Eric Franklin

Married to @cuprunovr, Father, Pastor.

[Tyler C @tyler_austin55]

I had a conversation with an old acquaintance recently who believes that only evangelism really matters. After all, the world is not our home, so civil life is secondary. Building lasting things is not necessary, children are optional, having a legacy is suspect, etc. His view is that the dominion mandate has expired, and so the Great Commission is really our ultimate, only mandate.

He is married, but he and his wife do not want children. Instead, they fill their time with travelling and seeing the world. Why not? If the world is going to be destroyed anyway, and the Christian life is reduced to extracting souls from the world rather than discipling men to take up their duties within it? Why invest in households, institutions, and future generations?

This is a thinner Christianity than what the Scriptures portray. The point of being a citizen of heaven is not to despise earthly duties, but to be ambassadors of heaven here on earth. After all, it is still our Father’s world: “The earth is the LORD’s, and all its fullness, The world and those who dwell therein” (Psalm 24:1).

In Jeremiah 29, God did not tell exiles in Babylon to sit around waiting for escape. He told them to build houses, plant gardens, take wives, have sons and daughters, and seek the peace of the city. The Great Commission does not cancel the dominion mandate, but rather, it restores men to God so that they can order their lives toward Christ. A disembodied Christianity is not the goal. Christ saves men with bodies, spouses, children, homes, churches, grandchildren, etc. And then he restores their nature so that they can order all of these aspects of their lives for his glory.

The Gospel does not make the dirt we till unimportant, and no faithful servant buries his tools because the Master is coming back.

[Eric Franklin @ericdotfranklin]

@nflnetwork The USFL

[Michael Hurley @michaelFhurley]

The NFL should be ashamed for this joke of a field for the SUPER BOWL.

[Gator 🏈 @TheFFGator]

Can’t believe one bad defensive holding call handed the Chiefs 38 points and immediately blew the Eagles lead for them

[BJ Kissel @BJ_KCSN]

RT if Patrick Mahomes can have your right leg.

[Mick Shaffer @mickshaffer]

Fool me three times blame on who?

[Eric Franklin @ericdotfranklin]

Questions of implementation are of no consequence until the vision can be imagined. Imagination must come before implementation. Our culture is competent to implement almost anything and to imagine almost nothing. -Walter Brueggemann

[Eric Franklin @ericdotfranklin]

@scoresinkansas @scoresinkansas Southeast of Saline 28 - Chaparral 6 at the Half

[Eric Franklin @ericdotfranklin]

@scoresinkansas Southeast of Saline 16 - Hillsboro 6

[NAMB @NAMB_SBC]

Pastor—if you had to take an unforeseen medical leave of absence, could your congregation survive without you? Could they thrive?

@johnmarkclifton & @andyaddis share practical discipleship tips for ensuring your church is not completely dependent on you: https://t.co/ngxOkLeA79

[Eric Franklin @ericdotfranklin]

@andyaddis You might be trying too hard to not be a “try hard”😂

[Brad Brisco @bradleybrisco]

"It turns out that the status quo is the status quo because it’s good at sticking around.

But brave people stand up and speak up and take action.

Better is possible… if we care enough to walk away from what was and brave enough to build something new." ~ Seth Godin

[Daniel Im @danielsangi]

"I do not think the devil cares how many churches you build, if only you have lukewarm preachers and lukewarm people in them." - Charles Spurgeon

[Daniel Im @danielsangi]

"We are too prone to engrave our trials in marble and write our blessings in sand." - Spurgeon

[The Breaks @WatchTheBreaks]

RT if you can name all 12 of these men without reading the comments

[Eric Franklin @ericdotfranklin]

"Our kids were given to us for the purpose of the mission. . . . When you accept the call to Jesus, you accept the call to mission. That’s the truth that should shape the way we raise our children." https://t.co/toMUAvThe4

[Geoff Schwartz @geoffschwartz]

Chiefs are a year ahead of schedule. Have their franchise QB. 3rd highest scoring offense ever. Get some more pieces in the secondary and they will be fine. Go @Chiefs!!!

[Arrowhead Pride @ArrowheadPride]

#TwoMore #TwoMore #TwoMore #TwoMore #TwoMore #TwoMore #TwoMore #TwoMore #TwoMore #TwoMore #TwoMore #TwoMore #TwoMore #TwoMore #TwoMore #TwoMore #TwoMore #TwoMore #TwoMore #TwoMore #TwoMore #TwoMore #TwoMore #TwoMore #TwoMore #TwoMore #TwoMore #TwoMore #TwoMore #TwoMore #TwoMore

[Mitchell Schwartz @MitchSchwartz71]

Yes the 2013 playoff game when Pat was in high school affects our upcoming game this week tremendously. Come on man

[Daniel Im @danielsangi]

“When pastors don’t have rich spiritual lives with Christ...they begin to think their job is managing a set of ministry activities and success is about getting more people to engage those activities." – Dallas Willard