sam v shaw Jr

Jesus-follower, Ruthe-lover , Dad to Sarah, Corrie, Joey, Charles, Papa to Sam, Abe, Eloise, Sadie, Evan, Nehemiah, Frank, Vinson, Zeke;

[sam v shaw Jr @samvshawjr]

“God deals with us as gently as he can or as harshly as he must.” Jim Dennison

[sam v shaw Jr @samvshawjr]

@MusingsOnChrist @MBLinton Yes!!!!

[Wes Huff @WesleyLHuff]

So apparently I’m embroiled in some sort of controversy. Let me set a few things strait:

1. I don’t know Sam Allberry personally. We've met in-person a total of once — back in January while I was in Nashville when I did the Shawn Ryan Podcast, where I ran into and took a picture with Sam. When I saw the news initially about his removal from leadership I took that picture down. I had already started to see people commenting that by keeping it up I was implicating myself in his sin. I do not think they were correct. But ironically, said comments were then replaced with ones telling me that by taking it down… I was hiding something and implicating myself in his sin. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.

2. I believe the language in the current public statements to be potentially unhelpfully vague. From my (brief though not uninformed) understanding of the details of the situation, what Sam did that disqualified him from leadership was not due to sexual or even a romantic impropriety, but what could best be described as a sinful emotional attachment. This is not to justify it or say that it wasn't disqualifying (I think it probably was). But the lack of clarity has left room for those who desire to gossip, defame, and sinfully speculate online to run wild — which they have.

3. I am genuinely saddened with the internet’s desire to tear down and jump to harsh judgements regarding another Christian’s failing. When someone falls into sin, those who are spiritually mature should work toward their restoration, approaching them with a spirit of gentleness (Gal. 6:1-2). The motivation for restoration carries spiritual weight. Bringing someone back who has wandered from truth saves their soul from death and covers a multitude of sins (James 5:19–20). This isn’t merely about correcting behaviour, it’s about spiritual rescue. The desire to gossip and breed quarrels, which is so obviously warned against in scripture (Proverbs 17:19; 26:17; 2 Timothy 2:14, 23-24; Titus 3:9-11; James 4:1-2) is, to say the least, lamentable and disappointing to see.

4. Sam Allberry is being labelled as “Side B,” this is genuinely confusing to me. To quote Sam in his own words: “Same sex attraction is not a good thing. It is... a consequence of the fall. ...This kind of attraction is not something God designed for us, and it contradicts his design” (Is God Anti Gay, 63). Sam has expressed in multiple places throughout his written work and public talks that he holds to the biblical position of marriage, that homosexual relationships are sinful, and that identifying as a “gay Christian” is incompatible with scripture. To be clear, I don't agree with Sam on all the nuances of how he discusses the issue. But I can only conclude that this attempt to make him into an LBGT advocate comes from either shear ignorance of his public work or some sort of internet-level frothing of the mouth to jump on whoever “we don’t like this week.”

But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. - Heb 3:13.

[Beth Moore @BethMooreLPM]

I think Acts 2:24 is one of the most astounding verses in all the Bible.

“God raised [Jesus] up, ending the pains of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by death.”

Not possible. Death did not hold him because it COULD NOT hold him. A whole sermon in 1 verse.

[Dr. Malachi - (Dr. Run) @malachiobrien]

He’s Alive

Sung by Steve Gaines.

This hits different now.

[Wes Huff @WesleyLHuff]

The term "theological liberalism" is thrown around a lot.
When push comes to shove though, it still boils down to Richard Niebuhr's summation of what theological liberalism truly is: "A God without wrath brought men without sin into a kingdom without judgment through the ministrations of a Christ without a cross" (Kingdom of God in America, 193).

Liberal/progressive Christianity is more than that but it is no less than that, and it will always come down to it. Niebuhr's words 89 years ago are just as applicable in 1937 as they are today.

[sam v shaw Jr @samvshawjr]

@BethMooreLPM Beth, you have been and are a breath of fresh air… honest, vulnerable courageous, and devoted to Jesus, his Word, and his people. Games are won the last quarter. May your last quarter be your best.

[Megan Basham @megbasham]

🚨🚨The pastors and elders of Cities Church in St. Paul released a statement today on what happened during their worship service on Sunday.

Said the elders: “Invading a church service to disrupt the worship of Jesus — or any other act of worship — is protected by neither the Christian Scriptures nor the laws of this nation.”

Amen. Read it all here: https://t.co/wzPy63KucZ

[sam v shaw Jr @samvshawjr]

@edstetzer @jonathanparnell @citieschurch We need to be prepared. This will not be the only time this happens. It is wrong, shameful, and not only in a Christian, but un-American.

[Andy Naselli @AndyNaselli]

This photo is from January 5, 2025, when Christ the King Church first covenanted as a church. @jonathanparnell, lead pastor of Cities Church, has his hand on my shoulder as a group of pastors from the Minneapolis area are commissioning the pastors of our church. Cities Church is one of three churches that helped to plant our church.

1. I agree with what Denny Burk writes here about the shameful protestors who blasphemously trespassed a worship service for Cities Church on Sunday morning: https://t.co/IaWZKjnAQU. Albert Mohler addresses the issue on The Briefing: https://t.co/j4OgdU825G.

2. I commend @joe_rigney's article “A Brazen Invasion of Christian Worship: The Left’s New Tactic Is to Disrupt the Church,” https://t.co/5YM1SRXSUi. Joe and I discuss praying for ICE in this interview: https://t.co/Q9tCxpnlt1.

[sam v shaw Jr @samvshawjr]

@BethMooreLPM You could have been describing my wife and myself. Happiest of anniversaries, Beth.

[sam v shaw Jr @samvshawjr]

Boomer!!

[Franklin Graham @Franklin_Graham]

While the news focuses on tariffs and other things, the world is strangely silent about the slaughter of Christians in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by Muslim jihadists.

Last Sunday, 49 people were brutally hacked to death with machetes during a church service in the village of Komanda—horrifically, 9 of those decapitated that day were children. Several other village children were kidnapped. Shops and businesses were burned. A survivor said there is “sadness upon sadness everywhere. Everything they had is lost…” Can you imagine the horror?

And this isn’t an isolated incident—it’s ongoing. Over 4,000 Christians have been killed in Nigeria over the last year. In Sub-Saharan Africa, more than 16 million Christians have fled their homes because of the incredible violence. One person said, “The church is on the run.” Join me in praying for these Christians. I am thankful that President @realDonaldTrump and the @WhiteHouse have condemned these killings and are working to defend religious freedom around the world. https://t.co/ha51JY92BF

[sam v shaw Jr @samvshawjr]

@philipnation To the Golden Shore

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@thinkingwest Barbados

[sam v shaw Jr @samvshawjr]

Carrie Underwood is a class act!

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“The main temptation is not to reject God outright, but to embrace God as something secondary and use God as an instrument for our own ends.”
Miroslav Volf

[sam v shaw Jr @samvshawjr]

@calebmorell @chbcdc Would love a copy

[sam v shaw Jr @samvshawjr]

@lawsonharlow Oops