@EricJDirksen Eric, just wanted to say thanks for your weekly Augustine quotes. In the last 5-6 years, you've introduced me to his sermons, and they've been a huge help to me as a Xian and as a pastor. Don't stop!
They counted us out. They counted wrong.
The TCU Horned Frogs are officially IN the College Football Playoff - headed to the VRBO Fiesta Bowl as the #3 Seed! 🐸
#GoFrogs#DFWBig12Team
Book #giveaway: the new paperback version of Hans Boersma's "Seeing God: The Beatific Vision in Christian Tradition"—winner of @CTmagazine's 2019 Book Award in Theology/Ethics.
RT & follow to enter. Winner receives a #free copy.
Ends 1/31, 1pm ET. US, Canada, & Europe only.
I’m grieving the loss of a dear friend this week. So many have said so well what great sadness we feel. I‘m grateful, but I’ve been speechless, gutted. But here are a few words I wrote to remember Thomas McKenzie: my pastor, my priest, and my friend. https://t.co/M4ehE98uxa
Here is some more insight on this remarkable servant of Christ. This is a loss not only for Redeemer, but for our city, and for many of us who have long admired & been strengthened by Thomas. A grim time feels yet darker still. https://t.co/t1Ssg3Mwu6
If belief in this age is contested and thus difficult, the church ought to go to great lengths to portray and embody a faith that is not merely pragmatic, but beautiful.
"Because of the sorrow that dots our lives, joy is often a choice. While a song of praise may erupt from a spontaneous outburst of affection for God, it may also require a decision" @wdavidotaylor
Francis Schaeffer, a PCA pastor, almost left Christianity because of how his fellow ministers treated each other. His question: “How can Christianity be true when its leaders are so uncharitable?“
I pray that we, today’s ministers, will humbly heed Schaeffer’s concern.
Helpful summary of both the #pcaga Overtures Committee and the subsequent action on the floor. Big thanks to @derekradney, @trevorilaurence, and @DPCassidyTKC for their great work this week.
🧵on #pcaga re: what’s happened w/ the overtures on ordination & same-sex attraction (SSA), what's it mean, how did we get here, & what do I think. I was on the overtures committee (OC), helped craft the final language of O23, & contributed to the minority report of O37.
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BREAKING: @TCU_Baseball has scheduled a ‘major’ announcement tomorrow afternoon in Fort Worth. If you’ve been reading our Coaching Scoop pieces, the expectation is that Kirk Saarloos will be named #TCU’s head coach. Much deserved.
"If Christianity is mere method, a way of approaching reality, then it is inadequate; but if Christ is risen, trampling down death by death, then the world is a different place even when I do not experience it as such." @esaumccaulley