Michael Walker

Associate Pastor, Trinity Church Central London

“One road leads home and a thousand roads lead into the wilderness.”

[Michael Walker @_MichaelWalker_]

Some ways generative AI (i.e. ChatGPT) might be helpful in sermon and Bible study prep

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[Michael Walker @_MichaelWalker_]

@brheiny Love this. @NEUChPlanting has the same vision you have and has been working at it faithfully for a number of years: https://t.co/zYvA3cyORi

[Michael Walker @_MichaelWalker_]

@lukegeraty @JeremyTreat5 from another sphere of life to further describe or illustrate a dimension." (Atonement, 75-76)

His dimensions include
- Glorification
- Reconciliation
- Propitiation
- Victory
- Redemption
- Justification
- Sanctification
- Example
etc.

[Michael Walker @_MichaelWalker_]

@lukegeraty I've found @JeremyTreat5 to be helpful on this:

"I . . . prefer to focus on 'dimensions' of the atonement. . . . a dimension . . . refer[s] to the reality (the thing itself) of what Christ accomplished through his saving work. A metaphor refers to the analogical language used

[Michael Walker @_MichaelWalker_]

@DZRishmawy Totally agree. Same here in London.

Btw, what does tabling look like for you all? We've found that posing a question like, 'is the world broken?: yes/no/maybe' with markers so they can vote fosters more (and better) conversations than other methods we've tried

[Michael Walker @_MichaelWalker_]

@mitchellchase Love it! Maybe I'm missing it, but I don't see a link to sign up anywhere in the thread

[Michael Walker @_MichaelWalker_]

Got into a conversation with some students about the famous 'blind men and the elephant' story this week. So, I've been thinking a lot about Christianity as it relates to other religions.

This article by @TL_Miles is gold.

https://t.co/0QQaYSHmDL (start on pg 30)

[Michael Walker @_MichaelWalker_]

When he was dead,
he was taken down
and laid in a borrowed grave.

Nineteen centuries have come and gone
and today he is still the central figure
for much of the human race.
All the armies that ever marched,

[Michael Walker @_MichaelWalker_]

He was born in an obscure village,
a child of a peasant woman.
He grew up in another obscure village
where he worked in a carpenter shop
until he was thirty.
Then for three years
he was an itinerant preacher.
He never had a family.
Or owned a home.

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His friends deserted him.
He was turned over to his enemies.
He went through the mockery of a trial.
He was nailed to a cross
between two thieves.
While he was dying
his executioners gambled
for the only piece of property he had,
his coat.

[Michael Walker @_MichaelWalker_]

@griffingulledge Sorry to hear that's your experience. My sense is that a lot of people who are public figures experience this

Since I'm not influential, angry commenters never attack me

Maybe that's why my feed is almost exclusively a hub for interesting, helpful content? Maybe something else?

[Patrick Schreiner ☧ @pj_schreiner]

a beautiful visual outline of Leviticus

https://t.co/9FnkcghC9p

[Bobby Jamieson @bobby_jamieson]

I’m terrible at marketing, but here goes: the Jamiesons hope to plant a church in Chapel Hill, NC in Fall 2024. The first interest meeting is Saturday 9/30 at 2pm in South Durham.

If you'd like to attend, please msg me to RSVP and get the address! Feel free to spread the word.

[Michael Walker @_MichaelWalker_]

Easy follow right here. Highly recommended

I've been gleaning insights from these guys for months.

Convinced that if we spend a tenth of the time thinking about the internet that we spend thinking via the internet, we'd really benefit, and others, too

[Endeavor | Faith, Tech, & Ministry @Endeavorwithus]

We're willing to risk self-contradiction to do more than survive in the digital Babylon. We want to flourish in it.
https://t.co/Fw1p3xBPyY

[Michael Walker @_MichaelWalker_]

"Theism allows us to live w/in our humanity more comfortably. We need not distrust our deepest intuitions—our intuitions of love, of reason, of beauty. . . The fundamental feeling that this world—and our place w/in it—means something is not deceiving us." - @gavinortlund

[Michael Walker @_MichaelWalker_]

@marcushoneysett Love this insight!

[Michael Walker @_MichaelWalker_]

@DannySlavich Haven't worked with him in any way or know if it's the best fit, but I know Eric Hoke (https://t.co/SMmWQUtMAH) started this and apparently has helped a number of people: https://t.co/Lm3DjYpBe0

[Michael Walker @_MichaelWalker_]

I've been so grateful for @TGC - always, but especially lately. Consistently helpful articles about a broad range of topics, written with wisdom and grace.

I'm sure it takes a lot of hard work to do this. Thank you

[Michael Walker @_MichaelWalker_]

@adamramsey_ So exciting! I'm an American living in London for a couple years to work at a church. My family and I were up in Inverness a couple weeks ago on holiday.

If you have the chance, you HAVE TO go to the Isle of Skye (and hike Old Man of Storr). Top 5 place on earth

[George Mack @george__mack]

What is ignored or neglected by the media -- but will be studied by historians?

Here's the full list of 25 examples: