Tim Smith

Serving the people of LP, Coram Deo, OG 268 Generation,

[Jason Howerton @jason_howerton]

Big things are happening at Lakepointe Church under the leadership of Pastor @howertonjosh

https://t.co/0i48hv6P6t

[Tim Smith @smithtim701]

@jason_howerton @howertonjosh Truth. My guy is the real thing.

[Tim Smith @smithtim701]

The person who captured the info and all these knowledgeable folks commenting didn’t mention that 8.5 million is our Missions Budget per year x2 = 17 million plus the More than Us Center which will be fully devoted to External Community Missions, ESL, Food Pantry, Clothes Closet, Job Training…that is another 10 million plus the other projects (Bible Translation, Prison)….28 million in two years going to Missions.

[Tim Smith @smithtim701]

Scott, probably hard for you to know this but @lpconnect birthed a church planting network @Stratlaunchnet that has planted close to 100 churches over the last 20 years. It’s the biggest single mission cause in our budget…focus is on planting strong, multiplying churches in hard to reach cities…our multi-site strategy is focused in and around Dallas. In short, we are trying to do more of both.

[Tim Smith @smithtim701]

@NatePickowicz RT Kendall?

[Tim Smith @smithtim701]

@lukedsimmons Great opportunity!

[Luke Simmons @lukedsimmons]

We are looking to hire an Executive Pastor of Ministry for Ironwood Church who is a:

Leadership Builder: Naturally develops leaders and raises the level of everyone around them.

Strategic Executor: Able to create clarity, alignment, accountability, and momentum without becoming rigid, corporate, or process-heavy.

Courageous Communicator: He does not avoid hard, leadership moments.

Relational Developer: Brings warmth, relational awareness, and emotional intelligence into leadership environments.

Ministry Architect: Able to see organizational gaps, staffing needs, leadership weaknesses, and future ministry challenges before they become major problems.

If you're interested in this — or know somebody who would be a good fit, let me know.

[Tim Smith @smithtim701]

@jt_english So good @jt_english Maybe the true gift is that, in the work of creating and building, we’re also being spiritually formed by that work in ways far deeper than the result of the work itself.

[Tim Smith @smithtim701]

@lukedsimmons 30A for sure…look west of Alys Beach (better on the budget) but close enough to ride your bike into Rosemary and Alys.

[Tim Smith @smithtim701]

At church tonight singing with joy at the work of His hands! So many lives changed by Jesus!

[Tim Smith @smithtim701]

@RuggieriJulia @BethMooreLPM @howertonjosh @pastordmack Talk to current members of his church and it’s actually really good…

[Tim Smith @smithtim701]

@jason_howerton Gold!

[NBA TV @NBATV]

COOPER LANDS IN DALLAS 🔥

The @dallasmavs take Cooper Flagg with the No. 1 pick in the 2025 #NBADraft!

[Tim Smith @smithtim701]

@jodyschmelzer You live this.

[YoungHoon Kim @yhbryankimiq]

As the world’s highest IQ record holder, I firmly believe this: Human beings are born to know God. That’s why I rightly know God through Jesus Christ because Jesus Christ is the final and perfect revelation of God.

[Tim Smith @smithtim701]

@lukedsimmons Yes! if you're theological positions don't free you to join God in His mission to reach people, you might need to reconsider some things.

[Tim Smith @smithtim701]

@lukedsimmons 3 months and then immediately begin to fund 1) missions outside yourself and 2)start a future facility fund for owning over leasing

[Nancy Pearcey @NancyRPearcey]

We often hear that Christian men are Exhibit A of toxic masculinity.

The co-founder of the Churchtoo movement, which followed theMetoo movement, said, theology of male headship “feeds the rape culture that we see permeating American Christianity today.”

But social scientists were listening to these accusations and asking, where’s your evidence? You’re making these charges, but where’s your data? So they went out and did the studies.

And they found that evangelical family men who attend church regularly are actually the most loving husbands and the most engaged fathers.

Compared to the average American family man, evangelical men are

• More loving to their wives 4 (and yes, they do interview the wives separately)

• Evangelical fathers are more engaged with their children -- 3.5 more hours /wk than secular men

• Evangelical couples have the lowest rate of divorce -- 35 % lower than secular couples

• And surprisingly they have the lowest rates of domestic violence of any group in the US.

Sometimes a quote can help crystalize a point, so here’s a quote from the sociologist who did the largest study—his name is Brad Wilcox of the University of Virginia, and this is from article he wrote for the New York Times:

“It turns out that the happiest of all wives in America are religious conservatives. Fully 73 percent of wives who hold conservative gender values and attend religious services regularly with their husbands have high-quality marriages.”

Wilcox then turns to his secular colleagues and says:

“Academics need to cast aside their prejudices about religious conservatives and evangelicals in particular. Conservative Protestant married men with children are consistently the most active and expressive fathers and the most emotionally engaged husbands.”

This is not a pep talk from a religious leader. These are the results of rigorous empirical testing. These are evidence- based findings showing that Christianity does have the power to reconcile the sexes, as I put it in the subtitle to my book. We should be confident about bringing into the secular arena to debunk the negative media narratives.

Adapted from The Toxic War on Masculinity

[Tim Smith @smithtim701]

"Clarity is freedom. Know what is important to you and it will grant you the freedom to ignore everything else."

-@JamesClear