@lukedsimmons That’s helpful. We get lots of why ?s & as long as I feel it’s being asked in good faith I’m happy to share with people why we do what we do. They may not agree but I want them to know there’s prayerful thought & scriptural reflection that goes into our practices & culture
Reducing non-essential doctrines to, “because that’s what the Bible says,” is either presumptuous, lazy, uncharitable, or any combination thereof. Christians ought to think more deeply, consider more humbly, & and engage more charitably.
So much of the Christian life can be boiled down to two simple truths.
1. You are no longer your own. You belong to Christ.
2. You are no longer 𝘰𝘯 your own. He gave you the church.
“If the gospel is to challenge the public life of our society, if Christians are to occupy the ‘high ground’ which they vacated in the noontime of ‘modernity,’ it will not be by forming a Christian political party, or by aggressive propaganda campaigns.
Reports of the second USAF aircrew member rescued is an answer to all our prayers. I honor the bravery of our search and rescue teams and our special forces. I hope no casualties. And, I salute the F-15E Weapon Systems Officer who put their survival skills to work in a very dangerous and harrowing situation.
Here’s a feature request for @Apple - allow for different notification settings for messages vs reactions in iMessage. I don’t need a badge because someone 👍🏻 a message.
Worship happens when I stop orbiting around myself and place all my attention on Jesus. It’s choosing to lift my eyes off my fears, my ego, and fixing them on the One Jesus. When I set my heart on Christ, my world gets reordered, my soul gets grounded.
A few weeks back we baptized a 92 year-old man and a 91 year-old woman.
This afternoon I’m officiating their wedding, as they no longer want to cohabitate.
It’s never too late to repent and find the good life in Jesus.
I keep hearing about how advanced AI is but I’m trying to create a circle that divided into 5 equal parts and so far none of the AI models are able to come even close.
The Blue Jays have taken over Canada this postseason.
Some fans watched last night on the side of a grain elevator in Canwood, Saskatchewan.
Tonight for all the marbles. A country watches.
#WANTITALL
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