Tatum Brose

It’s Jesus or nothing 🫡
Oral Roberts & The American University of Rome Alumni 👩‍🎓

[Isaiah Robin @isaiahrobinlive]

🚨Christians in Nigeria, continue to cry out in prayer for help as many are being killed for their faith🙏

[Scott Roberts @ScottRoberts]

Christians should be the hardest people in the room to manipulate with fear.

God rules history.
Christ conquered death.
Our sins are forgiven.
Our future is secure.

What exactly are we supposed to panic about?

[OSINTtechnical @Osinttechnical]

Kyiv’s iconic Lavra Monastery is on fire after Russian missiles and Shahed attack drones struck Ukraine’s capital tonight.

[Matt Smethurst @MattSmethurst]

Man, this is beautiful. A life adorning the gospel.

Listen to what @StevenBartlett—host of one of the world’s most popular podcasts—says to Christian apologist John Lennox.

[AFaithUnderSiege @FaithUnderSiege]

The Transfiguration Church of Sloviansk, Ukraine, refuses to bow to Putin's bombs. Their church has been hit twice, but their faith has not been shaken once; That's the power of Christ's Spirit in Ukrainian believers.

Take a stand against Russia's War on Ukrainian Christians by partnering with Transfiguration Church in their rebuild today.
👉 https://t.co/Mr2U2PoeEi

#PrayforUkraine #Ukraine #Church #Christian

[katbyrd🐦‍⬛ @KatharinaLeAnn]

I heard a pastor say something that jolted me

Every time Jesus speaks to demons, they obey instantly. Zero resistance.

But when Jesus speaks to us, thru scripture, His Spirit, conviction …we pause, wrestle, delay.

Why are we slower to obey than even the things that hate Him?

[C. S. Lewis @CSLewisDaily]

“The Son of God became a man to enable men to become sons of God.” - C.S. Lewis

[Faithfulness Okom @AttorneyF_]

I went back to read the resurrection accounts of Matthew and John this morning and noticed something interesting. The first words out of Jesus’ mouth after the resurrection were “go tell my brothers.” And it brought me to tears.

Matthew 28:10. Read it slowly. The stone has just rolled back. Death has just been defeated for the first time in human history. The most consequential moment in the cosmos has just occurred. And the risen King opens his mouth and calls us brothers.
But Matthew alone might not stop you.

So go to John 20:17, where he tells Mary what to tell them:

“I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.”
He does not say “the Father.” He does not say “God.” He says MY Father is now YOUR Father. MY God is now YOUR God.

He rises and the first thing he does is redistribute the inheritance.

This is where most people misread the resurrection. They treat it as a power demonstration. Jesus proved he was God. Jesus showed death who was boss. And those things are true but they are not the point. The point is what he did with the power once he had it.

Because what I have learned in my few years on earth is that when men have power, the immediate instinct is to reclassify.

The people who were their peers become subordinates. The people who called you brother now call you sir. We have seen it in offices, in governments, in churches. Elevation changes vocabulary.

The higher a man rises the lonelier the pronoun “we” becomes.

Jesus rose to the highest position in the universe and his vocabulary did not change. He came back and said brothers. He said your Father. He said our God. He reclassified upward. He used his exaltation not to press us into subjects but to pull us into sons.

This is the actual consequence of the resurrection: ADOPTION. A dead savior cannot make you a son. A dead elder brother cannot bring you into the family. He had to conquer death because brothers share in each other’s life and he could not give us what he had not first secured himself.

Romans 8:29 calls him the firstborn among many brothers. Firstborn means there are others coming. You are not a spectator of his resurrection. You are its intended outcome.

The crowned King looked across the infinite chasm between his holiness and your humanity and the word he chose was not “subject.” It was not “servant.” It was not even “beloved.”
He said brother.

On the other side of death, with all authority in heaven and earth, he said brother.

So celebrate today for everything it is. Celebrate the empty tomb, celebrate the vindication of a man the world tried, condemned, and buried, and whom heaven refused to leave in the ground. Celebrate the sins that are gone and the immeasurable, uncontainable, universe-rearranging power of God on full display.

But do not miss the most beautiful thing.

He did not just cancel your debt. He gave you a name. He did not just acquit you. He adopted you. Forgiveness would have been everything. Sonship is more than everything. And he gave us both.

The risen King called us brothers. That means the Father he returned to is the Father we are returning to. That means the glory he walked into is the glory we are walking toward. That means Easter is not just the day Jesus won.
It is the day you inherited everything he won it for.

