Andy Swart

Teaching Pastor at The Mount Church. "One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see." RT ≠ 👍🏻

[Andy Swart @andy_swart]

The greatest systematic truth of my life comes from my favorite song:
“Jesus loves me this I know, for the Bible tells me so.”

[Andy Swart @andy_swart]

@lukedsimmons @smithlorenzo Quit holding out. You know I’m confused by it!

[Andy Swart @andy_swart]

@lukedsimmons Reward proactive behavior...even if they get it wrong. The most effective EAs are proactive.

[Andy Swart @andy_swart]

@lukedsimmons Give them your brain, passions, drains, etc. They need insight into what makes you tick and what makes you waste.
They own your calendar completely. It protects you, your family, and your team.
They must be a bulldog, gatekeeper, conductor. Give them the responsibility to do it.

[Andy Swart @andy_swart]

@ChrisWinegar @lukedsimmons Hard pass. I’m still figuring out how to be a Teaching Pastor, but functioning as a Lead Pastor.

[Brian Croft @PastorCroft]

After a full week of talking to pastors in crisis, I have a word of encouragement to every pastor…get a hobby.

Every pastor needs a fun, life-giving activity that has nothing to do with your ministry. This matters. It really does.

And do it often.

[Andy Swart @andy_swart]

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[Luke Simmons @lukedsimmons]

STOP BELIEVING THESE DISCIPLESHIP MYTHS.

❌ Myth #1: Every individual Christian must be able to make another disciple

✅ Truth: The whole church is involved in disciple-making. It takes a "body." It's not about "disciples who make disciples" (as if it's up to each individual). It's about disciples who play their part in making disciples.

❌ Myth #2: Your church needs a step-by-step pathway for making disciples

✅ Truth: Most people don't grow in a linear way. And many people have worked through the "steps" or "pathway" and are still pretty spiritually immature. It's not about a step-by-step plan. It's about a vision, framework, and ecosystem that allows disciples to grow over time.

❌ Myth #3: If we get people in small groups, they will grow as disciples

✅ Truth: Small groups are an extremely valuable piece of the discipleship ecosystem. But they are not a silver bullet.

❌ Myth #4: Our church needs a Discipleship ministry

✅ Truth: Your church IS a Discipleship ministry. The whole church with the whole gospel making whole disciples. If there's something your church is doing that doesn't contribute to that mission, it's worth revisiting.

❌ Myth #5: Discipleship is overwhelming

✅ Truth: It only feels overwhelming because you've likely not figured out how to explain it in a simple way that people can engage with.

[Andy Swart @andy_swart]

@lukedsimmons @dandarling You’re not Timothy waiting on your Paul. I have a blog post on this I’ll send.

[Andy Swart @andy_swart]

@ChandlerDonegan @lukedsimmons I’ve taken my staff the last 3 years. Highly recommend. They do it with excellence, fun, and scalable teaching (no matter the size of the org).

[Andy Swart @andy_swart]

Abortion is the moral rot of a culture obsessed with its own death.

[Congressman Brandon Gill @RepBrandonGill]

Today I asked an abortion advocate what her favorite method of abortion is.

[Andy Swart @andy_swart]

@lukedsimmons “For now” has become regular vocabulary for my staff. Something so simple can be such a game changer.

[Luke Simmons @lukedsimmons]

Some are worried that Christians supporting Trump and Republicans is “ruining our witness.”

Our witness to who?

I say prioritize your witness to God-fearers and reality respecters, not those hardened by false ideologies.

Not all soil is equally receptive.

[Ante D. Luvian @uncle_deluge]

You're not the first to try to disprove God with nails

[Bob Golen @BobGolen]

Greenland deploying their weather on us was an unexpected first strike.

[Andy Swart @andy_swart]

Au revoir, mon amour.

We now enter the long winter of 8 months without college football.

[Denny Burk @DennyBurk]

I’m never going to forget this image. A lot of us aren’t.

[James Surowiecki @JamesSurowiecki]

I will say again that it is egregious to be showing trailers for R-rated movies during NFL games. I'm watching Chargers-Texans with my 7-year-old. He should not be confronted with a graphic trailer for a lurid horror film like "The Housemaid." Just stop it.

[Andy Swart @andy_swart]

@RussellLowery10 @marcminter May your tribe increase!

[Drew @drewdyck]

Marriage is for your holiness AND your happiness.

[Josh Daws @JoshDaws]

"We have got to stop scolding young men for virtually any drive, desire, or masculine instinct they have. Those are God-given, and should be harnessed for his glory."

Love this answer.

[Andy Swart @andy_swart]

When you close your eyes, do you still see him running?
👍🏻 #marcelreed4Heisman

[Sexy Legs Sarge @SexyLegsSarge]

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