Landon Dees

Christ follower, Husband, Dad, Pastor

[Heath Lambert @HeathLambert]

Words matter. Even single words.

There’s a massive difference between MY wife and YOUR wife, between trusting in CHRIST or trusting in YOURSELF, and whether pastors can be MEN or WOMEN.

Sometimes one word makes all the difference. Saying otherwise is not the TRUTH but a LIE.

[Brad Whitt @DrBradWhitt]

Question #1: How did Rick Warren get my email?
Question #2: Where can I get a copy of that email list?

[Landon Dees @LeDees]

@RickWarren Or, it could be that the “membership” numbers were extremely inflated. Our church alone has quadrupled in attendance over the last 3 years while “membership” was cut significantly. We’re not alone, many churches are no longer looking to just boost their “member” numbers.

[Landon Dees @LeDees]

@BaptistBlogger Sin.

[Kevin DeYoung @RevKevDeYoung]

A church that never corrects is a church that never loves.

[Matt Smethurst @MattSmethurst]

The inability to do everything people expect of you isn’t a flaw in your character; it’s a feature of your design. You are not God.

[Daniel Dickard @DanielDickard]

Every Christian should desire church growth, but only the right kind of church growth. Sheep-swapping, pragmatic inflation, and consumeristic crowds may multiply numbers, but they do not multiply disciples. Preach, teach, share, pray, invest, and then leave the results to God.

[Matt Smethurst @MattSmethurst]

“The reason I’m president of the Southern Baptist Convention is because our churches do not agree with that—and have taken action to correct those things.”

—@BartBarber to @AndersonCooper

[Daniel Dickard @DanielDickard]

John Wesley once said, “Give me one hundred people who love nothing but God and hate nothing but sin and I will change the world.”

God is not looking for an audience to fill up an auditorium; he seeks a spiritual army to declare, demonstrate, and defend truth.

[Matt Smethurst @MattSmethurst]

We tend to say, “The church grew.”
Acts tends to say, “The word spread.”
We talk about church growth.
Acts talks about word growth.

Preach the word and let God take care of the size of your church.

[Daniel Dickard @DanielDickard]

Dead churches gather consumers and give them what they want.

Healthy churches grow disciples and give them what they need.

[The Southern Baptist Texan @SBTexan]

A pair of people from NorthPointe Church in Burleson, including pastor @LeDees, recently returned from ministering to Ukrainian refugees in Romania.
https://t.co/EnbXksSySv

[Garrett Kell ن @pastorjgkell]

It is difficult to be embittered toward someone when you are continually praying for them.

[Daniel Dickard @DanielDickard]

When preaching sounds more like Dr. Phil’s motivation and Oprah’s opinions than St. Paul’s instructions and Jesus' teachings, it is likely that such preaching falls short of truths found in the Bible.

[Matt Smethurst @MattSmethurst]

If succeeding as a pastor means failing as a parent, you’ve already failed as a pastor.

— Eugene Peterson

[Andrew Hébert @drandrewhebert]

“Why do pastors so often treat congregations with the impatience and violence of developers developing a shopping mall instead of the patient devotion of a farmer cultivating a field? The shopping mall will be abandoned in disrepair in 50 years; the field will be healthy…

[JT English @jt_english]

I am all for church planting, but I think it's time we start talking honestly about it.

If you aren't prepared to pastor a church, you aren't called to plant a church.

Planters must be pastors.

[Landon Dees @LeDees]

@scarby76 It’s hard to stuff those biceps in a sports coat. So, what most accomplish with the blue blazer, you accomplish with the blue vest. 💪🏼