Mark Sullivan

Follower of Christ, married to the lovely Diane, father of Brianna, Nicole and Seamus, pastor of Promise Church (promisechurchmn) in Waconia

[Matt Smethurst @MattSmethurst]

What good news.

[Scott Sauls @scottsauls]

“When I look at myself, I don’t see how I can be saved. When I look at Christ, I don’t see how I can be lost.”
– Martin Luther

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

“Time is the only currency you spend without knowing your balance. Use it wisely.”

[Darshak Rana ⚡️ @thedarshakrana]

The Woodpecker is the only proof that God really exists.

And I'm going to prove it to you right NOW:🧵

[Frank Turek @DrFrankTurek]

@LeeStrobel’s FAVORITE Medical Miracle! #Theology

[Eric Hovind @erichovind]

I just finished an interview with Brad from Across Nigeria… and honestly, I’m sitting here stunned.

Today, he buried 14 Christians in a mass grave.
Two were infants.
One was a 4-year-old child.
And this isn’t some recycled internet story or political talking point. Brad was literally there today helping bury them. While on the way to investigate one attack, another Christian community was attacked. He said the violence is happening so fast they can barely keep up anymore.
What shocked me even more is this:
Brad shared that 72% of all Christians killed worldwide last year were killed in this region of Nigeria.
72%.
And hardly anybody is talking about it.
The mainstream media should be all over this. Instead, most people scrolling social media today have no idea our brothers and sisters in Christ are being slaughtered while churches are being forced underground.
Guys… this matters.
Please watch this interview.
Please pray for these families.
And PLEASE share this everywhere you can.
At this point, WE are the media.
WE are how people find out.
WE are the distribution network.
If enough ordinary people start sharing the truth, eventually the world will have to pay attention.
Watch the full conversation and help us get this story out.

[Mark Sullivan @sullivanplanet]

Vision without execution is hallucination. Thomas Edison

[Sarah Salviander @sarahsalviander]

It may sound cheesy, but honest to goodness, I'm an astrophysicist because of Star Wars.

Lots of folks complaining about how Star Wars sucks now (and there is indeed a fair degree of suckitude at the moment), but I will forever be grateful for how Star Wars opened my heart and mind to the wonders of outer space.

I was nine years old when my dad took me and my bro to see The Empire Strikes Back at the theater. That was exactly the right age to be blown away, enchanted, utterly spellbound by what I experienced in the theater. The visuals, the music, the story, the characters. All set in a galaxy I'd have given anything to visit.

I know Star Wars has nothing to do with science, but seeing the Millennium Falcon roaring through space made me conscious of the wider universe for the first time in my young life, and these movies filled me with a sense of wondrous adventure about it.

I became obsessed with space after that. Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, Buck Rogers, Cosmos – I couldn't get enough. My life was firmly dedicated to becoming a space scientist someday.

Little did I know that nearly twenty years later, my work in astrophysics would lead me straight to God.

I owe the Star Wars universe a lot – it opened the door to a career I love and to a God I love even more.

May the 4th be with you, always.

[Mark Sullivan @sullivanplanet]

@celtics and @sixers coaches look like they are dressed to mow the lawn. Can’t even tell by their clothing who is coaching which team. #nba

[Wes Huff @WesleyLHuff]

Couple of days ago I posted my conversation with @pj_schreiner on the resurrection (specifically his new book on the topic). Since then a few people have wrote comments or messaged me stating that Jesus’s resurrection was a spiritual *not* a physical event.

The word used in the New Testament that we translate as “resurrection” is anastasis. The term holds all the regular understanding we would ascribe to a physical rising or standing up, not merely spiritual revival. The general sense of anastasis is “raising” and could even refer to erecting a building, standing up, or even becoming well after being ill. However, the specific sense of anastasis as resurrection from the dead is the primary meaning in the NT, and is certainly the focus in 1 Cor. 15.

The Gospel accounts and Paul’s usage provide strong evidence against a purely spiritual interpretation. Acts 2:31 emphasizes that Christ’s body “did not experience corruption,” indicating bodily continuity. Paul’s primary agenda is defense of a literal resurrection from the dead for both Christ and then all people, and for Paul, a physical resurrection, a literal was-dead-but-is-now-alive-again transformation is crucial for the Christian life.

The distinction between revivification and resurrection is crucial here. The raising of Lazarus or of the widow of Nain’s son was a restoration to temporary physical life (they came to life only ultimately to die again after), not a resurrection to permanent life. Jesus’s resurrection transcends this category entirely.

A distinctive feature of the Christian view of resurrection is that the dead are not only revived but also transformed. Along with Christ, a Christians’s resurrection at the end of this world will bring personal transformation and exaltation as well as the return of life. This transformation involves the whole person; what is raised and transformed is not some impersonal corpse but dead persons, who are transformed outwardly and inwardly — we’re not talking zombies here people.

The Gospels describe a bodily resurrection with transformed properties: those raised to the resurrection “do not marry” and “cannot die anymore, because they are equal to the angels and are children of God, being children of the resurrection.” (Luke 20:27-36) This describes not a disembodied spirit but an embodied existence fundamentally altered in nature. Everything we read about in scripture points overwhelmingly to bodily resurrection rather than purely spiritual continuation.

Now go get your free copy of Dr. Shreiner’s book The Hope of the Resurrection at https://t.co/VOUj13nyoU.

[Lecrae @lecrae]

This Moment Made Him Leave Islam ☪️ New Episode Out Now available on YouTube and all audio platforms! @AbduMurray

[Johan @Adityapandeydev]

The Brain Grows When You Do Hard Things

[Mark Sullivan @sullivanplanet]

@davebjornolson He is risen indeed!

[Mark Sullivan @sullivanplanet]

The NBA is looking at revising their approach to the draft to reduce teams tanking. I think they are missing a great opportunity for additional games and revenue. Have a single elimination tournament for the non playoff teams to determine the draft order. @NBA #nbadraftorder

[Josh Barzon @JoshuaBarzon]

This is such a cool video of Solomon's Temple being built.

[Mark Sullivan @sullivanplanet]

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[Mark Sullivan @sullivanplanet]

TikTok is advertising that it comes with 50 preset safety settings. Don’t they realize that it’s inherently unsafe products that need safety settings.

[Patricia Heaton @PatriciaHeaton]

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