Max Sadler

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

[Coastal Plain League @CPLBaseball]

The resume speaks for itself 📄🏆

Your 2026 Coach of the Year: Russ Burroughs of the Wilmington Sharks 🦈

[Latter-day Truth @Latterdaytruth]

Imagine you are 26 years old on a bitterly cold night in the 1830s.

You and your spouse just finished your day of labors, and your children are in bed, barely warm because you gave them extra blankets.

You lay down to go to sleep.

Next thing you know, you wake up in the arms of 4 angered men dragging you out of the door into the cold.

You kick one leg trying to get free, but that enrages them more. They knock you unconscious.

Next thing you know, you come to and see your friend lying cold, as if dead, on the ground.

You plead for mercy, but the mob surrounds you and scorns you.

They proceed to rip off your clothes, exposing your body to the cold.

Members of the mob proceed to scratch you, kick you, beat you.

Adding to the torment, men come forward with a bucket of hot tar and pour it all over your body, searing your skin.

When the pain is unbearable, they try and shove the tar-covered paddle in your mouth.

When you resist, they take a vial of poison, enough to kill your voice, and maybe end your life, and try to force it down your throat.

You resist, but at the expense of a lost tooth knocked out and acid burns.

After a near death experience where you watch your body, lying limp, getting attacked by the mob, a noise disburses the crowd.

Somehow, you survive and make it back home.

Your wife and friends spend the night helping you peel off tar and tend to your wounds.

Then Sunday morning comes. What do you do?

With hair patches ripped out that would never regrow, and pain in his side that would remain with him for life, the 26 year old Joseph Smith humbly preached a sermon, standing the whole time.

After the sermon, he baptized three people.

And a week later, he was en route to Missouri on a trip God asked him to embark on.

But before that, an 11 month old boy Joseph and his wife cared for died from exposure to the cold related to the events of that night.

But this didn’t stop Joseph. He wouldn’t be stopped until his mission was complete.

Praise to the man. Joseph Smith is a prophet of God.

[Max Sadler @maxsadler5]

One of the best I’ve ever had the pleasure of coaching. Taber will be a rockstar no matter what he decides to do. Elite player. Elite coach. Elite person.

[Taber Mongero @CoachTaberM]

After six seasons with UNCW Baseball, three as a player and three as a coach, and being fortunate enough to be part of two CAA Tournament Championships, two NCAA Regional appearances (once as a player and once as a coach), and two CAA Regular Season Championships as a player, I made one of the hardest decisions of my life: to step away from college baseball and see what God has planned for me next.

I’ve been involved in college baseball/athletics for nearly 10 years now, and the game has changed a lot. It has started moving in a direction that I found myself becoming less passionate about, at least as of right now. As many of you know, or may not know, being a part of UNCW Baseball was a dream of mine since I was a little kid. Growing up with a dad who played at UNCW and spending so much time around Brooks Field, I always hoped one day I’d get to wear that uniform and be apart of Seahawk Baseball.

I was blessed to live out that dream for a little over six years as both a player and a coach. It meant more to me and my family than I can put into words, which is why choosing to leave on my own terms was so difficult.

At the same time, I truly felt the Lord leading me to step out in faith and try something new. As much as I wanted to talk myself out of it, I knew I needed to trust His plan for my life, even when I couldn’t see what was ahead.

I’ll miss being a part of the daily action within the UNCW Baseball program, but I’m excited to become an active and passionate alumnus who supports the Seahawks from the stands at Brooks Field and finds ways to continue giving back to the program.

To Coach Hood, the assistant coaches who coached me and later became my coworkers, the current players, the former players I had the opportunity to coach, and all of my teammates, thank you. I love you all, and I’ll always love UNCW Baseball.

Thank you for every moment, every lesson, and every memory.

-Taber Mongero

[Hank Smith @hankrsmith]

Being rejected by the Christians of the United States is not new. From Missouri to Illinois, government officials not only failed to protect our ancestors from persecution — they often joined in it. Saints were stripped of their rights, shot at, and expelled. Children were executed. Women were assaulted. Then, even after fleeing the country, that same government sent an army to follow their bloody footprints into the Rocky Mountains. Elected officials then continued to harass, malign, and threaten to confiscate the Church’s private property for decades.

Now it is 2026, and the pattern has not entirely disappeared. The same government seeks to define what we believe. Voices on social media — most of them professing Christians — declare openly that our faith is obviously fraudulent or started by demons. Given that history, no one should be surprised when we respond with a touch of passion.

[Clark @TheGermanicist]

The Book of Mormon is true no matter how much you deny it.

