Marcelo Vallovera

disciple, husband, father, teacher, life learner 🇵🇾

[HeartCry Missionary @HeartCryMission]

Tom Allen, pastor of Eastbourne Grace Baptist Church in England and HeartCry-supported missionary, recently shared the following letter of thanks with HeartCry:

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In 2024, my family and I were seeking simply to be faithful, yet we were deeply discouraged and unsure how we could continue. We were laboring to serve the Lord in the church we believed He had called us to revitalize, but the financial pressures were so great that, at one point, we could not even afford shoes for our children. We had truly reached the end of our store of endurance... and yet it was precisely then that we discovered that God's giving had only just begun.

God used HeartCry to minister to us in our time of need. At a human level, HeartCry not only made it practically possible for us to remain in the work God had called us to, but it also became a fresh reminder of the loving care of our heavenly Father, reviving our hearts.

For us, HeartCry has been far more than practical support — it has been spiritual encouragement. The European mission coordinator has become a precious brother and friend, and my wife and I often say to one another that the prayer, counsel, and fellowship have been as invaluable to us as the financial help that keeps us here.

We know that HeartCry is what it is only by His grace. Yet we will always hold HeartCry dear in our hearts and remember HeartCry in our prayers, for the love shown to our young family through God’s provision.

England is, spiritually speaking, a barren wasteland. There are so few young men preaching the whole counsel of God, and humanly speaking, had HeartCry not come into our lives, I wonder whether I would have been another casualty of burnout. But praise God — we are still here, seeking to win souls to Christ and build up His church.

We pray continually that God would give fruit to the ministry here as a reward for the investment HeartCry has made in our family and in the work of the gospel.
Warmly in Christ,
Tom Allen & Family

[Jeff Early @Jeff1Early]

One of my ruling elders got me a literal sword for my installation gift!

[John Moody 🇺🇬 @resisfertile]

God tells him to rule and subdue,

You tell him to not be so rowdy and sit still.

God tells him to tread down serpents and topple idols,

You tell him to stop wrestling and fidgeting,

God tells him to take down goliath with string and stones,

You tell him to stop throwing things and making swords out of paper and wood,

God tells him to speak loudly and boldly,

You tell him to shhhhhsssss and be quiet.

God calls him to take dominion of a dangerous world at war with his Heavenly Father,

You tell him to stop doing so many "dangerous" things and making so much "war play" around the house and homestead and with the other boys.

Ask yourself, in how you parent your sons, does it match the world and nature and calling God has given them?

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[That Particular Baptist @ParticularBapt]

Whatever this one is.

[Chloe @ItsAllPoliticss]

Ladies…we need to chat

[Brian Sauvé @Brian_Sauve]

The human person is not an irreconcilable dichotomy.

He is not a being composed of two connected and yet hermetically sealed compartments.

He is one integrated whole. He is body, soul, and spirit. He is fearfully and wonderfully made.

An obvious corollary: When you tug on one part of the tapestry of man, you tug on the whole. When you corrupt the physical, the spiritual is not left unscathed.

[Keith Foskey @YourCalvinist]

I’ve officially lost over 100 pounds.
It feels a little strange to even type that. I still have more weight to lose, and I’m not finished yet. But I wanted to stop for a moment and be thankful. To God and to all of you.
I’ve done this without weight-loss shots or surgery. I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with those options or criticizing anyone who uses them. This is simply the course I chose and by God’s grace I want to keep going.
Thank you to everyone who has encouraged me along the way. Every comment, compliment, and word of encouragement has meant more than you probably realize.
And a special thank you to Justin at High Calling Fitness. He has taught me so much about nutrition, training, discipline, and how to approach this as a long-term change rather than another temporary diet. And to Jennifer, my daily cheerleader, even through setbacks and failures. I couldn’t do this without you.
100+ pounds down. More to go. I appreciate all the prayers. If you want to know more about how I lost the weight, let me know. I plan to make a video about it soon.

[Keith Foskey @YourCalvinist]

As a Baptist, would you attend the baptism of your infant grandchild?

