Chris Schoon

[Be A King @BerniceKing]

On this day, 55 years ago, my father delivered his last speech entitled, ‘I’ve Been to the Mountaintop’.

Listen to his words.

[Chris Schoon @chrisjschoon]

@tweetraychang Congrats, Ray! May she grow in the grace and knowledge of Jesus Christ!

[Chris Schoon @chrisjschoon]

@geoffholsclaw We've got an accessible, intro booklet that helps individuals and churches take some first steps into spiritual formation - and we've put together a suite of free resources on spiritual disciplines in our Faith Practices Project. https://t.co/U52dUM26EJ

[Rich Villodas @richvillodas]

One of the severe limits of “saved/not saved” language is it leads to a myopic view of salvation.

When this happens, many don’t see the need to be continually rescued from the enslaving powers of the world.

In Christ we are:

Saved
Being Saved
Will be Saved

[Ryan Burge 📊 @ryanburge]

I don't think people fully grasp how much of Protestant Christianity is going to die off in the next 3 decades.

68% of Missouri Synod Lutherans have seen their 55th birthday. It's 57% of Southern Baptists.

There's no major denomination where a majority are under 45 yrs old!

[Skye Jethani @SkyeJethani]

And it may be that those under 45 who remain will so dramatically change these denominations & their theology that it won’t resemble the Protestant Christianity we’re familiar with in America today.

[Faith Today @FaithTodayEFC]

How can parents best help their children grow in their faith? How can churches best support the parents?

Lesli van Milligan joins us in episode 204 of the Faith Today Podcast to talk about Parenting Faith.

Listen to the full episode

https://t.co/immNfqD3Wk

[Abraham Cho @abrahamcho]

"If you want to be a bridge builder, be ready to get walked on from both sides."

— @JohnMPerkins

[Equal Justice Initiative @eji_org]

On this day in 1956, in Montgomery, Alabama, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s home was bombed while his wife Coretta, seven-week-old daughter, and a neighbor were inside. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/uYHR0IawKI

[Hillary Scholten @HillaryScholten]

Republicans are making a mockery of our Congress. Every hour they waste with grandstanding, we’re not…

—Investing critical infrastructure dollars.
—Passing funding for small businesses.
—Supporting working families.

I’m ready to get to work.

[Rich Villodas @richvillodas]

I used to argue with others who didn’t believe women could preach and pastor. So much energy wasted.

Nowadays, I just train and provide opportunities for women to preach in our congregation. And when they do, hearts are changed, Jesus is glorified and the church is edified.

[CRC Faith Formation @crc_ffm]

Here's a gift busy families can use every day of the week - Everyday Family Faith provides fun, do-able ideas and activities for families to grow in faith together. Give a copy to a family you know this Christmas: https://t.co/GAFxjROWbC

[Chris Schoon @chrisjschoon]

@RevGirlKazoo @bultandrea I see this combative posture toward the world showing up in a lot of CRC conversations over the past couple years. It seems like the CG emphasis (and "for God so loved the world") has been replaced with a heavier emphasis on "the world is our enemy."

[Rich Villodas @richvillodas]

No matter how you vote, you are welcome in our church. I just ask that you would commit to see politics thru Jesus & not Jesus thru your politics; that you would be curious about why your brothers & sisters see things differently. And that you would live humble, prayerful lives.

[Hillary Scholten @HillaryScholten]

My statement on my opponent’s refusal to debate.

[Nate Pyle @NatePyle79]

Christ-likeness is the goal of the Christian.

Not an owning of one’s enemy.
Not a Christian nation.
Not a comfortable life.
Not good doctrine.
Not pious morality.

Christ-likeness embodying love of God and love of other: that’s the goal.

[CRC Faith Formation @crc_ffm]

Practicing gratitude is more than simply saying "thank you." It trains us to respond with all that we are to God’s generosity
https://t.co/4IiKLKHjzj

[Rich Villodas @richvillodas]

The first person in scripture to name God is Hagar.

A woman. Single mother. African slave.

She says “I have seen the one who sees me.”

God calls her by name. Abram and Sarai do not.

God has a way of exalting the vulnerable.

[chuck degroat @chuckdegroat]

Why is it that in the spaces most apt to argue for human depravity as a theological essential that I most often see a failure to reckon with real personal, relational, and systemic failure?

[chuck degroat @chuckdegroat]

"The place of the church is thus not in the seats of the establishment but in the camps and marching columns of the protesters… the place of the Christian must always be outside the citadel of the establishment and on the side of its victims."

-Lesslie Newbigin, FTTG