Jonathan

Advocate for life and follower of the One who authored it. Husband. Dad. Clincial Leader. Athletic Trainer. Opinions are my own. Psalm 23.6

[Jonathan @jmeatcemt]

With that said, I would encourage state and regional associations start saving themselves! Offer state and regional only membership options and get rid of charging extra conference registration to punish people for not being an NATA members. 3/3

[Jonathan @jmeatcemt]

I didn’t renew my @NATA1950 membership at the beginning of the year because candidly it was always felt like a waste of money, but I decided that I would go ahead and do it now as a professional responsibility. 1/3

[Jonathan @jmeatcemt]

I reached out to member services to see if they could divide the payments up over the next few months, but they told me it was too late. I guess @NATA1950 doesn’t need members as bad as I thought they did. 2/3

[Jonathan @jmeatcemt]

@Connor_Shack @TaylorAlanEaton I’ve spent time in a closed SE Asian country and have heard testimony of people become Christians from dreams they received. John 12 says Jesus wants to draw all men into Him and he can certainly uses visions and dreams to do that I believe.

[Jonathan @jmeatcemt]

@KATVJames So the super cells in Faulkner County weren’t enough to unload the atmosphere? Still a risk in the metro?

[Virgil L. Walker @virgilwalker]

I'm not familiar with this man's theology, but we could certainly use more of this.

[Anna Lulis @annamlulis]

If you think Peanut the Squirrel being euthanized against his will is horrific, just know that happens to about 3,000 unborn babies every day in America.

[Josh Howerton @howertonjosh]

Pastor friends on election week,

We have too long been confused by (accidentally) misleading statements like "We don't follow a red elephant or a blue donkey, but a slain lamb" and "prophetic, not partisan."

While such statements carry a grain of truth, they (incorrectly and damagingly) make the two parties sound like "equal and opposite errors." As uncomfortable as it is, it's increasingly our job to disciple our people to understand that is not the case, so they can be "salt in the earth."

While there are immoral leaders and flaws in both parties (and certainly both candidates), only one party is advocating for catastrophic national sin in its publicly-stated policies. This is not an opinion, it is a fact based on both of their online policy platforms.

- One party wants to pass what has been called the greatest threat to religious liberty in a lifetime (The Equality Act), and has hinted they are willing to end the Senate filibuster and restructure the Supreme Court, which would help them to do it
- One party wants to establish a National Faith Advisory Board in which evangelical pastors advise the WH and create a 'Pastors' Bill of Rights' to cement religious liberty for a generation

- One party is running campaign ads of men watching p*rnography as a public good
- One party wants p*rnographic books removed from public schools (and is shockingly opposed by the other party for it)

- One party has built their entire campaign on the maximization of legalized infant murder
- One party is responsible for the overturning of Roe v Wade

- One party is advocating for legalized "gender reassignment surgeries", doing things to children we were prosecuting as war crimes a century ago (and wants that ideology taught to children in public schools)
- One party is willing to oppose mental-health-and-family-destroying transgender queer theory

- If one party is elected, an aggressive commitment to secularism (the removal of notions of God from the public square) will reign
- If one party is elected, the White House will be crawling with Bible-believing pastors

Etc.

People and personalities come and go, but *policies* last lifetimes and will be the cultural inheritance we hand to our children's children.

In the name of evangelism (the "Progressives buy sneakers too" strategy) or "diversity", we must not fail to pastor our people and abdicate our role in society as "the salt of the earth" whose purpose is to slow societal decay.

We aren't cultural commentators who should get distracted into talking about every cultural issue, but elections are a moment our people are taking consequential action and need some shepherding.

Church history demonstrates the church that's unwilling to influence the government will soon find that government is happy to interfere with the church. And if godly people will not influence the nation, godless people will.

At the very least, in the way that you can wisely as a shepherd of your flock, encourage your people to vote to "slow societal decay" this week.

And then sleep like a Calvinist, refuse to "trust in princes", and preach and pray that God might pour out reformation and revival on our nation for a RESURGENCE of his purposes in our generation.

[Ron DeSantis @GovRonDeSantis]

With 16 deepwater ports, Florida is a hub for worldwide trade and an essential link in our nation’s supply chain. Four of these ports—Port Everglades, PortMiami, Port Tampa Bay, and JAXPORT—are impacted by the International Longshoreman’s Association strike and the inaction of the Biden-Harris Administration.

Disrupting the distribution of food, equipment, and supplies as the Southeast U.S. recovers from Hurricane Helene is unacceptable. Floridians need a reliable, steady supply of resources and building materials to keep their families fed and rebuild their homes and businesses. Therefore, at my direction:

✅The Florida National Guard and Florida State Guard will be deployed to ports affected by the strike to maintain order and, where possible, resume operations at ports which are otherwise shut down.
✅The Florida Department of Transportation will waive the collection of tolls and fees as well as size and weight restrictions for commercial vehicles, which will help expedite the transportation of goods from our ports while offsetting operational costs.
✅The Florida Highway Patrol will manage the flow of traffic from all Florida seaports as needed to further expedite the flow of goods held up by the strike. FHP will provide law enforcement escorts for commercial motor vehicles upon request.

Unlike the federal government, Florida is taking decisive action to ensure that our economy continues to function and that victims of Hurricane Helene will have access to what they need to rebuild.

[Arkansas Children's @archildrens]

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[Gavin Ortlund @gavinortlund]

With the language of "reproductive rights" more common in recent weeks, we need regular reminders that this language typically refers to practices that involve the slaughter of the most innocent and vulnerable members of humanity. May we never grow numb to the evil of it.

[Stephanie Kuzydym @stephkuzy]

A high school athlete collapsed & died.

Eight days later, five more high school football players, in five different states, collapsed & died in just three days.

It's the worst stretch of sudden death in sports. And we know how to fix it.#SaferSideilnes

https://t.co/he87nKg2MA

[CBS Saturday Morning @cbssaturday]

National recommendations call for cooling heat stroke patients before transporting them to the hospital, but as @DavidSchechter found out, only 11 states require ambulance services to follow this life-saving protocol.

[Anna Lulis @annamlulis]

Dr. Ron Paul on his experience with abortion:

[Kristan Hawkins @KristanHawkins]

Gov. Tim Walz signing abortion bill into law in Minnesota, allowing abortion to take place UP UNTIL THE MOMENT OF BIRTH, for any reason whatsoever, on January 31, 2023.

He also signed a bill letting babies die who are BORN ALIVE after a failed abortion.

Harris-Walz is the most pro-abortion, baby killing, ticket we’ve ever seen in America.

Share & Vote.

[Jonathan @jmeatcemt]

“Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory, for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness!”
Psalm 115:1 ESV
https://t.co/B8451nfGvY

[Jonathan @jmeatcemt]

@ryanvaughan Only watch them if you enjoy watching God be mocked.

[Jonathan @jmeatcemt]

Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus has such profound meaning to me. The Earth is groaning. Come quickly.