David Beckner

Husband of Cristi; Jesus lover; sharing the sufficiency of Jesus for everyday life

[Allie ✝️ @allieandcoffee]

I miss John MacArthur. 😢

[🇺🇸 🦅Simple Man 🦅🇺🇸 @Soaringeagle45]

THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW IF YOU MOVE TO THE SOUTH.
1. A possum is a flat animal that sleeps in the middle of the road.
2. There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 of them live in the South.
3. There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 of them live in the South, plus a couple no one's seen before.
4. If it grows, it'll stick ya. If it crawls, it'll bite cha.
5. Onced and Twiced are words.
6. It is not a shopping cart, it is a buggy!
7. Jawl-P? means: Did you all go to the bathroom?
8. People actually grow, eat, and like okra.
9. Fixinto is one word. It means I'm going to do something.
10. There is no such thing as lunch. There is only dinner and then there's supper.
11. Iced tea is appropriate for all meals and you start drinking it when you're two. We do like a little tea with our sugar. It is referred to as the Wine of the South.
12. Backwards and forwards means I know everything about you.
13. The word jeet is actually a question meaning, 'Did you eat?'
14. You don't have to wear a watch, because it doesn't matter what time it is, you work until you're done or it's too dark to see.
15. You don't PUSH buttons, you MASH em.
16. Y'all is singular. All Y'all is plural.
17. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect, or animal.
18. You carry jumper cables in your car for your OWN car.
19. You only own five spices: salt, pepper, Cajun seasoning, Tabasco, and ketchup.
20. The local papers cover national and international news on one page, but require 6 pages for local high school sports, motorsports, and gossip.
21. Everyone you meet is a Honey, Sugar, Sweetheart, Miss (first name), or Mr (first name)
22. You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday.
23. You know what a hissy fit is..
24. Fried catfish is the other white meat.
25. We don't need no dang Driver's Ed. If our mama says we can drive, we can drive!!!
26. You understand these jokes and forward them to your Southern friends and those who just wish they were from the South.
AND one more:
27. Why did the chicken cross the road? To show that stupid possum that it CAN be done

[Abhi Ai @Heyabhi29]

Amazon has 180 million Prime members in the United States alone, each one paying $139 a year, and Amazon is quietly betting that the overwhelming majority of them will only ever use that membership for exactly one thing: free two-day shipping on packages. Nothing more than that, year after year, renewal after renewal, without a single person at Amazon ever sitting them down and explaining what else that annual fee is actually paying for.

One guy knows otherwise, because it was literally his job to know. He worked Amazon customer service for four full years, specifically fielding billing and membership questions, and in that time he personally handled thousands of calls that all circled back to some version of the exact same confused question: "what do I even get for $139 a year, besides shipping?" He told me something last week that should genuinely change how you use your membership starting tonight, not next month, not whenever you remember.

"Every single complaint I handled for four years came down to the same 10 Prime benefits nobody ever activates. Not because the benefits don't exist. Because Amazon buries them so effectively behind a shipping-first homepage that most members genuinely never discover half of what they're already paying for, sometimes for years at a stretch, sometimes for the entire length of their membership."

Here are 10 Amazon Prime benefits you're already paying for and almost certainly never use 🧵

[David Beckner @davidbeckner]

@lukedsimmons The Donut Hole. Phenomenal donuts and a great all day menu. Huge portions.

[Nick Batzig @Nick_Batzig]

Andrew Bonar, brother of Horitius Bonar, and close friends with Robert Murray McCheyne, struggled with seeing his friend and his brother rise in popularity above him. Determined to put away his envy, he wrote an entry in his diary stating,

“It is amazing that the Lord has spared me and used me at all. I have no reason to wonder that He used others far more than He does me. Yet envy is my hurt, and today I have been seeking grace to rejoice exceedingly over the usefulness of others, even where it cast me into the shade. Lord, take away this envy from me!”

What a heart and what a prayer for us to make our own!

[David Beckner @davidbeckner]

@etanthomas36 😂😂😂

[Pratik Dünya @pratikdunya]

Bu adamı her izlediğimde mutlaka yeni bir şey öğreniyorum.

[Josh Barzon @JoshuaBarzon]

A helpful timeline of the whole Bible

[DrJackHughes @DrJackHughes]

I graduated from The Master's Seminary in 1991, so I was there when the school was just beginning. Dr. George Zemek taught me how to get my theology and doctrine from the Bible. It is hard work to get your theology and doctrine from the Bible, and that is why most get their theology from the churches they attend, books, podcasts, or blog posts.

Some of the uninspired books that people learn their theology from are written by people who have read the works of other people, who have read the works of other people, who read the works of people who studied the Bible a long time ago. They don't realize they are three or four steps or generations removed from actually studying the Bible for themselves. It never dawns on them that learning theology from uninspired works is not studying the Bible.

