Josh Pool

Husband, father, pastor

[Josh Pool @JoshPool13]

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[Josh Pool @JoshPool13]

@Alex_DiPrima It was truly unforgettable.

[Paul David Tripp @PaulTripp]

It is always spiritually dangerous to allow yourself to be more upset by the sin of the people around you than you are with your own sin.

[Matt Smethurst @MattSmethurst]

As you begin new resolutions, remember:

Spiritual disciplines are not about making you more precious to God. They’re about making God more precious to you.

[Michael Reeves @mike_reeves]

Without Jesus, our thoughts of God are dark and cloudy. But he is the rainbow in whom the light of the glory of God blazes forth and all the colours of God’s perfections are seen. Look to him today, and you will be gladdened.

[Jared C. Wilson @jaredcwilson]

The greatest good (God) offers the greatest action (love) to the greatest need (wrath-owed sinners) by sending the greatest treasure (Jesus) in the greatest invitation (to everyone) into the greatest life (everlasting).

[Josh Pool @JoshPool13]

@joethorn ~4,500 words
50 min

[Matt Smethurst @MattSmethurst]

How should you view your church?

Sam Emadi shares a wonderful illustration from 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯.

[Josh Pool @JoshPool13]

@jaredcwilson what’re the best books for pastoral leadership, with a particular eye toward administration and processes? (I have “Power to Lead” by Ayers.)
Thank you!!

[Jaime Owens @Jaime_E_Owens]

An effect of the downfall of celebrity pastors is that it creates an atmosphere of suspicion, even in modest churches. Faithful pastors seeking reform are assumed to be scheming. The platform culture in evangelicalism has been tried and found desperately wanting.

[Bart Barber @bartbarber]

I’m not saying they’re the only important questions, but it befuddles me how infrequently questions like these are asked of SBC presidential candidates:

“When’s the last time you presided over a business meeting? How frequently do you do that?”

[Jeremy Pierre @jeremypierre]

This is a man.

97yo WW2 paratrooper recreates his D-Day jump over Normandy.

May we younger men aspire to such toughness.

[Matt Smethurst @MattSmethurst]

“Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.”

— Winston Churchill

D-Day was 80 years ago today.

[Josh Pool @JoshPool13]

@JoshBuice I’d also consider it a violation of the 3rd commandment. Taking God’s name in vain

[Leonard Ravenhill @ravenhillquotes]

Why do we get so angry with sinners when they’re not concerned? Why in God’s Name don’t we get angry with ourselves? How concerned are we? How much praying, how much fasting, how much weeping do we do?

[Alex DiPrima @Alex_DiPrima]

“It is very hard to pray with compassion and zeal for someone we much prefer to resent.” - D. A. Carson

[Jared C. Wilson @jaredcwilson]

1 Cor. 13:7 - "love believes all things, hopes all things." Walking by the Spirit and not with the Enemy means, when you ponder the flaws and failings of others, you advocate for them in your imagination rather than accuse.

[Doug Ponder @dougponder]

@calebmorell explains the meaning of all this:

“The SBC has long recognized this authority [to disfellowship churches], both through requiring conformity to the Baptist Faith and Message and through decisive constitutional amendments to Article 3, clarifying its terms of cooperation. In this sense, the clarity sought by the Law Amendment does not demand ‘rigid conformity’ or threaten the SBC’s ‘missional vitality’ any more than the SBC’s previous constitutional amendments regarding homosexuality, racism, or sexual abuse.”

For more of his analysis, see "The Power and Duty of an Association" (@Christ_OverAll) by Caleb Morell, who drew my attention to many of the historical sources quoted in this thread:

https://t.co/pnAyj7EtkB

[Jeremy Treat @JeremyTreat5]

In case you’re looking for something to pray about.

[Ken @Ken_FiveSolas]

Wisdom from Charles Spurgeon.