[BYU Cougars @BYUCougars]

Thank you for your incredible leadership & service.

Until we meet again. 💙

[Max Sadler @maxsadler5]

@Coach_KGraber Please send!

[Max Sadler @maxsadler5]

This is so true. Reminds me of my guy @Blakekincaid27. Saw him pitch summer of 2021. Didn’t light up the radar gun, but competed his tail off and knew how to pitch with feel and moxie. We signed him and he ended up breaking the single season K record and ledthe team to a conf💍

[Next Level Baseball @nextlevelbb]

The right player (winning) isn't always the player with the best showcase tools.

[Max Sadler @maxsadler5]

Blessed. Let’s get it! @CoachBram5 @RussBurroughs @CoachMongero

[Max Sadler @maxsadler5]

Oh my

[Max Sadler @maxsadler5]

@J_Dodd_12 @Jake_no_SF @AlabamaMBB We will be lucky to score 60 now. Jake is the ultimate landmine.

[Russell M. Nelson @NelsonRussellM]

Exactly 25 years ago, on January 1, 2000, the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles published “The Living Christ: The Testimony of the Apostles.” This is the original document: https://t.co/hD3DzqJfQp. I am one of four living Apostles who signed my name to this landmark document, along with Presidents Dallin H. Oaks, Henry B. Eyring, and Jeffrey R. Holland.

Over the last quarter century this testimony has been read, studied, and even memorized by countless disciples of Jesus Christ. My study of this testimony increases my desire, every day, to be more like Him.

As I celebrate my 101st New Year’s Day, I continue to love the opportunity it provides for fresh starts, new perspectives, and new and renewed resolutions.

May I extend an invitation to you as you consider what your resolutions will be this year? I invite you to come to the temple as often as your circumstances allow.

In the house of the Lord, we focus on Jesus Christ. We learn of Him and His gospel. We make covenants that bind us to Him and to our Heavenly Father. Through these temple experiences and others, we are strengthened to achieve our New Year’s resolutions.

My dear friends, may this new year be filled with the light, love, joy, and power of our Savior and Redeemer, who is the Living Christ.

[Max Sadler @maxsadler5]

Brought to you by @Ch_JesusChrist

[Dom Lucre | Breaker of Narratives @dom_lucre]

On December 22, 2023 Times Square New York had a blackout that came back online with images of Jesus Christ and the true meaning of Christmas.

[LEGO Joseph Smith @Mormonger]

The Book of Mormon is true

[Matthew L. @ProdigalSonMatt]

In the first century, Jesus Christ established his church. The apostles wrote the epistles to the early church to prevent false doctrine and teachings from creeping in. The apostles were killed and slowly, false doctrines began to creep in and the priesthood authority was lost. False doctrine such as infant baptism, prayers to saints, the trinity, a closed canon, no more prophets or apostles, etc began to creep in and become official doctrine. These were not doctrines in the original church that Christ established. The leaders of the Protestant reformation read the scripture and realized that it didn’t align with what was taught. They tried to reform the church to its original teachings. We see the fruits of this with thousands of denominations now. We see even more false doctrine that’s crept into the evangelical churches, such as sola scriptura, faith alone, once saved always saved, etc. The Protestant reformation ultimately failed because the church split from already bad fruit, which turned into more bad fruit. The snowball effect had begun. Now, here’s the biggest news since the resurrection!! In the 1800s, the first century church was RESTORED, not reformed. The priesthood authority was restored to the Earth. God once again calls prophets, apostles, revealed new scripture, instructed us the build temples again just as in the New Testament, corrected the false doctrines, and that church has succeeded to become worldwide and bring souls to a correct understanding of the nature of God, our place in His plan, the gospel of Jesus Christ, and the ordinances of salvation and exaltation. That church is none other than The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

#LDSx #Christian

[Neil L. Andersen @AndersenNeilL]

As you allow your love for the Savior and His love for you to sink deep into your heart, I promise you added confidence, peace, and joy in meeting the challenges of your life.

[Max Sadler @maxsadler5]

@2Hagen2 Game should have maybe 5 minutes left, but they can’t help themselves. They have to make their presence known.

[Max Sadler @maxsadler5]

@CoachMongero He got humbled shortly after this as well. No game more humbling than baseball.

[Max Sadler @maxsadler5]

@BravesBarve @rogerclemens You can’t change everything up because there’s a runner on base. Receive-first mindset, learn to block and throw from that position, and chase success. Don’t fear failure and change everything up just because you’re scared of a dirt ball