Kyle Mercer

Husband to Margy.

Dad to Addy, William & Elon.

Lead Pastor of Two Cities Church

[Kyle Mercer @kylewmercer]

Either the tomb is empty or Christianity is…

Thank God He is Risen!

Happy Easter to you and your family!

[Kyle Mercer @kylewmercer]

My Easter Message this weekend is focused on the first question asked at Easter…

“Why are you looking for the living among the dead?” (Luke 24:5)

The empty tomb confronts us with a question about where we are trying to find life!

[Kyle Mercer @kylewmercer]

Has anyone else been using ChatGPT in sermon prep? If so, how do you utilize it?

I have found it helpful in summarizing doctrines, passages & creating helpful categories for topics.

Been surprised how orthodox and evangelical all the answers are.

[Kyle Mercer @kylewmercer]

Let’s go @WakeMBB !!

[NCAA March Madness @MarchMadnessMBB]

WAKE FOREST WINS IT IN THE LAST SECOND 😱

MARCH.

(via @WakeMBB)

[Kyle Mercer @kylewmercer]

So pumped about our FUTURE HOME & HUB

-It’s a home b/c we are family

-It’s hub b/c we are missionaries

By God’s grace we are making a generational & geographical move to cement ourselves in the center of downtown for a century

I pray it will be a place of worship & witness

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@howertonjosh @jdgreear @SummitRDU Thanks @howertonjosh !

We need to get you up here to preach once we get in the new building.

[Kyle Mercer @kylewmercer]

Thanks @jdgreear! Grateful to have you in town!

[J.D. Greear @jdgreear]

So excited to preach here again this morning at @summitrdu church plant, 2 Cities Church in Winston-Salem. God’s hand is all over this church, experiencing revival. Packed to gills. Old friends. Amazing, under leadership of @kylewmercer Give God praise, @SummitRDU!

[Kyle Mercer @kylewmercer]

Working on sermon for Joshua 2

The hope is to call our church to take risks like the spies and Rahab did.

There are 2 types of risk:
- Going Risk - Spies
- Welcoming Risk - Rahab

We want to create a church where people take personal risks to bring Christ to every relationship

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@ErikReed Agree!

I’ve been doing a Vision Weekend at Two Cities Church at the beginning of the year the last few years & have seen much fruit from it.

[Kyle Mercer @kylewmercer]

@JonathanLeeman Yes, I have heard it said that many leadership structures work or don't work b/c of the godly or ungodly men that are in them.

Sometimes okay leadership structures work because the men in them are godly. And the best don't work b/c of the lack of godliness of the men in them.

[Kyle Mercer @kylewmercer]

Preaching thru Joshua I am reminded of the importance of land in the Bible.

Five types of land:

1. Eden - Where we long to be

2. Egypt - Where we are slaves

3. Wilderness - Where you get stuck

4. Canaan - Where you fight battles

5. Babylon - Where you get sent in rebellion

[Kyle Mercer @kylewmercer]

@nathanafinn @nathanafinn great to hear from you

Appreciate your & kind & helpful feedback. Yes, I agree w/ you

I am thinking about what pastors do & I think we need a good mixture of teaching & preaching. What I think Whitfield called light & fire.

Too many settle for only light or fire

[Kyle Mercer @kylewmercer]

Thoughts on the difference btwn teaching & preaching…

TEACHING - I want you to know this (information)

PREACHING - I want you to do something w/ this (transformation)

The key to good preaching is the constant call to respond to all that God has said w/ all that we are.

[Kyle Mercer @kylewmercer]

Luther’s view on preaching in a painting.

One finger on the Bible and other pointing to Jesus.

Everyone is fixated on Christ crucified and not the preacher.

[Kyle Mercer @kylewmercer]

Working on Joshua 1 sermon this week…

Big Idea: We need to welcome & walk in the promises of God.

Joshua is picture of what it means to take God at His Word & take our next step!

[Kyle Mercer @kylewmercer]

The past 2 weekends we launched our ministry plan & prayer emphasis

We want to be a church that is strategic & sensitive to the Spirit. We are focused & flexible.

We want our people to know our plan & the part they play.

We believe in God’s sovereignty & man’s responsibility

[Kyle Mercer @kylewmercer]

Off to preach on what it looks like to pass on the faith to next generation.

Succession is never easy but also never optional.

Everyone’s life & leadership is temporary.

Hoping to build a church where we pass on our Christian values & vision of God to the coming generation!

[Kyle Mercer @kylewmercer]

My time w/ @JonTyson showed me the importance of art & its power in communicating Christian truth.

The painting below summarizes Martin Luther’s view on preaching.

Notice his 1 finger is on the Bible & 1 finger is pointing to Jesus.

Christ is who everybody is looking at!

[Kyle Mercer @kylewmercer]

This picture is from an ordination ceremony I led last night where we ordained 2 men to gospel ministry

Ordination is how we say to these men “we believe you are called to full-time vocational ministry & we want to publicly recognize that”

The charge came from 1 Tim. 4:6-16

[Kyle Mercer @kylewmercer]

It’s stories like this that fill me w/ righteous anger toward those who advocate for gender reassignment surgery for kids… heartbreaking story…

When you go against God’s design it only leads to death & destruction.

[Seth Dillon @SethDillon]

This is so hard to watch. Gender ideology is depraved and destructive. Never give an inch to the activists and “experts” who shamelessly groom children into this cult of confusion.