John Toone

Slave of Christ, Associate Pastor--East Shore Baptist Church, SW/LOTR/Philly EAGLES fan

[Desiring God @desiringGod]

Christian, one day you will love God with all your heart — no wandering desires to deny, no lingering limitations to overcome, no recurring temptations to refuse, no weight of weaknesses to carry anymore. Until then, ask God to help you love him more.

[Nathaniel Williams @Natdavewilliams]

We have lost the art of persuasion.

Instead, we use our rhetoric to justify our pre-existing opinions and get an "Amen" from our tribe. We're talking past each other. This is true in our politics, it's true in evangelicalism, and it's unsustainable.

[East Shore Baptist @esbcchurch]

Where is Wisdom? (Job 28) https://t.co/BfUYkAKukJ

[Kevin DeYoung @RevKevDeYoung]

Jesus is not the type of King that conquers by shedding the blood of his enemies, he is the type of King that conquers by shedding his own blood for his enemies.

[Timothy Keller (1950-2023) @timkellernyc]

The heart of the gospel is the cross, and the cross is all about giving up power.

[The Gospel Coalition @TGC]

God created both soul and body, and the resurrection of Jesus shows that he is going to redeem both the spiritual and the material. Therefore God is concerned not only for the salvation of souls but also for the relief of poverty, hunger, and injustice.

[Desiring God @desiringGod]

No matter how desperate and alone you feel, no matter how much opposition you face, no matter how precarious your circumstances become, God has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

[J.D. Greear @jdgreear]

This stat is a lie. TWO people are involved in an abortion. One ALWAYS dies. BOTH need our compassion and advocacy.

[Timothy Keller (1950-2023) @timkellernyc]

Contemporary people tend to examine the Bible, looking for things they can’t accept; but Christians should reverse that, allowing the Bible to examine us, looking for things God can’t accept. Then the sweet grace offered, the beauty of his love, will mean something to you.

[Desiring God @desiringGod]

No matter how alone you feel, if you are in Christ, you have a friend who will never forsake you.

[East Shore Baptist @esbcchurch]

The Mission Continues (Acts 28:16-31) https://t.co/PscS9JYjfK

[Philadelphia Eagles @Eagles]

Hi there 👋

#EaglesCamp | #FlyEaglesFly

[Nathaniel Williams @Natdavewilliams]

One year ago, Ken Parker was a white nationalist and member of the KKK who marched on Charlottesville. A few weeks ago, he was baptized by the same people he once hated.

The gospel changes lives.

https://t.co/uCRdg90Hni

[Desiring God @desiringGod]

Chandler: “We don’t come to Jesus because he makes life better. We come to Jesus because he’s better than life.”

[Nathaniel Williams @Natdavewilliams]

We spend so much time worrying about external threats to the church: terrorism, mass shootings, secularism, you name it.

Yet more often than not, churches die not from external pressure, but from sin, complacency and lovelessness. #Galatians5

[The Gospel Coalition @TGC]

Here are three ways the oft-maligned doctrine of predestination puts steel in our spiritual backbones. https://t.co/XTVCgDPdcW

[Jonathan Leeman @JonathanLeeman]

In conversation, treat other people as reasonable, even those with whom you disagree. To treat them as less than reasonable is to dehumanize them, a favorite tactic of tyrants everywhere.

[East Shore Baptist @esbcchurch]

What Do Elders Do? (Acts 20:17-35) https://t.co/C8CqDCahp5