[Jeremiah Jasso @jeremiahjass]

Spurgeon’s reaction when he went to church and the preacher preached one of his sermons:

[Dmitriy Molla @DmitriyMolla]

This church was built in 2025!

[Paul Anleitner @PaulAnleitner]

Beautiful images of a historic church, right?

Think again. This church was built just last year in Oklahoma.

Expect more of this in the years to come.

The dark spell that once convinced us that tradition was our enemy is being broken.

[The Presbytery Inn @PresbyInn]

This church, one of the oldest Dutch Reformed in the country, Revolutionary War patriots in the cemetery, needs a pastor to bring them the Word and the Sacraments. 🔗👇🏻

[Zachary Garris @ZacharyGarris]

Governance in church & state starts with governance of the family (1 Tim. 3:5).

Which starts with governance of the self (self-control, 1 Tim. 3:2).

And every day presents you an opportunity to grow in self governance by disciplining the mind & body:

Control your appetite
Do rigorous exercise
Kill lust & greed
Tame the tongue
Control your anger
Limit phone usage
Focus in prayer
Read attentively

[Ministerios Ligonier @LigonierESP]

#CoramDeo: La comunión de la iglesia es terreno sagrado, y la comunión que compartimos en la Mesa del Señor expresa nuestra unidad en Cristo. Protejamos esta comunión con cuidado, negándonos a tratar la reunión del pueblo de Dios como una ocasión para fines egoístas, y orando por discernimiento para reconocer a los que quieren corromper lo que Dios ha santificado.

Lectura para hoy: 2 Pedro 2:12-13

[Marcelo Vallovera @marce_vallovera]

@UKinParaguay Team llluvia! I love rainy days

[Johanna Oviedo @Johanna10722045]

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[Steve Clemans @Steve09812]

DEBUNKING The Pope's Stunning Pro-Life Claim

[Josh Barzon @JoshuaBarzon]

Did you know that nearly 300 years after the Romans destroyed the Temple in Jerusalem in AD 70, a Roman emperor actually tried to rebuild it?

The project began.
But then something strange happened.

Earthquakes shook the site, fire balls erupted from the foundations, and workers were unable to continue.

This is the strange story of Emperor Julian and the last serious Roman attempt to rebuild the Temple.

In A.D. 363, Emperor Julian, later known as “Julian the Apostate,” authorized the rebuilding of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem at enormous expense. Julian had rejected Christianity and was attempting to revive the old religions of the Roman Empire.

He was so opposed to Christianity that he attempted to rebuild the temple as a direct attack on Jesus’s prophecy that the temple would never be rebuilt.

The project also carried obvious significance for Christianity. Jesus had predicted the Temple’s destruction, declaring that “there will not be left here one stone upon another” (Matthew 24:2).

Julian placed the project under Alypius of Antioch, and work began around the ancient foundations.

Then something strange happened.

The contemporary Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus records that “terrifying balls of flame” repeatedly burst from near the foundations, burning workers and making the site inaccessible. This account is particularly interesting because Ammianus was not a Christian. He was a pagan Roman historian writing about events in his own lifetime.

Christian writers provide additional details.

Gregory of Nazianzus described the earth heaving beneath the workers, followed by fire, while other writers similarly mention earthquakes and violent disturbances. We also know independently that a major earthquake struck the region in A.D. 363.

Whatever precisely happened, the reconstruction was abandoned. Julian died shortly afterward while campaigning against Persia, and the Temple was never rebuilt.

Christians at the time naturally interpreted the event as divine intervention. We cannot prove that conclusion from the historical evidence alone, but the theological significance is fascinating.

Perhaps the Christian hope was never supposed to be another Temple in Jerusalem.

Jesus presented Himself as the fulfillment of the Temple. His sacrifice was final, so no further sacrifices for sin are needed. And the New Testament describes the Church itself as a temple being built upon Christ, the cornerstone.

The Temple had pointed forward to something greater.

And by A.D. 363, Christians believed that something greater had already come.

[Darwin to Jesus @darwintojesus]

Alex O’Connor explains the problem of consciousness and why emergentism doesn’t work, “it blew my materialism apart.”