Gerred Bell

Baptist layman | Financial Analyst | Economics and Investing Hobbyist

[Gerred Bell @GerredwithaG]

“In the case of social failure... the consolation consists in the belief that one’s inability to attain the lofty goals to which one has aspired is not to be ascribed to one’s own inadequacy, but to the defectiveness of the social order.”
-Ludwig von Mises

#SocialismKills

[Gerred Bell @GerredwithaG]

I’m happy to see the title of Michael’s book grabbing people’s attention.

It’s time for Christians to take an active role in the world around us and stop demanding that we do everything possible to make sure we “lose down here”.

Pre-order is open!
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[Michael Clary @dmichaelclary]

I just spoke to a man on the phone who reached out after seeing this book advertised by Canon Press. We'd never met before.

He reached out because the title grabbed his attention and he wanted to share his experience with me. He told me he's in a church where the pastor is a gifted expositor of scripture but has some views that are troubling to him.

His pastor teaches that suffering and retreat are the Christian's default posture. He believes

* The Christian's primary duty in life is to suffer
* If someone were attacking his family he would not use force to protect them
* Christians should generally stay out of politics
* The church's only responsibility to culture is to do evangelism

That's close to word-for-word what he told me.

Every one of those beliefs is false and constitutes what I call loser theology.

I could tell the man on the other end of the phone is a man of courage. But his own church is telling him to sit down and be quiet. His pastor is telling him to lose on earth so he can be a winner in heaven.

He seemed relieved when I told him this is exactly what my book is about. I told him he's not alone and there are plenty of solid believers out there who want to be equipped for courage, not pressured to opt out.

They're tired of being told they should just lose and feel good about it.

This is who I wrote the book for.

[Gerred Bell @GerredwithaG]

@bendellwerry “The question is on the amendment as amended”

[Rupert Lowe MP @RupertLowe10]

Stop calling them ‘Asian’ ‘grooming gangs’.

They are not Japanese.

Call them what they are.

Predominately Pakistani Muslim rape gangs.

[Center for Baptist Leadership @BaptistLeaders]

We are officially endorsing @WillyRice for SBC President.

Willy Rice’s love for the Lord and the local church, for Baptists as a Baptist people, and his courage, conservatism, conviction, and humility have been on clear display over many years in SBC life.

He has earned our support and our vote, and we encourage all Baptists gathered in Orlando to offer the same.
https://t.co/ljc1k90whC

[Gerred Bell @GerredwithaG]

@RealPatSawyer @Rick_White @DefiantBaptist @jamesjkerr Here are a few to start:

How does this person define the complementarianism they subscribe to?

Does that definition align with scripture?

Does the definition seek to glorify God first or does it seek the line of disobedience so they can “stay on the correct side of it?”

[Rhett Burns @rhett_burns]

The divide in the SBC is not so much between conservative and liberal (on paper) but between strong men and weak men.

The weak men accommodate--and then abdicate to--liberalism, all the while protesting that they signed the paper.

But they doth protest too much.

[Gerred Bell @GerredwithaG]

@RealPatSawyer @Rick_White @DefiantBaptist @jamesjkerr I think you’re on the right track, but I also think you’re asking the wrong question so you’ll naturally get an unhelpful and/or insufficient answer.

[Gerred Bell @GerredwithaG]

I endorse this message

Make Manuals Great Again

[Patrick Bet-David @patrickbetdavid]

Call me old school, but I want manual transmissions to make a comeback.

Anyone who can drive a stick shift uphill without stalling is made for greatness.

[Gerred Bell @GerredwithaG]

This is baseline for any organization that wants to be taken seriously by the people whose votes they are attempting to secure.

[Ben Weir @Weir4Liberty]

Pleased to announce that my LNC convention dress code proposal has officially been moved and has the necessary cosponsors to be voted on and considered by the LNC before next week!

If all goes according to plan, the LP will enter convention with a basic business casual dress code policy in place for official proceedings.

Yes, that also means the Chair or a designee would have the authority to remove blatantly unserious or unprofessional behavior from the convention floor during official business sessions.

We are so back.

[Gerred Bell @GerredwithaG]

@SteaknShake if you’re listening…

Add waffles or biscuits made with butter and served with real butter spread. Let people add steak burger meat to the hash browns.

@BonifaceOption is onto something. All we want is a hearty breakfast without two days of regret to follow…

[Andrew Isker 🌳🪓 @BonifaceOption]

If Steak and Shake started offering eggs fried in butter and hashbrowns fried in beef tallow, it would be the premier breakfast chain in America.

[Gerred Bell @GerredwithaG]

Schrödinger’s skillset: simultaneously extremely valuable and not valuable at all based on whether the job is in the free market or in some “non-governmental” organization

This philosophical dilemma should be studied

[Jeremy Kauffman 🦔🌲🌕 @jeremykauffman]

Why would she have to "start over"?

With a compensation of $272,000 she must have skills highly valued by the market.

[Gerred Bell @GerredwithaG]

Dude looks like the Mouth of Sauron

I’m sure he’s nice if you get to know him though

[William Wolfe 🇺🇸 @WilliamWolfe]

Woke Christians attacking ICE and opposing mass deportations:

“You can’t do that! That’s mean! Jesus said to welcome the stranger and love the sojourner!”

The stranger and sojourner:

[Gerred Bell @GerredwithaG]

These confessions will heal our land

[IT Unprofessional @it_unprofession]

I just tipped 20% on a bottle of water I grabbed out of a mini-fridge myself.

I brought it to the counter.

The cashier didn't even scan it.

He just pushed a button and spun the POS terminal around.

The screen suggested 20, 25, or 30 percent.

For a moment, I considered finding the custom tip option.

But there was a line of people behind me.

The cashier was making direct, unblinking eye contact.

I folded under the pressure of a digitized guilt trip.

I paid $4.80 for a Poland Spring.

I basically gave a teenager a dollar to legally supervise me purchasing hydration.

He didn't even offer a receipt.

He just spun the tablet back around and looked away.

I said thank you.

I thanked him for letting me give him extra money.

I am part of the problem.

[Jon Whitehead @jrwhitehead]

Willy Rice wants to make things better — for messengers.

It’s simple, but so maddeningly rare.

[Willy Rice @WillyRice]

When it comes to the SBC Annual Meeting, location matters. Here are some of my thoughts and concerns.

[Gerred Bell @GerredwithaG]

@WillyRice This is a big deal. If the SBC is made up of mostly southern churches, doesn’t it make sense that the annual meeting be in the South on a regular basis?

[Gerred Bell @GerredwithaG]

@PerfInjust @merelyjwright I think defining their terms would be counterproductive to their ends

[Auron MacIntyre @AuronMacintyre]

Juries don't work because you changed the people

Flying doesn't work because you changed the people

Stores, schools, hospitals--they don't work because you changed the people

You can't change the people and keep the system, the system was made for the people

[Gerred Bell @GerredwithaG]

@EWErickson @WilliamWolfe This is embarrassing. You should log off for a bit brother.

[Gerred Bell @GerredwithaG]

“The question isn’t ‘Who is a pastor?’

The Bible and the BF&M make that clear: Only a biblically-qualified man.

The question is whether we, as a local association, will stand up in the midst of a watching world and say it with our chest?”

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