Cliff Marshall

Follower of Jesus, Husband, Dad, Church Planting Team Leader for @SCBaptist, Springsteen Fan, SC Native, Opinions are mine, and likely not that interesting.

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Nevertheless, God’s solid foundation stands firm, bearing this inscription: The Lord knows those who are his, and let everyone who calls on the name of the Lord turn away from wickedness.
2 Timothy 2:19

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For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all, a testimony at the proper time.
1 Timothy 2:5-6

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But as for you, brothers and sisters, do not grow weary in doing good.
2 Thessalonians 3:13

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For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him.
1 Thessalonians 5:9-10

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Above all, put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity. And let the peace of Christ, to which you were also called in one body, rule your hearts. And be thankful.
Colossians 3:14-15

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For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile everything to himself, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.
Colossians 1:19-20

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My goal is to know him and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of his sufferings, being conformed to his death, assuming that I will somehow reach the resurrection from among the dead.
Philippians 3:10-11

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For me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.
Philippians 1:21

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Therefore, be imitators of God, as dearly loved children, and walk in love, as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God.
Ephesians 5:1-2

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For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time for us to do.
Ephesians 2:10

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Let us not get tired of doing good, for we will reap at the proper time if we don’t give up. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us work for the good of all, especially for those who belong to the household of faith.
Galatians 6:9-10

[Shane Pruitt @shane_pruitt78]

According to the Wheatley Report drawing on studies cataloged in the Oxford University Press Handbook of Religion and Health:

People who are active in Church and Christian Community:

Experience less depression, anxiety, & suicide ideation.

But, also experience more life satisfaction, happiness, hope, & optimism.

Do yourself a favor and get in a church.

[Clay Smith @claysmith79]

The online SBC chatter two weeks out from the Annual Meeting is fairly predictable. Strong opinions, hot takes, and commentary from every angle; including from some people who are not even part of our Convention. I suppose we all have something to say.

But here’s something else that’s predictable.

In a few weeks, thousands of Southern Baptists will gather in one place. Most of them will be gracious, joyful, thoughtful people who genuinely enjoy being together and who sincerely want what is in the best long-term interest of our shared mission. We will not agree on everything, and we will not always get everything right. But God has a way of working through imperfect people who genuinely seek Him.

Here’s to the season! #SBC26

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For you were called to be free, brothers and sisters; only don’t use this freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but serve one another through love.
Galatians 5:13

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For those of you who were baptized into Christ have been clothed with Christ. There is no Jew or Greek, slave or free, male and female; since you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Galatians 3:27-28

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If boasting is necessary, I will boast about my weaknesses.
2 Corinthians 11:30

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The point is this: The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously.
2 Corinthians 9:6

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We are afflicted in every way but not crushed; we are perplexed but not in despair; we are persecuted but not abandoned; we are struck down but not destroyed.
2 Corinthians 4:8-9

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He has made us competent to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter, but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
2 Corinthians 3:6

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Where, death, is your victory? Where, death, is your sting? The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!
1 Corinthians 15:55-57