Bruce Bates

Executive Director- Kairos Church Planting

[𝗝𝗗𝟱 𝟰 𝗠𝗩𝗣⚡️ @CookedbyDaniels]

5 gone remind yall this year.

MVP LOADING🔜
#RaiseHail

[Chad Bird @birdchadlouis]

So you have your first Bible. Now what? How do you begin to read and study this book? Here are five simple suggestions. 

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@JPFinlayNBCS Needs black socks and it would be awesome.

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@ThomasSowell That's not a problem then. Jesus said that none of us are innocent thus there can be no injustice rendered.

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@grantpaulsen Frank Gifford used a similar tone. The problem w Al is that we can all remember when he used more passion. The contrast is now quite stark.

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@wpri12 @KimKalunian Go Kim! Prayers are with you all tonight.

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@grantpaulsen I hate the play too but look at this series. I don't think the push assist that Hurts receives really helped him at all. Those plays work on a regular QB sneak with their guard play. It's the guards and Hurts that are the secret weapon on this play.

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@thomloverro Always great to see you Thom. Have an awesome labor day!

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@Mike_kim714 Let's go!

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@Martina Martina I've prayed for you tonight. Not because you are wrong or not religious. Ive prayed that you may know an enduring love. A care that lasts, regardless of any other human in your life. You are obviously a great champion! May you know the consolation of the Greatest!

[Oliver Burdick @oliverburdick]

My Testimony–

I grew up an atheist.

Never knew Jesus, never learned about Jesus, and never really cared to either.

I was happy.

I had great friends, a healthy family, and a good education. I excelled in sports, enjoyed playing video games, and loved to eat ice cream.

It never seemed like I needed anything, but always felt like I was missing something.

Even as a young child, I would lie in bed wondering What’s it all for?

An infinite universe, a finite existence, and a lack of higher purpose.

God had set eternity on my heart (Ecclesiastes 3:11). And I wasn’t all that interested in the “straight path” the world had to offer.

Yet, my life felt like a movie in which I was the main character.

In high school I won state championships, made the all-conference teams, had an attractive girlfriend… I was the man.

Then God humbled me.

When I was 17, I was distracted driving and struck and killed my family’s dog. My mom woke me up the next morning with tears in her eyes and informed me that my classmate had overdosed on drugs and died. That same day I played the worst basketball game of my life and threw the state championship for my team. Then two weeks later, Covid struck in the spring of my senior year of high school, and everything was canceled.

No prom, no graduation, no lacrosse season, no parties, no girlfriend.

Also during that time, my uncle who I looked up to as a father figure was diagnosed with stage four cancer. The architecture school I was enrolled in went completely virtual and required a vaccination for attendance. I started smoking daily, drinking heavily, craving sexual immorality, and falling into depression.

I was no longer the main character, no longer the man, no longer happy.

Then, in desperation, I began to pray to a God I did not yet know.

And he answered me.

Not with some dream, or vision, or miraculous healing. He answered me by placing people into my life who were willing to help me become the man he wanted me to be.

I started studying the Bible daily, praying constantly, going to church frequently.

And then on April 30th of 2023, I was baptized.

It’s been over two years now, and I’m happier than ever.

I have eliminated all the bad habits from my life, built friendships that will last an eternity, and I am about to be married to a true woman of God.

I finally found a higher purpose—to teach others the same gospel that changed me, and help them become the men God wants them to be. My fiancée and I lead a ministry together, and I hope to eventually lead larger groups and play a significant role in winning this world for Christ.

My content on here is part of that mission.

Thank you for reading my story and for supporting me on my journey.

Oliver Matthew Burdick

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@ScottKacsmar Daniels - 1

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@BarstoolBigCat Which also means we are actually closer to 4050 than 0 CE!!! Who hoo, George Jetson cars and robot maids hit Walmart next week!!!

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@LukeAshworth5 @jamierkennedy @PGATOUR The same height strength is also a weakness. Sometimes you want to tee it hi for a high draw or low for a cut. These tees don't provide that option.

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One of Tucker's finer moments. I've been waiting for someone to ask any politicos about their Israel theology.

[The Vigilant Fox 🦊 @VigilantFox]

Ted Cruz claims defending the nation of Israel is in the Bible.

Tucker Carlson asked for the citation, and this happened.

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@Top100Rick Always love your pics! Would be a little more fun to follow you if you named the city of these courses depicted. Thanks!

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@Nocera5 Wow, you guys will always remember this. Fantastic!

[Chad Bird @birdchadlouis]

“I have read many beautiful things in Plato and Cicero, but never this: ‘Come unto me all you who labor and are heavy laden.’”
— Augustine

[Dan Orlovsky @danorlovsky7]

Boy life is easy, a mans life is difficult

Boys care about themselves, but men care about others

A boys life is all about you, a mans life, you’re part of the story, but you’re not the whole story.

A boys life is about control, a mans life is about surrender

A boys life is about the temporary, a mans life is about the eternal

-Jon Tyson