Jonathan Wilwerding

Bond servant of Christ. Husband & father. Pastor of congregational care at Ventura Baptist Church.
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

[Jonathan Wilwerding @JDWilwerding]

@Dingoaussie787 @reachjulieroys @JohnCMaxwell @WillowCreekCC [17] “Your people are saying, ‘The Lord isn’t doing what’s right,’ but it is they who are not doing what’s right. [18] For again I say, when righteous people turn away from their righteous behavior and turn to evil, they will die.

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[Jonathan Wilwerding @JDWilwerding]

@Dingoaussie787 @reachjulieroys @JohnCMaxwell @WillowCreekCC Ezekiel 33:13, 17-18 NLT
[13] When I tell righteous people that they will live, but then they sin, expecting their past righteousness to save them, then none of their righteous acts will be remembered. I will destroy them for their sins.

[The Gospel Coalition @TGC]

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[Jonathan Wilwerding @JDWilwerding]

@PappenheimWx The exact same thing whoever took this picture did—take a picture

[SpurgeonBooks @SpurgeonBooks]

“My own weakness makes me shrink, but God's promise makes me brave.”

— Charles Spurgeon

[Paul David Tripp @PaulTripp]

If someone were to ask you what trusting God looks like, what would you say?

[Jonathan Wilwerding @JDWilwerding]

@PaulTripp It looks like going to Jesus. Not praying into the air, not hoping the best, not thinking of what he might offer--no, it means going to him and staying there. "The work (trust in) of God is this that you believe on the One he sent"

[Tabletalk Magazine @Tabletalk]

God commands what we cannot do that we may know what we ought to seek from Him. —Augustine

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@JamesJoiner_WX https://t.co/gdVj13eSri
Was working in a nursing home in Roanoke during this tornado and it missed us by a mile and a half. I saw the whole thing through a resident's window.

[Jonathan Wilwerding @JDWilwerding]

If it feels dark look for light. . .

[Jonathan Wilwerding @JDWilwerding]

This evenings stress management painting. . .

[Jonathan Wilwerding @JDWilwerding]

@EKHyland @TGC Yes, I get that, and that is why I, too, struggle with that article it seems reactionary rather than thoughtful, and considering the subject matter, it really does need to be thoughtful because the whole subject is gunpowder

[Jonathan Wilwerding @JDWilwerding]

@EKHyland @TGC People who have probably never truly cared for another person in their entire lives. I genuinely ask you to be careful not to discourage the people in the trenches because this feels a bit like friendly fire to me and is very wounding in many ways to a tender conscience.

[Jonathan Wilwerding @JDWilwerding]

@EKHyland @TGC My job was to get the men to take responsibility for their reprehensible actions. Finally, I struggle with the article referenced here as well, but I just have been through a lot because I do desperately care for people and love them, and I have often been accused of not caring