Hallelujah! He is risen.

[Sarah E. Makin ن @DCSas]

On this Good Friday, we remember the profound sacrificial love of Jesus Christ, who gave everything so that we might have life and hope.

In His suffering and sacrifice on the cross, we find forgiveness, redemption, and the deepest peace that comes from calling Him our Messiah and Lord.

Father, thank You for loving us so fiercely. Teach me how to be more like You.

[Shane Pruitt @shane_pruitt78]

Jesus didn’t die boldly and publicly for us to follow Him secretly and cowardly.

[Shukri Hamk 🇦🇺 @Yazidisto]

The Palm Sunday massacre of Christians last night in Nigeria should be front page news everywhere this morning — but it isn’t.

[Sarah E. Makin ن @DCSas]

Thank you, @mercedesschlapp & @CPAC for the opportunity to share the truth about the hidden war Russia is waging on Christians in occupied Ukraine.

Powerful Russian-funded lobbyists and disinformation are flooding conservative circles, but we have SEEN what they do firsthand and we have filmed it. Watch it at https://t.co/Fbk0QydsFK. Evangelicals, Catholics, Orthodox, Jewish … no one is safe from Putin.

We must STOP the Russian war machine and push back against their well funded propaganda efforts.

@FaithUnderSiege

[Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson]

They’re not even hiding it anymore.

Put on the full armor of God…

[Sarah E. Makin ن @DCSas]

Thank you, @SamuelBrownback, for calling out the Kremlin for their use of the ROC to persecute other faiths in Russia and occupied territories. cc @FaithUnderSiege

[Providence Magazine @ProvMagazine]

As President Trump seeks a peace deal in Ukraine, he must remember that every Ukrainian pastor not aligned with the Russian Orthodox Church left behind Russian lines is at risk for imprisonment and torture @MooreUSA
https://t.co/BhtoTOtvgA

[AFaithUnderSiege @FaithUnderSiege]

“Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. By their fruit you will recognize them." -Matthew 7:15-16

[Sarah E. Makin ن @DCSas]

Letter from 60+ current & former NFL players calling for action against religious persecution in Nigeria: ‘The lives at stake cannot wait’

Among the actions suggested by the players: expand U.S. humanitarian assistance to the millions of displaced people in Nigeria; require public, quarterly reporting to Congress on incidents of religiously motivated violence; and fill the role of Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom at the U.S. State Department @RepMarkWalker.

https://t.co/ViowxswOHE

@NICKIMINAJ

[Steven Moore @MooreUSA]

Torture and imprisonment await Protestants and Catholics practicing their faith in Russian-occupied Ukraine. Why? Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill declared a Holy War on Ukraine and the west. The @societyofstjohn, followers of Kirill, are on Capitol Hill today. Ask them about it.

[China Commission @CECCgov]

"I am sometimes indeed fearful—after all, I know that I am seeking to expose and hold to account the second most powerful country in the world. Yet as a Christian, I believe that we are asked to take courage and speak the truth, and that the God who created Heaven and Earth will stand by my side."
Watch Grace Zin Drexel full and powerful testimony:
https://t.co/yMquvXAnEO

#ReligiousFreedom

[AFaithUnderSiege @FaithUnderSiege]

Shortly before Jesus went to the cross to sacrifice His life for our sins, He comforted His disciples saying, "In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world." (John 16:33)

Our Lord who committed no sin, yet took upon Himself all the sin of the world; suffering the most pain and humiliation imaginable, thought to comfort His people during the most difficult hour of His earthly life. Jesus knew that those who choose to follow Him would face hardship in this world, but by His Salvation and Spirit, and through His victory over sin and death, we can endure every trouble that life may bring with our Hope in Him!

From the Ukrainian Christians in Russian-Occupied territories facing intense persecution for their faith in Christ, to the countless civilians in free territories facing constant air-raids and the loss of dear loved ones, the Lord is present with you in your suffering! Though it may feel bleak in these dark moments, in Christ you may find hope, joy, and peace that is unexplainable. In Christ, we already have the victory!

🌍 Learn more about Russia’s persecution of Ukrainian Christians through our new Docu-Series “A Faith Under Siege the Series,” streaming excusively on https://t.co/mpEWWa7bIO and the Angel App! You can also check out our full-length feature documentary “A Faith Under Siege,” on our website https://t.co/XD7aSB1nuE!

#AFaithUnderSiege #Ukraine #PrayforUkraine #RussiaUkraine #Christianity