Matthew Nelson

Jesus Disciple, Husband, dad, pastor, golfer, Duke fan

[Matthew Nelson @mnnelson]

More of this! Grace & Kindness is best. https://t.co/6xUMtzMkfs

[Shane Claiborne @ShaneClaiborne]

I used to have a hard time understanding how Christians allowed Hitler to come to power, and used the Bible to justify his reign of terror. Not anymore. https://t.co/KtKuizFzkw

[Shane Claiborne @ShaneClaiborne]

It is no longer Christianity when the gun replaces the cross. And we cannot carry a cross in one hand and a gun in the other. It is impossible to love our enemies and simultaneously prepare to kill them. For Christ we can die, but we cannot kill.

[Shane Claiborne @ShaneClaiborne]

To those who say: “It’s not a gun problem, it’s a heart problem”...

It is both. We have a gun problem and a heart problem.

God heals hearts.
And people change laws.

We need both.

[Golf Channel @GolfChannel]

Irish Times: Here's what Poults, Paddy, Tommy, Tiger, G-Mac and more had to say about @ShaneLowryGolf’s win at #TheOpen (brought to you by our @ConorSketches)

[Shane Claiborne @ShaneClaiborne]

In Matthew 25, God makes it clear. Those who welcome the stranger will be welcomed into Heaven. Those who don’t welcome the stranger will be damned. God even makes it clear that some people won’t understand that what they did to the “least of these” they did to Jesus in disguise.

[Pope Francis – ARCHIVE @Pontifex266Arch]

Dear young people, I would like to tell each one of you: God loves you; never doubt it, whatever happens to you in life; under any circumstances, you are infinitely loved.

[Pope Francis – ARCHIVE @Pontifex266Arch]

The mystery of the Most Holy Trinity tells us that we do not have a solitary God up there in heaven, far away; no, He is the Father who gave us his Son, who became man like us, and who sends his own Spirit to be even closer to us.

[Shane Claiborne @ShaneClaiborne]

We should pray for our country, our leaders, and for Trump. But we must also resist every tweet & policy that betrays Jesus & the poor.

We are to be prophets of the resistance, not the chaplains of the empire.

The Church is the conscience of the State, not its servant.

[Matthew Nelson @mnnelson]

Happy Birthday to an amazing, beautiful, gifted, and loving woman, wife, and mom! https://t.co/DS05SGS3FT

[Matthew Nelson @mnnelson]

Call of Ash Wednesday and the Path of Discipleship. #ashwednesday #lent #discipleship @ Hickory Flat Church https://t.co/HBWGTFwT0n

[Matthew Nelson @mnnelson]

Just posted a photo https://t.co/Bk4kwmLnSH

[Matthew Nelson @mnnelson]

Just posted a photo @ Hickory Flat Church https://t.co/eLKB9pz89m

[Shane Claiborne @ShaneClaiborne]

I am troubled by Trump. But I’m even more troubled by the Christians who defend him.

[Matthew Nelson @mnnelson]

Live LIFE to the Full! #2019 #morethanaresolution #changetheworld @ Canton, Georgia https://t.co/FMmbDZHtA3

[Richard Rohr @RichardRohrOFM]

When Christianity became the religion of the empire, it started reading the Gospel from the position of maintaining power and social order. But there is power in powerlessness:  https://t.co/KPhbJJBaVB

[Leonard Sweet @lensweet]

"It is easier to go on repeating outworn slogans, to go on using pious language, than to confound fossilized orthodoxy with living faith. It is a paradox: unless you're prepared to run the risk of being a heretic, you have little chance of arriving at the truth" William Barclay

[Bob Goff @bobgoff]

Faith isn't figuring out what we're able to do, it's deciding what we're going to do - even when we think we can't.

[Matthew Nelson @mnnelson]

This what Love Does! Join the conversation & journey during August at HFUMC as we explore ways to “Live...in Love.” #ephesians #liveinlove #loveoneanother… https://t.co/uZKfmT8wHt

[Matthew Nelson @mnnelson]

This has refreshed my soul this week! May it refresh you. #grace #abundance #joy #hickoryflatumc @ Hickory Flat Church https://t.co/eLMaJiUE5c