Bivin

An errand boy for King Jesus | Skye’s Husband | Chloe + Darius’ Dad | | Co-Host of the True and Better Podcast | 1 Cor 15:10

[Bivin @bivinhere]

No king ever wore a crown of gold studded with jewels more majestically than Jesus wore the crown of thorns! He's my King! Is He yours?

[Dane Ortlund @daneortlund]

"Outdo one another in showing honor" (Rom 12).

I am on a campaign to see the ministry of encouragement flood the church like never before.

"Don't we also rebuke?"

Yes. But the NT never calls us to outdo one another in it.

Honor is the deluge, the culture, the air we breathe.

[Matt Smethurst @MattSmethurst]

An honest preacher’s prayer:

Lord, by your Spirit, may your people hear a better sermon than the one I am about to preach.

—@RevKevDeYoung

[Dane Ortlund @daneortlund]

Thankfulness amid pain is the normal, settled posture of a healthy soul.

[Matt Smethurst @MattSmethurst]

My child, there’s only ever been one set of footprints in the sand, because your sorry butt has always needed to be carried.

—@jaredcwilson

[Nick Roark @NickRoark]

“There is not the meanest, the weakest, the poorest believer on the earth, but Christ prizeth him more than all the world besides."

—John Owen, Works (@BannerofTruth, 2: 136)

[Luke Stamps @lukestamps]

Simple enough: Just focus on Jesus.

[Anthony Bradley @drantbradley]

I try to warn college guys about this all the time. Pick a job that allows you to be a present husband and father, even if it means earning less money and living in a smaller house.

[Michael Reeves @mike_reeves]

Believers will become more Christlike over time, but never more righteous. Our righteous status is all Christ’s, not the result of our self-improvement.

[davideprince 🐘 @davideprince]

Set aside the issue of when exegesis should be done. After teaching preaching in seminary for 17 years I can assure you the a failure to meditate on the text and internalize the message is one of the great weaknesses of contemporary evangelical preaching.

[Reformed1563 @Heidel_bro1563]

“Faith is like an empty, open hand stretched out towards God, with nothing to offer and everything to receive.”

-John Calvin

[Ben Virgo @RememberLondon]

God requires to set up his throne in the heart, and to reign in it without a rival: if he be kept out of his right, it matters not by what competitor.
- William Wilberforce

[Matt Smethurst @MattSmethurst]

A child who turns out well is a gift, not a reward.

[Scotty Smith @ScottyWardSmith]

“Do everything as unto Jesus and nothing unto mere men.” (Gist of Col.3:23-24). We attract acquaintances like mosquitoes; but grace-saturated, heart-engaged, all-season friendships are priceless and must remain a priority for us. Let's "friend" as unto Jesus all the way Home.

[sammy rhodes @sammyrhodes]

“When the bottom falls out and disappointments come, you will learn what you believe, what you love, and what you treasure.” - Ligon Duncan

[Patrick Schreiner ☧ @pj_schreiner]

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[Luke Stamps @lukestamps]

I've said it before but there is a whole theology in John 3:16:
-For God so loved: Theology Proper
-The world: Humanity
-That he gave: Incarnation
-His only begotten Son: Trinity
-That whoever believes in him: Soteriology
-Should not perish but have eternal life: Eschatology

[Matthew West @matthew_west]

God doesn’t love you because you’re worthy, He loves you because He’s good. This truth has changed my life. Grace is not an award we earn, it’s a gift we receive.

[Timothy Keller (1950-2023) @timkellernyc]

Three truths Christians believe that should be a constant source or happiness: (1) Our bad things will turn out for good (Rom 8:28) (2) The good things we have can never be taken away from us (Rom 8:29-31; 37-39) and (3) The best things are yet to come (Rom 8:18-21).

[Talk Church @churchtalkative]

Prayer isn’t you filling God in on stuff he doesn’t know.

It’s you joining in with what he’s already doing.