Christi Bowling

Teacher. Adventurer. Coach. GB🍊

[1776 Live @250YearsAgoLive]

Continental Congress HAS SIGNED A DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE! 

The UNITED STATES are OFFICIALLY INDEPENDENT from BRITAIN.

LIBERTY BELLS ring out throughout Philadelphia; the streets ERUPT IN ECSTASY.

[Dolly Parton @DollyParton]

Thank you @taylorswift13 and @tkelce for the generous gift to @dollyslibrary! ❤️ I wish you both the best, and know that I will always love you.

[Josh Hazelwood @j0shhazelwood]

Greatest College Baseball Team ever.

-Only team in SEC History to win 60 games in 1 season
-Won 9 of 10 conference series
-SEC Regular Season Champions
-SEC Tournament Champions
-National Champions: Still the only #1 Overall Seed to win it all since Miami did in 1999

[Christi Bowling @christibowling]

@HoosierR9115 @dutchessprim Welp, you’re losing that one.

[Christi Bowling @christibowling]

Rain delays aren’t so bad when Blooper is your entertainment!

[Austin Price @AustinPriceless]

Meet Mariah Bryant, a 24 year old BSN Trauma ICU Nurse in Nashville & the girlfriend of @ArionCarter. She is fully recovering from Stage 2 Breast Cancer with Chemo Treatments. Her hair started falling out so she had him cut off the rest & he surprised her by cutting his too. 🥹🥰

[Mike Wilson @ByMikeWilson]

It's such a bizarre choice to freely lie about something that happened with cameras everywhere around you.

[SportsCenter @SportsCenter]

Texas Tech-Tennessee postgame controversy explained.

[Tennessee Softball @Vol_Softball]

that’s why we hang our hats in Tennessee.

[Austin Konenski @AustinKonenski]

Austin Dillon’s letter to Kyle Busch.

This one is emotional to read, but beautifully written.

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

“Because you never know when the last one is”

- Kyle Busch, this past Saturday.

So sad. RIP Kyle Busch

[Old Row Sports @OldRowSports]

“Because you never know when the last one is”

- Kyle Busch, last week

Wow

[Stefan Smith @TheStefanSmith]

It’s literally God’s oldest rule not to do this.

[Rev. Benjamin Cremer @Brcremer]

Evangelical Christian leaders literally gathering around a gold statue of the president and celebrating it, all while raging against any accusation of idolatry.

This is what idol worship looks like.

[Christi Bowling @christibowling]

This is obscene. Absolutely idol worship. All this to convince otherwise? I knew this was wrong at 5 in Sunday School.

[Pastor Mark Burns @pastormarkburns]

One of the greatest honors of my life was leading the dedication of President Donald J. Trump’s statue to the world.

What amazes me is how quickly some people have compared this beautiful statue, created and made possible by more than 6,000 patriots, to a golden calf or idol worship.

Let me be very clear.

We worship the Lord Jesus Christ and Him alone.

The Word of God says, “You shall have no other gods before Me.” Exodus 20:3.

It also says, “You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.” Matthew 4:10.

That is the line.

Honor is not worship.

Respect is not idolatry.

Celebration is not bowing down to a false god.

Romans 13:7 says, “Render therefore to all their due: taxes to whom taxes are due, customs to whom customs, fear to whom fear, honor to whom honor.”

Giving honor where honor is due is biblical.

Bowing down and worshipping an idol is sinful.

There is a major difference.

This statue was not created for worship. It was created as a symbol of resilience, patriotism, courage, and gratitude. It was created to honor a man whom many may disagree with, but millions of Americans believe has done extraordinary things to make this nation stronger.

People celebrate athletes, musicians, entertainers, and cultural icons while they are still alive. Michael Jordan has a statue in Chicago. Cristiano Ronaldo, Taylor Swift, Shakira, Ed Sheeran, and many others have been honored publicly in different ways. Yet Christians were not screaming “golden calf” over those moments.

So why now?

You may dislike President Trump. That is your choice.

But you are in gross error if you think for one second that I worship this magnificent statue or anything made by human hands.

Acts 17:24 says, “God, who made the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands.”

My worship belongs to God.

My gratitude can still honor people.

My faith is in Christ.

My respect for a leader does not replace my reverence for the Lord.

Before you judge, condemn, or spread false accusations, use spiritual discernment.

1 John 4:1 says, “Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God.”

Some of you know the voice of the Holy Spirit. Listen to that voice before you give room to the devil through lies, slander, and false judgment.

Ephesians 4:27 says, “Nor give place to the devil.”

We can disagree politically and still tell the truth spiritually.

This was not idol worship.

This was honor.

This was gratitude.

This was patriotism.

And above all, Jesus Christ is still Lord.

[IRI Embassy in Armenia @iraninyerevan]

Congratulations to you. Children are innocent and lovable. Those 168 children that your boss killed in the school in Minab, and you justified, were also children. When you kiss your baby, think of the mothers of those children.

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

Marjorie Taylor Greene:

Donald Trump texted me that if my son gets killed, I deserve it because I was a traitor to him. I’d probably get put in jail if I released the texts. That’s our president. That’s the man who says MAGA is everything he wants it to be.

[Tennessee Baseball @Vol_Baseball]

SEVEN RUN INNING!

This is fun. We're all having fun.

#GBO🍊 // #OTH