Extra-biblical, non-inspired works can be helpful, but the Bible "Sola Scripture" (since it is reformation month), should be our primary source of doctrine, not what people tell us the Bible teaches. Yes, as a young believer you learn doctrine from what you are taught at church or the person discipling you (Mt. 28:19-20; Titus 1:9). Pastors are called upon to "teach sound doctrine" (1 Tim. 4:6; Titus 2:1), "doctrine conforming to godliness," (1 Tim. 6:3), and "instruction" that produces "love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith" (1 Tim. 1:5).

This is what Dr. Zemek taught me about learning theology and doctrine from the Bible:

1. Scan as many resources from different theological persuasions as you can, writing down all the key Scripture references they use to support a particular doctrine. Theologians are often selective in the Scriptures they use, not mentioning Scriptures that might upset their theological system or camp. By looking at the Scriptures used by people from opposing theological positions, you get a broader range of key Scriptures to study in their contexts. (The New Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is a very helpful resource for finding key cross references.)

2. After collecting as many key Scripture references that relate to a specific doctrine, read and study each of those Scriptures in the flow of their contexts, writing down what they teach about the doctrine being studied.

3. After looking up, reading, and studying all the key Scripture References, then synthesize what they teach so that no Scripture contradicts another. Since the Holy Spirit inspired the Word of God (2 Tim. 3:16-17; 2 Pet. 1:20-21), and since the Holy Spirit, being God, cannot err, so the Scriptures cannot err. If you find Scriptures that contradict each other, then either your interpretation of one, or the other, or both are wrong. Study harder.

4. After reading, studying, and synthesizing all key Scriptures related to a certain doctrine, THEN read extra biblical resources to see what you can learn from others who have studied the Bible (the hermeneutical "checking principle.") Refine and adjust your understanding of the doctrine being studied.

Dr. Zemek would have us read some from uninspired works, but most of class time was spent looking up key cross references in their contexts. Day after day we heard, "turn to . . . in your Bibles." We would then study what that particular passage taught in its context, make observations and application. Dr. Zemek would also point out key nuances of Hebrew and Greek. Then we would move on to the next text. Dr. Zemek modeled for us in class, how we were to learn theology in our studies and future ministries.

I am afraid many seminaries have drifted away from encouraging their students to study the Bible for themselves. They have students read a great volumes of uninspired works, but not study the Bible for themselves as a priority. As a result, students graduate having never learned theology and doctrine from the Bible. They think their doctrine is based on the Word of God, when in reality it is based on the pre-digested, uninspired works of men. In honor of Reformation month, may our cry always be "Sola Scriptura."

[Don’t @ Me @DontAtMeDD]

Want fans to take the WNBA seriously? Start by suspending A’ja Wilson.

[David Beckner @davidbeckner]

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[Jaxon @jaxoncoder]

A flight attendant for a major US airline retired last month.

14 years in the sky. Over 10,000 flights.

We had drinks on Tuesday and I asked her what she actually does differently when she flies as a normal passenger.

She gave me a list of 6 things. I haven't looked at an airport the same way since.

[Unitree @UnitreeRobotics]

The World's Largest-Scale Full-Size Humanoid Robot Real-Time Livestream Performance💃
At the Opening Ceremony of WorldSkills Shanghai 2026 on September 22, 19 Unitree humanoid robots performed alongside 120 dancers, presenting the world's largest-scale performance featuring full-size general-purpose humanoid robots before an audience of more than 10,000 people, with a fully AI-driven autonomous robot cluster performance live-streamed worldwide in real time.

[Janice Dean @JaniceDean]

#neverforget they purposely lied about the deaths in nursing homes.
https://t.co/WDaJw5zj65

[David Beckner @davidbeckner]

@CelticBaptist Thx for the info

[𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 ✨🎵 @Hoang_HQ]

Dad really killed it on this one! Hilarious😂

[Matt Bear @_MattBear]

Sinclair Ferguson warns ministers against an "oppositional tone" in preaching, where the pastor preaches in an "attack mode" and is "coming down upon the people instead of bringing them up to the Lord Jesus Christ."

He says there is a way in which men can even preach the great indicative truths of the Scriptures in an imperative tone because of the preacher's affections.

Sinclair includes this great line that the people need to hear that "the only interest Jesus has in their sin is to get rid of it."

Really convicting stuff here for preachers.

[Tyler Campbell @osucowboytc]

This sounds pithy. It's terrible theology. And it's arrogant. Think about it. It's saying a pastor can summon God by preaching and then people will flock. The catalyst? The preacher's actions.

Nope. That's not how this works. And it's not grounded at all in Scripture.

[Josh Barzon @JoshuaBarzon]

Christian identity is not achieved but received. In the economy of grace, our identity is anchored in the person of Christ rather than our personal performance or history. To be "in Christ" means your standing before the Father is as secure as the Son's own righteousness.