Clay Maynard

Trying to be like Jesus - Husband to Lydia - Father of 4 - Lead Pastor @ Hope Church, Greensboro, NC

[Clay Maynard @maynard_clay]

The mission matters most.

Know Jesus and make Him known.

[Clay Maynard @maynard_clay]

I just went 78-4, think you can go 82-0? https://t.co/RGZd9JbcYj #NBA #82and0

[Let The Truth Ring Out @SayNoToTerror7]

Question: Which of these are genocides?

3% = Percent of populace of Gaza killed in the war

2.5% = Percent of populace of US killed in the civil war

4% = Percent of populace of Europe killed in WW2

33% = Percent of Muslim men in Srebrenica killed in 12 days

50-75% = Percent of Armenians in Turkey killed by the Young Turks

67% = Percent of European Jews killed by the Nazis

Do you get it now or do you need to call a friend for help?

[Clay Maynard @maynard_clay]

Grateful to @crossway and @JoshuaBarzon for this beautiful ESV Heirloom Bible. It's the Alpha, Calf-skin, mahogany, personal size. I'll be preaching with it tomorrow!

[Clay Maynard @maynard_clay]

@dixontroy @AdamPage85 Nonetheless, the American definition of "the church" is foreign to the New Testament to start with. Referring to a church as "gone" because that actual church body, which remains faithful, has chosen to align with a congregation someone doesn't like, is biblical buffoonery.

[Clay Maynard @maynard_clay]

@AdamPage85 Would be news to most of the underground Chinese church that because a man doesn't stand behind a pulpit on Sunday, their church is less valid.

The church isn't a time, place, or event.

[Matthew Lee Anderson @mattleeanderson]

My hypothesis: the only way the NBA reforms what has become a practically unwatchable game is by re-incorporating as many of the norms of pick-up basketball as they can.

Anyone who has ever played at the park knows the honor-norms are carefully calibrated to harness competitive basketball without it leading to fights. Calling your own fouls often leads to a much higher bar for fouls ("no blood, no foul") because people mercilessly downrank guys who try to game the system. Even if they win, they get no respect--and respect is the engine that keeps everyone in line and makes games fun.

The league has to change something to stop the blight of foul-baiting, and I don't think it's as calling the game differently: I think they need to switch the incentives-structure, to shift players' thinking away from baiting people to get to the foul line. Pump fakes should be for better shots, not to draw fouls.

In short: bring back the honor code, complete with allowing maximal shaming and displays of superiority against players who violate it.

My potential proposals (which I have spent five minutes thinking about) include:

1. Each team has two "flop challenges" per game. Anyone can use 'em at any time, and if they're successful the player who flops is kicked out.
2. Quit indulging "safteyism" with players. Yeah, there were some bad injuries with players landing on others' feet...but the perverse incentives of kicking have broken the "landing zone" idea entirely. (This is why you can't have nice things, NBA players.) If someone injures someone deliberately, see rule 3.
3. Install an NHL-style "penalty box" and give players a latitude for scuffling. Keep the rule about anyone coming off the bench getting kicked out, and permanently ban any NBA player who gets into it with a fan Sprewell-style. Otherwise? If there's a minor fight, give the players three minutes in the box while the teams go four-on-four, or four-on-five. (Three minutes, rather than two, allows for a few more possessions and a steeper penalty.) Let players self-enforce their own honor code.
4. "Take it out." Seriously, reduce the number of free-throws entirely by setting the 1 and 1 number at 10 and two shots at 15 or 20 fouls. Maybe expand it so that there are more free-throws in the final two minutes, but other than that? Make the double-bonus practically impossible to reach.
The path to making the NBA fun again is making it more like the park we played at growing up, not less.

(File under: opinions for which no one asked.)

[Clay Maynard @maynard_clay]

@JoshuaBarzon @crossway LETS GO!!! Thanks bro! 🙏🏼

[Clay Maynard @maynard_clay]

@MattSmethurst

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@JoshuaBarzon @crossway @corpus4242

[Josh Barzon @JoshuaBarzon]

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[Clay Maynard @maynard_clay]

@RealDianeYap You don't judge the whole by the fringe.

[Tony Reinke @TonyReinke]

Ben Sasse (Feb. 17, 2026): “America only works if people are deliberative, if people are thoughtful, if people say, ‘My soul matters, my kids’ soul matter, but my neighbor’s soul matters too.’ So I want to have a polity that works, but I know that you can’t compel a soul. So power isn’t the main thing. Our loves are the main thing.”

[Clay Maynard @maynard_clay]

There's a difference between a misunderstanding and someone refusing to understand you. Misunderstandings can usually be resolved. But some are committed to not understanding, because they don't like your decision. Learn to tell the difference.

[Clay Maynard @maynard_clay]

#parenting #marriage

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

DOJ redacted information necessary to identify who sent Epstein the “torture video email.”

@RepRoKhanna and I first discovered his name and released it Monday.

Today he resigns.

[Clay Maynard @maynard_clay]

#superbowlhalftimeshow #tpusa #tpusafaith #tpusahalftimeshow #christianity

[Clay Maynard @maynard_clay]

This is wild.

[Stand Up For Trump @StandUpForTrmp]

🚨BREAKING: In a bombshell revelation, CBS investigative journalist Catherine Herridge has gone public with explosive allegations: "CBS executives deliberately buried the 'Hunter Biden laptop story' and ordered her to wait until AFTER the 2022 midterms to help the Democratic Party."

What's your response to this...??👀

MAKE THIS GO VIRAL ON 𝕏. LET’S GO 👏

[Eyal Yakoby @EYakoby]

Well that ends the debate on deaths in Gaza.

Hamas itself is admitting that 80% of casualties were combatants.

There was never a genocide.

You have been lied to and manipulated.

[Clay Maynard @maynard_clay]

You become an adult when you realize your parents aren’t perfect.

You become a man when you forgive them for it.

You become a good father when you repent, pursue growth, and entrust your children to a grace bigger than your mistakes.