Matt Ehlen

Senior Pastor @ Church on a Hill in Lilburn, GA. PhD ABD @swbts. Husband to Madi. Father to Jefferson and Eloise.

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THE SON WILL RISE || SPOKEN WORD
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Wrote and filmed my first spoken word this week in honor of Good Friday and Easter. I hope this message is an encouragement to you in this dark time.
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Link to the video on YouTube is below. Subscribe for more! 🙏
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https://t.co/aWj913NAFL

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Me: “Jefferson! Did you have fun at kid’s church this morning?”

Him (my 4 yr old): “No, I didn’t.”

Me: “Oh no! Why not?”

Him: “Because I just don’t like how the Bible tells me so.”

We’ve all been there kid. We’ve all been there. 😂

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@dl_arter @MusingsOnChrist Theological analysis of Romans 10:9-13 and its use in modern evangelism

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Humbled and honored to share that I have passed my oral comprehensive exam for my PhD in systematic theology and church history.

So much more to learn but beyond excited to begin writing & sharing what I’m learning with others to advance the kingdom. On to dissertation!

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Enjoyed having my old college friend @jordan_kosinski at Calvary this morning to bring the word and share about their church plant in Sunbury, OH. Also had some other alumni join us this morning!

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Thankful for the Great Commission cooperation found in the SBC and for these messengers from our church. #sbc2023

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@edstetzer Chat GPT has been super helpful for sermon illustration ideas, especially with giving me stories from history to use.

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Love my family.
Love my church family.
#blessed

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@joshteis I agree w/ the critique of the OP & think pastors should be more critical in evaluating evangelism than anything else, because nothing is more important to get right.

Yet I’m with you @joshteis in that I wish I saw more thoughtful & winsome critiques than offhand & pointed ones

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This morning, we voted in two new pastors here at Calvary who will help us reach Gwinnett County for the kingdom! 🎉🎉
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So excited for what’s ahead for us! 🥳👏👏

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On Sunday, we got to celebrate Aaron by faith pledging himself to Jesus as his Lord and Savor!
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Eloise decided to celebrate Reformation Day by dressing up as a 16th century Protestant German princess.
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Jefferson’s costume represents some sort of Pagan holiday that happens to fall on this same day. We are praying for him. #prayforJefferson #happyreformationday

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@joshteis CN is not a movement of Christians who love their country but of conflation between the kingdom of God & the kingdom of America, which I know you agree is a dangerous idea.

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@joshteis The issue is that CN is not the combination of love for Christ & love for nation. But similar to the phrase “fundamental Christianity,” the phrase represents a historical/cultural movement that is in reality much more than simply what these two words represent on their own.

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@johnbtyler So true 👏👏

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We had 31 people attend our very first Sunday night deep discipleship class! 🎉🎉 Discussing Carl Trueman’s book “Strange New World” this fall.

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@davidgreen1517 In my seminary preaching classes, they didn’t let us use cross-references at all to make sure we preached the text and only the text. It was a very helpful exercise. I didn’t realize how dependent I was on using them in my explanation of a text.

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“Choose to be broken over the state of our world instead of bothered by it.”
- @JBRITT

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@j0sh_j0hnson Hm, then respectively: 1) Engage: A Practical Guide to Evangelism, Evangelism & the Sovereignty of God (Packer), A History of Evangelism in North America (Johnston), Turning Everyday Conversations into Gospel Conversations (Scroggins), Sharing Jesus w/o Freaking Out (Hildreth)

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@rynhayden If what you meant is that they have not published anything that has really added to the larger theological scholarly conversation within broader evangelicalism, then I agree, and I would guess that most honest IFBs would agree and even be okay with that statement.

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@rynhayden If by “anything of substance,” you mean that they haven’t published anything that has made an impact on our world or helped people, of course that’s not true, and I think you would agree. I think that’s how many interpreted this post and why so many have pushed back.