpHVEPK0V