Steven White

Pastor of a beautiful little church. Alum of @UTKnoxville & @GordonConwell. These are my favorite quotes.

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“Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring. Imaginary good is boring; real good is always new, marvelous, intoxicating.”
— Simone Weil

[Steven White @stevenwhite28]

Like a seed You were sown
For the sake of us all
From Bethlehem's soil
Grew Calvary's sequoia
- Benjamin Hastings

[Steven White @stevenwhite28]

@jamierkennedy Akuryeri and then Siglo. Stunning courses up north

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@jamierkennedy Hooper (NH) and Olde Salem (MA)

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“Attitude reflects leadership." (From the movie “Remember the Titans”)

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"Five Vows of Spiritual Power” (A.W. Tozer)
1. Deal thoroughly with sin.
2. Never own anything.
3. Never defend yourself.
4. Never pass anything on about anybody else that will hurt him.
5. Never accept any glory.

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“If our culture cannot form people who speak with both conviction and empathy across differences, then it becomes even more important for the church to use its theological and spiritual resources to produce such people.” (John Inazu & Timothy Keller)

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“Christian nationalism is impoverished as it seeks a kingdom without a cross. It pursues a victory without mercy. It acclaims God’s love of power rather than the power of God’s love.” (N.T. Wright & Michael Bird)

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“The future of humanity depends on people opening doors to the transcendent, rather than sealing themselves into materialism and despair. But when the door is open, be very, very careful about what you invite in.” (Ross Douthat)

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… to present an account of Christianity that shows the difference that being a Christian makes and how that difference may intrigue and challenge those who are not Christian." (Stanley Hauerwas)

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"The theologian's task is to make it difficult to be a Christian. It is also to make it equally difficult to be a non-Christian, that is…

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“Discipleship is the process of becoming who Jesus would be if he were you.” (Dallas Willard)

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“What is beautiful? The whole body of Christ. Take up your part in the whole body of Christ, in the whole missions of God, for the sake of the whole world. Together we are more effective and more beautiful.” (Michael Oh)

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“Success is faithfulness.” (Michael Oh)

[Trevin Wax @TrevinWax]

New post -- Reflections on the Fourth Lausanne Congress: Declaring and Displaying Christ Together

I don’t know that I’ll ever recite the Apostles’ Creed line about “the communion of saints” the same way.

#L4Congress

https://t.co/88lqFTOqhI

[Steven White @stevenwhite28]

“I just want to take a minute to think about the people in Ukraine. Can we pray? Usually I pray to God by myself. But this is the first time I heard God tell me something to pray together…. Maybe I’ll be a missionary one day.” (my 7 year old daughter)

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“True leaders are servants of other leaders.” (Phil Ryken)

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"There are both flies and bees in the same garden. Which one you are more like... depends on what you're looking for!" (old Russian saying)

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“We must engage 21st century tools in order to reach our 21st century world.” (Michael Oh)