Ben Ledbetter

WU ‘22 Alumn ⬛️🟨Child of God

[Ben Ledbetter @benled_22]

People are always complaining about how things don’t go their way. Maybe they’re not going your way because God doesn’t want it to go that way. Don’t be so selfish and once in a while listen to what he wants to do in your life. Proverbs 3:5-6 #FaithOverFear #Christianliving

[Talk Church @churchtalkative]

It’s more than just baseball to this man ✝️

The "Jesus Fish" 🐟, also known as the Ichthys or Ichthus, is an ancient symbol with deep roots in early Christianity. Its simple outline of a fish was more than just a design—it carried profound meaning and served as a secret code for Christians during times of persecution under the Roman Empire.

The word "Ichthys" comes from Greek, where it serves as an acronym: Iesous Christos Theou Yios Soter, translating to Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior. Early Christians used this symbol to discreetly identify one another. For instance, one person might draw half of the fish in the sand, and if the other completed it, their shared faith was confirmed without risking exposure.

[Pastor Rich Bitterman @w_bitterman]

He took a rainbow stitched onto a San Francisco Giants cap and placed beside it the first Word God ever spoke over that sign. Genesis 9:11-16.

That was enough for the league to warn them to not write a Bible verse on the pride hat again. A covenant became an offense.

MLB could point to the uniform rule and maybe the rule was clear enough. Still, everyone knew the ink was not the real scandal. The scandal was Genesis.

A verse from the first book of the Bible appeared beside a rainbow and suddenly the old story came walking into the modern room. God had spoken first..that was the wound. Before it was claimed by a movement, it was placed there by mercy.

Landen Roupp said there was no hate in it. He said the rainbow is a symbol of God’s covenant and as a believer he wanted to stand firm. Good!

There are times when standing firm looks less like shouting from a platform and more like refusing to vanish under a hat. Writing the verse in ink was small a small thing. The witness was not.

I admire him. He could have worn the cap and said nothing, carried his convictions quietly back to the clubhouse. Instead, he wrote Genesis 9 beside the rainbow. It was not a spectacle. It was a confession.

To understand why, we have to leave the ballpark and walk back into the soaked world of Genesis 9. God speaks as the world was still wet with judgment when God blessed Noah.

He gave Noah’s family the earth. He sent them out to fill it and placed a holy fence around human life and said, in effect, “Do not treat people like animals. They bear My image.”

Every person carries that mark. The baby in the womb and the old man in the nursing home. The angry critic online and the confused soul wrapped in a flag. Every one of them lives beneath the hand of the God who made them.

Christian courage can never be cruel because every person bears God’s image. Mercy still hangs over this world and sinners still have time to come home.

Then God lifted His sign into the clouds.“ I have set my bow in the cloud,” He says, “and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between me and the earth” (Genesis 9:13).

The word is bow. That is easy to miss because we have turned the rainbow into greeting-card weather with soft colors after rain. Scripture’s bow is often a weapon. It belongs in the hand of a warrior. Scripture’s bow is often a weapon, bent with judgment, strung with arrows, aimed by wrath.

In Genesis 9, God hangs the bow in the clouds with no arrow in it.

Look at that again. The bow is there, but the string is quiet. The storm has spent itself. Sunlight breaks through the wet air. Color bends across the sky and creation receives a sermon without a single human word. God remembers. He keeps His promise. The world deserves judgment, yet mercy still hangs over our heads. The rainbow is a sermon.

Long before flags, merchandise, corporate campaigns, political speeches, or team uniforms, God placed the rainbow above a guilty world and made it preach patience.

That is why Genesis 9 belongs in this conversation. Christians do not need cruelty to speak clearly. Sneering never strengthens truth. When believers say the rainbow belongs to God, we are saying more than “our symbol came first.” We are saying the world is still being held together by the promise of a holy God who gives sinners time to repent.

The rainbow is beautiful because mercy is beautiful.

It also warns because mercy delayed carries a clock inside it. Peter tells us the Lord is patient and calls sinners to repentance. The same God who set His bow in the clouds has appointed a day when every mouth will close and every knee will bow.

