John Reilly

Pastor @northwaycc

[Adam | Faithful Messenger @Adam_FaithfulM]

The Bible was written on three continents.

Asia.
Africa.
Europe.

In three languages.

Hebrew.
Aramaic.
Greek.

By over 40 different men:

Shepherds.
Kings.
Prophets.
Fishermen.
A tax collector.
A doctor.
A tentmaker.

Written in palaces and prisons.
In deserts and cities.
In freedom and in exile.

Across roughly 1,500 years.

66 books.
One continuous story:

Creation.
Fall.
Redemption.
Christ.

Most of these writers never met.
No committee planned it.
No editor stitched it together.

Yet it opens in a garden with the Tree of Life
and closes in a garden with the Tree of Life.

Different writers.
Different centuries.
Different cultures.

One voice.

Because behind the human hands was a divine Author.

Men held the pens.

But God wrote the story.

[John Reilly @_John_Reilly]

@PatrickKMiller_ Patrick, this is the most wisdom filled post I have seen on the subject. Thank you for sharing your insight in such a gentle manor.

[Tyler Braun @tylerbraun]

How you disagree says a lot more about you than whether you disagree.

[Sharon Hodde Miller @SHoddeMiller]

Whatever you are looking for, you will find.

If you are looking for a reason to distrust, to criticize, to withdraw, to rage, to despair, to feel self-righteous, or to reinforce your own perspective, you can find it.

And perhaps that is why Jesus says "Seek FIRST the Kingdom."

[Matt Smethurst @MattSmethurst]

God will not protect you from anything that will make you more like Jesus.

— Elisabeth Elliot

[Matt Smethurst @MattSmethurst]

It’s impossible to overstate the positive impact we can have if we come to church looking for ways to be an encouragement.

—@SamAllberry

[John Mason @LivingGodsTruth]

This new Christianity.

[John Reilly @_John_Reilly]

@jaredcwilson

[Madison Carter @madisonlcarter]

Pearly Young, 77, was killed today in #Buffalo shopping for groceries.

For 25 years she ran a pantry where every Saturday she fed people in Central Park. Every. Saturday.
She loved singing, dancing, & being with family.

She was mother, grandma, & missionary. Gone too soon 🕊

[Gunner Gundersen @GunnerGundersen]

"I've come to see that love is largely local. And the local congregation is the place which claims to display this love for all the world to see."

— @MarkDever

[John Reilly @_John_Reilly]

@TollyTaylor Was? In this market it probably still is. 🤣

[John Reilly @_John_Reilly]

@cpreksta

[Josiah David @josiahdavidm]

Before he was executed, he washed the feet of the man who would betray him. As he was being arrested, he healed the wound of one of his captors. As he hung on the cross, he asked God to forgive his killers. This is what it looks like to love your enemies.

[Jeremy Diaz @jeremyalandiaz]

@BethMooreLPM In my experience people from evangelical backgrounds thrive in liturgical churches because they have experienced what the liturgy speaks of and people from liturgical churches thrive in evangelical settings because the liturgy gave them words to describe what they’re experiencing

[Matt Smethurst @MattSmethurst]

We may never know the treacherous journey people have taken to land in the pew next to us.

— Rosaria Butterfield

[Matt Smethurst @MattSmethurst]

Jesus: “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, but only one is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion.”

Not “chanced upon.” Chosen.

You will never drift into devotion. Mute the noise, close the to-do list, and enjoy the King who adores you.

[Rich Villodas @richvillodas]

The first 3 questions God asked Adam & Eve after they sin are:

1. Where are you?
2. Who told you?
3. What have you done?

A good list for preachers. Good preaching helps people locate themselves in their estrangement & identify the voices we often listen to instead of God.

[John Reilly @_John_Reilly]

Wow. @Ikefmiller I feel every part of this 🧵. I never thought of it like this before. Thank you for sharing.

[Ike Miller @Ikefmiller]

Relationships for adult children of alcoholics are often sabotaged by a deep, unspoken resistance to truly needing anyone.

Growing up in a context where some of those we needed most were not there, we unconsciously vowed to never need anyone again.
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[SpurgeonBooks @SpurgeonBooks]

"God, you are not only the greatest source of joy; you are all our joy."

— Charles Spurgeon

[Matt Smethurst @MattSmethurst]

It belongs to the church of God to receive blows rather than to inflect them. But she is an anvil that has worn out many hammers.

— Theodore Beza (1519–1605)