Christian Arnold

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[W. David O. Taylor @wdavidotaylor]

This is a prayer for the keeners, the doers, the worker bees and those suffering from the FOMO.

It's a prayer for those who feel paralyzed by their to-do list.

It's a prayer for those who wish to discover the gift of limits and the grace of less being truly more.

[Expositors Collective @expositcllctv]

"The Biblical fact is that there are no successful churches. There are, instead, communities of sinners, gathered before God week after week in towns and villages all over the world."

-Eugene H. Peterson

[Lecrae @lecrae]

If you’re single and want to get married. Marry your friend. My wife is one of my best friends. There’s nothing like it.

If you’re married and struggling, work on being a good friend. It’s worth the investment.

[Rich Villodas @richvillodas]

No matter how you vote, you are welcome in our church.

I just ask that you would commit to see politics thru Jesus & not Jesus thru your politics; that you would be curious about why your brothers & sisters see things differently. And that you would live humble, prayerful lives.

[Gretchen Ronnevik @garonnevik]

Them: the world is mocking us.
Me: Like Christ has said they would.
Them: We need to make them stop.
Me: "They know not what they do." That's what Jesus said when he was mocked.
Them: We need to stand up or Christianity will perish.
Me: God will preserve his church.
Them: But they want to shut down the church.
Me: I don't know, I just think God is stronger. I don't think the world can throw anything at God that will prevent him from keeping his promises. Historically churches have thrived under persecution. Romans says that there's nothing that will separate us from the love of God...
Them: But they'll bring suffering.
Me: Again, as Jesus predicted. It's sad, and not what I want, but I'm not going to call him a liar. So we are to serve and love our neighbors as he told us to.

Everyone calm down. God keeps his promises.

[Rich Villodas @richvillodas]

Christians being surprised when the world acts like the world is always interesting to me.

#paris2024olympics

[Kaitlyn Schiess @KaitlynSchiess]

reading the Bible > fighting about the Bible on the internet

[David W. Peters 🪖 ⚓️ @dvdpeters]

I wonder if the Seraphim clicked the tongs before he took the coal from the altar in Isaiah 6

[Rich Villodas @richvillodas]

We keep Sabbath not because it makes us more productive at work. We keep it to resist the idol of productivity.

We are more than what we produce.

[Rich Villodas @richvillodas]

So often I have known, right there in the pulpit, even as I read the words, how far they fell short of my hopes I had for them.

- John Ames

(Excerpt from Gilead by Marilynne Robinson… I totally resonate with this)

[Luke Holmes @lukeholmes]

"If Jesus Christ really rose from the dead, then whatever you are worried about, whatever you are afraid of, it's going to be OK." ⁦@timkellernyc⁩

[Rich Villodas @richvillodas]

If Jesus saved a seat for Judas at the table, and washed his feet, the invitation for Christ-followers is—by the grace of God—to come the table with fellow Christians we disagree with.

[Matt Smethurst @MattSmethurst]

“The man on the middle cross said I can come.”

Praise God for gospel grace.

[Rich Villodas @richvillodas]

On Holy Wednesday, Judas agrees to betray Jesus. Judas had been with Jesus for three years as one of his 12 disciples. It’s a painful, tragic event containing so many lessons. Here’s one of them:

Being around Jesus doesn’t automatically mean we are being formed by Jesus.

[Rich Villodas @richvillodas]

In the 20th century (generally speaking), “Protestant Christians set out to make America Christian and ended up making Christianity American.”

- Stanley Hauerwas

[Christian Arnold @oldmanarnold]

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[Orlando International Airport @MCO]

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[Matthew Martin @martinmattl]

Don’t think about it.

Don’t try to be cool.

What was your favorite book when you were 12?

[Rich Villodas @richvillodas]

My preaching advice to those preparing for Christmas Eve:

1. Trust the story. Let it do the work.
2. Trim your sermon. Less is more.
3. Try to relax. Life will go on no matter how you do.

[Jen Wilkin @jenniferwilkin]

As a Charles Wesley fan, I’m here to help with one of the best (and most often incorrectly edited) Christmas hymn lyrics of all.

Do you know which lyric it is?

Hint: it’s in “Hark the Herald Angels Sing” /1