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fam, 👩🏼👩🏾‍🦱👩🏾‍🦱🧒🏽👶🏼 I want to be #happy in Jesus forever | former adjunct @biolau | born/raised #hawaii | pastor | hillcrest |

[DBartosik @DBartosik]

The gospel is absolutely free yet utterly priceless.

[☧ Today in Christian History @HistoricalRook]

#OTD July 1, 1899:
In Wisconsin, the Gideons were founded by three traveling businessmen. They placed their first Bibles in 1908 at the Superior Hotel in Iron Mountain, Montana.

[DBartosik @DBartosik]

Miss ya James!

[James 🔕 @the_jame]

Are our churches more like cruise ships or battleships?
Do they look more like the world or more like Christ?

(Claudio Farinha)

[DBartosik @DBartosik]

Today in #biolalentproject “Your kingdom, O Lord, comes in ways unexpected. Shine Your light into those parts of my soul that prevent me from seeing and hearing. Help me stop and listen. Help me trust that You are producing Your work in Your time. Help me take shelter in You.”

[Talbot School of Theology @talbottheology]

The Lent Project 2026 has started! Each year the Center for Christianity Culture and the Arts share devotionals for 40 days through Easter. Read today’s devotional and follow along below.

https://t.co/dzv41GM25Y

[Talk Church @churchtalkative]

BIBLE VS QUR’AN

[DBartosik @DBartosik]

Every Christmas Eve!

[Tony Seruga @TonySeruga]

Every Christmas Eve, I think about George Bailey.

He dreamed of escaping Bedford Falls—of shaking off the dust of a small town, building skyscrapers, exploring the world. Instead, he stayed. He ran the Building & Loan his father left behind. He sacrificed his college money, his honeymoon savings, his chance to see the world, over and over, because people needed him.

By the time the crisis hits, George feels like a failure. His life looks like one long series of missed opportunities, thwarted ambitions, and quiet resentments. He stands on the bridge, convinced the world would be better without him.

Then Clarence shows him the truth: a Bedford Falls without George Bailey is a darker, meaner, hollowed-out place. The people he quietly helped, the small acts of integrity he performed without recognition, the risks he took to protect others—those weren’t detours. They were the substance of his life.

The film’s deepest insight isn’t just that “no man is a failure who has friends.” It’s that real impact is almost always invisible in the moment. The lives you steady, the small kindnesses you extend, the responsibilities you shoulder when no one else will—these things ripple outward in ways you may never see.

A strong sense of purpose doesn’t erase pain; it transforms it. It doesn’t merely explain why hard things happened. It asks: What are you now responsible for because they happened?

Faith, at its best, does the same. It doesn’t promise that everything was “meant to be” in order to make suffering palatable. It invites you to look at what has been entrusted to you in light of what you’ve endured.

George’s story reminds us that meaning is rarely found in the grand escape, but in the faithful presence. The dreams we surrender don’t always vanish—they often become the raw material for something more enduring than we imagined.

If you’re carrying the weight of roads not taken, of dreams deferred, of a life that feels smaller than you once hoped—watch It’s a Wonderful Life again tonight. Not as nostalgia, but as revelation.

You may not see the full difference you’ve made yet.

But it’s there.

And it matters more than you know.

Merry Christmas, friends.

🎄🇨🇽🎅🦌☃️⛪️✝️❤️

[Joel Berry @JoelWBerry]

Molecular biology ended Darwinism as a viable theory many decades ago, but scientists kept it quiet because it’s their religion now.

[DBartosik @DBartosik]

@BiblicalBeauty Maybe. I’m still not sure but open to understanding. @biolau The data presented. A speaker from 2016. A professor in 2018. A 2021 incident that was dealt with. A human sexuality statement that delineates engaging people in housing based upon their sex/gender at birth.

[DBartosik @DBartosik]

@BiblicalBeauty @GoodVersus Feels like a hefty claim- what’s the data that leads you to that conclusion? @GoodVersus feels like a much better charitable perspective, unless there is more to the story we’re missing.

[DBartosik @DBartosik]

@NWhite_GA @charles_serrano What are you referencing that feels out of date? Marriage book? Prodigal God? Book on suffering? Self forgetfulness? The one on Mark? What am I not seeing?

[DBartosik @DBartosik]

Too soon! What an anchor in life and faith. #willbemissed

[FoundersMin @FoundersMin]

We are saddened to inform friends that our dear brother, Voddie Baucham, Jr., has left the land of the dying and entered the land of the living. Earlier today, after suffering an emergency medical incident, he entered into his rest and the immediate presence of the Savior whom he loved, trusted, and served since he was converted as a college student. Please pray for Bridget, their children, and grandchildren.

Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints. – Psalm 116:15

https://t.co/Fxd8q6JjC9

[DBartosik @DBartosik]

The gospel!

[Townhall.com @townhallcom]

Have you EVER seen this much passion from Secretary @marcorubio?

This is REMARKABLE to watch.

PREACH.

[DBartosik @DBartosik]

Kids are a gift. Vital years!

[DBartosik @DBartosik]

Better to give than receive.

[Desiring God @desiringGod]

Why does God fill his table with the needy? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Luke 14:15–24 to display the glory of a God who gives freely to those who cannot repay. https://t.co/KB0CMqqQuE

[Charlie Kirk @charliekirk11]

It’s all about Jesus.

[DBartosik @DBartosik]

@jasonvana Culture? :)

[DBartosik @DBartosik]

Love it

[Jeremy Treat @JeremyTreat5]

I heard that people are looking for books to read on the atonement. Great! Here’s a starter pack.

[DBartosik @DBartosik]

Can’t wait! @_LucasONeill!

[pastortheologiancollective @thePTC_WI]

Our next PTC Gathering is coming up on September 9th with Dr. Lucas O’Neill, author of Preaching to Be Heard. We hope you’ll join us for two engaging lectures, encouraging conversations, and a free lunch!

https://t.co/m4aLMuL5qu

[DBartosik @DBartosik]

Repeat.

[Matt Smethurst @MattSmethurst]

Alistair Begg’s framework for preparing sermons:

1. Think yourself empty.
2. Read yourself full.
3. Write yourself clear.
4. Pray yourself hot.
5. Be yourself.
6. Forget yourself.

[DBartosik @DBartosik]

Going home.

[Grace to You @gracetoyou]

Our hearts are heavy, yet rejoicing, as we share the news that our beloved pastor and teacher John MacArthur has entered into the presence of the Savior. This evening, his faith became sight. He faithfully endured until his race was run.

2 Timothy 4:1-8

[John Piper @JohnPiper]

“Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.” Colossians 4:2

Three marks of prayer:

Steadfast….not ceasing.
Watchful….not sleeping.
Thankful….not presumptuous.