That makes the cross shine brighter. At Calvary, judgment did not stay in the distance. It landed as the arrow we deserved struck the Son of God. Christ stood beneath the wrath sinners earned and mercy flowed from His wounds. Genesis 9 gives us the empty bow in the clouds. Golgotha gives us the Savior on the tree.

So yes, be thankful for these players. Be thankful for men who can stand beneath public pressure and say, with open eyes and a steady voice, “I belong to Christ.”

Christians should learn from that. Stand firm when the culture demands your silence. Hold your ground when conviction is called hatred. Do it with tenderness, clean hands, tears for the lost, love for your neighbor and your Bible open.

A rainbow appeared on a baseball cap and a few men remembered the God who set it in the sky.

That is enough reason to be grateful. The rainbow is still preaching and let the church stand firm under it.

[PickensBurgh 🫡 @PickensBurgh]

BREAKING 🚨🚨🚨

Darnell Washington’s PS5 HDMI port is broken.

(Via his IG story)

[Andrew Fillipponi @ThePoniExpress]

Skenes Night: He’s due. So here’s the deal. If Paul strikes out 9 or more. Like he did the last time he faced the Dodgers. And the Buccos win. I’ll give away 5 Paul Skenes jerseys. Just follow me. And retweet this post. And you’re good. Let’s go Bucs!

[Pittsburgh Pirates @Pirates]

Framing this one.

[Pittsburgh Pirates @Pirates]

GOOD MORNING. JARED JONES PLAYS BASEBALL TODAY.

[Ben Ledbetter @benled_22]

@Pirates the amount of people doing the 9 beers 9 dogs 9 innings challenge today is probably insane lol

[Andrew Fillipponi @ThePoniExpress]

Konnor’s Clutch: I’m sick of watching Philly beat Pittsburgh. So how about this. If Konnor Griffin hits a HR vs PHI in this series. And the Bucs take 2 of 3 or sweep. I’ll give away 5 Konnor Griffin jerseys. Just 1) Retweet this. And 2) follow me on here. Philly sucks!

[TreVeyon Henderson @TreVeyonH4]

Open the eyes of our hearts Lord. Let us desire to see you for who you truly are and what you truly desire.

“Blessed are the pure in heart, For they shall see God.”
Matthew 5:8

[Pittsburgh Steelers @steelers]

Happy Birthday @CowherCBS!

[WyattzWorld @WyattzWorId]

Don’t get me wrong, I’m ready for summer, but the thought of a crisp October Sunday full of football gives me butterflies

[Jon Root @JonnyRoot_]

“The most important thing in my life is to share The Word, share The Gospel, live in eternity in heaven…”
- Pittsburgh Pirates & MLB’s #1 prospect Konnor Griffin

(🎥: CBNSports/IG)

[Ben Ledbetter @benled_22]

@eshinnl @edgaralandough literally none of it is misinformation. he hit the nail on the head with all of them.

[alex @alexbeauchamp3]

Yesterday I went to a local church to watch a friend get baptized.

While I was there, I kept noticing the girl I’m hugging in this photo. She was waiting to get baptized, and I just felt this pull to go encourage her… like she might not have anyone there for her.

After she got baptized, I went up to her and started talking to her. She was there completely alone. She told me she’d been coming to church on and off for 4 years and finally decided to get baptized.

I got to pray over her and just be with her in that moment, which felt really special.

I share this to encourage you. Don’t ignore those nudges. Gods after our obedience all it takes is a willing vessel to share the love of God

[Ben Ledbetter @benled_22]

@mearshannah_ @Drew_Review if Skenes is saying it you know it’s true

[Hannah Mears @mearshannah_]

GOOSEBUMPS FROM THIS BANGER OF AN EDIT FROM @Drew_Review 🔥‼️

[Ben Ledbetter @benled_22]

@okiepatriot_76 lock these people up in mental institutions lol what is this world we live in lmao we need Jesus more than ever

[Ben Ledbetter @benled_22]

@Breaking57 never skip a SB mowing video lol

[Pittsburgh Steelers @steelers]

"I'm a Steeler" 🥹 @EHeidenreich44

[Hannah Mears @mearshannah_]

The rookie silent treatment after Konnor Griffin’s first MLB home run — on his 20th birthday! 🥳🤣🤫

@SNPittsburgh #LetsGoBucs