The pastorate will crush any man who isn't anchored in and regularly refreshed by the truth of the Gospel. I don't care how gifted a speaker or leader he is, how intellectually astute or go-getterish. He will not be able to shepherd the flock apart from Gospel-thick thinking and living.
- B.A. Purtle
“A Lion of the Pulpit, Now in Christ’s Presence: The Relentless Expository Passion of John F. MacArthur, Jr., 1939-2025. This essay honors John MacArthur as a great gift to Christ’s church — and to me. To God be the glory. https://t.co/16ndeiBS9z
#OTD February 23, 155:
(traditional date)
Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna, was martyred at age 86. Traditionally a disciple of the Apostle John, he led the church in Roman Asia Minor. Arrested during persecution, he faced death by fire, saying, ‘You try to frighten me with fire that burns for an hour and forget the fire of hell that never burns out.’
The Martyrdom of Polycarp records he died by a soldier’s sword after the flames didn’t finish the job. His courage, written down early, strengthened the early Church.
My favorite five @JohnPiper quotes:
1. “God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him.”
2. “One of the great uses of Twitter and Facebook will be to prove at the Last Day that prayerlessness was not from lack of time.”
3. “Missions exist because worship doesn’t.”
4. “God is always doing 10,000 things in your life, and you may be aware of three of them.”
5. “Sin is what you do when your heart is not satisfied with God.”
@EdKrassen Actually, I live in Georgia where teachers have gotten a raise the past 5 years (including 2020) with higher test scores and billions in a surplus. All this brought to you by Governor Kemp. Your perceived facts are wrong!
On this Election Day, Christians, be encouraged by these truths:
1. This is not the “most important election of your lifetime”. Your election in Christ is.
2. Whatever happens today, it won’t catch God by surprise. Whoever wins is only because of God’s providential plan.
3. Our ultimate calling is to be an ambassador for Christ. Don’t let your rhetoric over a preferred political candidate ruin your witness for Jesus.
4. Trust in the Lord. No matter how bad this world gets, it’s as close to Hell as you’ll ever be, because Heaven is your home.
Yesterday—a week before the close of the fiscal year—the Lottie Offering hit a record high & continues to grow. We thank God for the generosity of Southern Baptists in supporting missionaries addressing lostness as the world’s greatest problem!