Advice for young preachers:
Pray/read Bible daily
Serve w/out worrying about money
Teach Home Bible Studies
Give generously
Preach w/passion
Love deeply
Treat elders w/respect
Choose friends wisely
Ignore the lure of social media
Have strong convictions
To Postmaster General Louis Dejoy of the @USPS who is busy defending himself in a political storm: this Local Post Office in Vass, NC Needs to CHANGE - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/aiGZudawFl via @Change
@chipgaines This is amazing! My students need access to great kids literature (real books). Anything you can do to help would be so appreciated! https://t.co/tIhhtPrXYu
Acts 2 records the birth of the NT church & the first gospel message of the NT church: all 12 apostles proclaimed the same message at the same time & explained how to be saved
Covid is real and dangerous. Wear a mask, wash your hands, keep your distance. But Covid is also a vehicle for opppreasion. The governments rules for gatherings should have no respect of religion.
@RachelCruze Got my first credit card at age 18. Racked up over $1,000 of random purchases: fast food, movies, shoes. The bill came with a wake up call. Cashed in a bond my grandfather left me specifically to purchase a grandfather clock in his honor. Paid off card instead. Never again.
Book by Asimov has 1989 essay warning of racial war in US if we don't learn how to work together; although an atheist, he appealed to Book of Ruth, Jesus’ Commandment, Parable of Good Samaritan. Yes, the gospel is still the answer.
This is the church
We will rebuke you when you are wrong
We will forgive you when you repent
But we will not cancel you when you are down ...for Christ will not cancel us
“Cancel culture” is not kingdom culture.
We don’t just applaud the righteous, we restore the fallen.