Barry Wallace

Christ follower, poor wayfaring stranger. I am a long, long way from my home.

[Barry Wallace @barwal1]

If Christ had not chosen me, I would never have chosen Him. If Christ had not shed His blood for me, I would never have shed a tear for Him. If Christ had not sought after me, I would never have sought after Him. If Christ had not loved me, I would never have loved Him. ~M'Cheyne

[Barry Wallace @barwal1]

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[Barry Wallace @barwal1]

So far this is the best post I've read about Sam Allberry

[Wes Huff @WesleyLHuff]

So apparently I’m embroiled in some sort of controversy. Let me set a few things strait:

1. I don’t know Sam Allberry personally. We've met in-person a total of once — back in January while I was in Nashville when I did the Shawn Ryan Podcast, where I ran into and took a picture with Sam. When I saw the news initially about his removal from leadership I took that picture down. I had already started to see people commenting that by keeping it up I was implicating myself in his sin. I do not think they were correct. But ironically, said comments were then replaced with ones telling me that by taking it down… I was hiding something and implicating myself in his sin. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.

2. I believe the language in the current public statements to be potentially unhelpfully vague. From my (brief though not uninformed) understanding of the details of the situation, what Sam did that disqualified him from leadership was not due to sexual or even a romantic impropriety, but what could best be described as a sinful emotional attachment. This is not to justify it or say that it wasn't disqualifying (I think it probably was). But the lack of clarity has left room for those who desire to gossip, defame, and sinfully speculate online to run wild — which they have.

3. I am genuinely saddened with the internet’s desire to tear down and jump to harsh judgements regarding another Christian’s failing. When someone falls into sin, those who are spiritually mature should work toward their restoration, approaching them with a spirit of gentleness (Gal. 6:1-2). The motivation for restoration carries spiritual weight. Bringing someone back who has wandered from truth saves their soul from death and covers a multitude of sins (James 5:19–20). This isn’t merely about correcting behaviour, it’s about spiritual rescue. The desire to gossip and breed quarrels, which is so obviously warned against in scripture (Proverbs 17:19; 26:17; 2 Timothy 2:14, 23-24; Titus 3:9-11; James 4:1-2) is, to say the least, lamentable and disappointing to see.

4. Sam Allberry is being labelled as “Side B,” this is genuinely confusing to me. To quote Sam in his own words: “Same sex attraction is not a good thing. It is... a consequence of the fall. ...This kind of attraction is not something God designed for us, and it contradicts his design” (Is God Anti Gay, 63). Sam has expressed in multiple places throughout his written work and public talks that he holds to the biblical position of marriage, that homosexual relationships are sinful, and that identifying as a “gay Christian” is incompatible with scripture. To be clear, I don't agree with Sam on all the nuances of how he discusses the issue. But I can only conclude that this attempt to make him into an LBGT advocate comes from either shear ignorance of his public work or some sort of internet-level frothing of the mouth to jump on whoever “we don’t like this week.”

But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. - Heb 3:13.

[Barry Wallace @barwal1]

@lyssasphere Oh my. A long list, but I'll start with two: C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien

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@JoshuaBarzon 2

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@BTCBreadMan Set the max amount you're willing to spend somewhere around the cost of the first Camry

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@bekahj I really like Josh Garrels' album Jacaranda, and my favorite song on the album is probably Zion and Babylon

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@Airaasayss @wthzuni No

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@Airaasayss @arifkhangeo No

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@Airaasayss @0xm4sud No

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@lady_valor_07 Heartburn

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@JoshuaBarzon I put 277,000 miles on a Honda Odyssey, then gave it to a friend, and it's still going strong. So I would have to go with a Honda Odyssey.

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@blessedwithsins @RaminNasibov That's what I came here to say

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@AdamPage85 All of those, along with Basic Christianity by John Stott, Holiness by J. C. Ryle, and either (or both) The Pursuit of God and The Knowledge of the Holy by A. W. Tozer.

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@BiblicalBeauty It's 2nd Chapter of Acts's song, but Keith's version is good

[Barry Wallace @barwal1]

There in the ground, His body lay
Light of the world, by darkness slain
Then bursting forth in glorious day
Up from the grave, He rose again
And as He stands in victory
Sin's curse has lost its grip on me
For I am His and He is mine
Bought with the precious blood of Christ

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@Ineverglow Zion and Babylon, Josh Garrels

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This is disturbing, and I can only assume it will get worse
https://t.co/gLXs4lFbsw

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@paul_jkrause I never get tired of The Chronicles of Narnia

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@SamMacD86958750 @paul_jkrause I'm having a hard time with that series. The story is fine, but the writing is (to me) mediocre. I'm two and a half books in. I stopped a few months ago and have no desire to pick it back up.