Jonathan Dodson

Husband to Robie. 3 great kids. Pastor, Author Founder @gcdiscipleship. Discipleship Series: *New Book: Witness

[Jonathan Dodson @Jonathan_Dodson]

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[Dylan Dodson @DylanJDodson]

Tomorrow is an excellent day to go to church. ⛪️

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If we only try to covert people to a set of beliefs, we obscure the heart of the gospel—Jesus constantly moving towards us in grace.

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In Acts, the church begins with “great grace,” is exhorted to “continue in the grace of God,” “commended to the grace of God” and tasked to spread “the gospel of grace.”

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After surgery my wife said, “I felt like Jesus climbed in my body and gave me strength and love. It was very special.”

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I’m thrilled to announce that @RobieDodson has come through “wonderfully.” Both stellar surgeons were all smiles. We cannot adequately express our gratitude for the outpouring of support and prayer. We have felt the love of God through you. Stage 1 down. Let the healing begin. We now wait for pathology report on the cancer to see if radiation and chemo are necessary, which would be an unwelcome stage 2. Then, stage 3 reconstruction in a few months.

[Jonathan Dodson @Jonathan_Dodson]

My beautiful, godly, fun wife @RobieDodson just got rolled back for a double mastectomy to eliminate breast cancer. Pray it’s successful! We know the Lord is sending help from Zion (Ps 20).

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@lukestamps Love the topic/angle

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Stellar first article by my teenage daughter, Ellie Dodson: https://t.co/c3GVPckJpX

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Redemption isn’t a dead end; it is a doorway into the family of God. @ryaneross

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Elders must learn to say hard things with a tender heart and soft things with truth in their bones.

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We had a lot of fun @supergirl - great world of bad guys to get beat up!

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“with him is a place of quiet that can never be disturbed.”

- Augustine, Confessions, 4.11.16

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@jonnypollock Amen!

[Timothy Keller (1950-2023) @timkellernyc]

Anyone meeting a man saying he is the God of the Universe (Light of the World, Heavenly Bread, Son of Man, Son of God, ‘I AM’, Forgiver of all sins, Judge of the Earth, etc) could not rationally just ‘like’ him. You could not even respond with mere pity if you also saw his miraculous power and the following he was commanding. You would reject his claims and him with shock, fear, or anger. Or you would accept them and worship him. Nothing in the middle.

Not every contact with Jesus in the Bible exposed the hearers to his self-claims. But anyone in the gospel who heard them or saw the exercise of his supernatural power asked him to leave (Mk 5:17; Lk 5:8) or tried to kill him (Lk 4:28-29; Jn 10:31; 11:53) or became his disciple. Not only is this orthodox theology—that Christ must be worshipped—it is also common sense that claims of exclusive deity would provoke immoderate responses.

This argument—that if you recognize the Jesus who really lived and spoke you will have to reject him wholly or worship and serve him supremely—was liberating for me when I accepted it. It moved me over a line I was previously unable to cross. It transformed me. It is the reason I can face cancer. It is a life-giving truth.

[Jonathan Dodson @Jonathan_Dodson]

Well, I think every local church should learn “to do” theology in context and not just borrow theology from systematic texts. Hiebert was advocating for local churches doing theology. Our answers will overlap with other churches, but the process of searching the Scriptures and applying truth to local issues is just as important as obtaining the answers.

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oh man @toystory 5 was so good! hilarious and great message

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God’s sovereignty at the expense of human responsibility is fatalism; human responsibility without divine sovereignty leads to nihilism.

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“For there was a hunger within me from a lack of that inner food, which is yourself, my God.”

- Augustine, Confessions, 3.1

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[After being stoned] they were:

• strengthening the souls of the disciples

• encouraging them to continue in the faith

• and saying that through many tribulations, we must enter the kingdom of God.” Acts 14:22