Richard McPheeters

Follower of Jesus Christ, Husband to Destiny, Dad to Bekah, Abi & Tyler, Preacher of the Gospel, Pastor at Harvard Avenue Baptist Church

[stepfanie tyler @stepfanie]

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[Tom Schreiner @DrTomSchreiner]

Do not call everything a conspiracy
that these people say is a conspiracy.
Do not fear what they fear;
do not be terrified.
You are to regard only the Lord of Armies as holy.
Only he should be feared;
only he should be held in awe.

Isa 8:12–13 csb

[Jeff Wiesner @JeffreyPWiesner]

Is there a more well-intended yet spiritually unhelpful phrase in local church ministry than, “Do life together?”

Especially for saints with growing families, full calendars, and many commitments, it can create unreasonable expectations that lead to constantly feeling “disconnected.”

My advice:

> Leverage the Lord’s Day for church relationships.

> Be intentional to build and maintain a few close friendships 1-2 times per month through hospitality, double dates, or whatever.

> But be content in this season to “do life” with your spouse and kids. What a blessed season and opportunity!

So resist thinking that you’re somehow “missing out”or “disconnected” because the volume, intensity, spontaneity, and frequency of “doing life” with *friends* is not what it was when you were in college, single, or newly married without kids.

Don’t get me wrong. That was a sweet season! Praise God for it! But it’s never coming back.

So don’t build your expectations for “doing life” in this present season from your experience in that season.

Instead, consider that God has given you a new (and, in many ways, better) set of people to “do life” with. Lean into your home, your spouse, and your kids without regret or discontentment.

Then locate your household alongside others in a church with the modest ambition of doing some spiritual good to others every Sunday over a long period of time, and then perhaps some other times outside of the Lord’s Day as you’re able—in a church small group, or through hospitality, or whatever.

And if we’re being honest, many churches do not give their members the freedom to do this.

They might call them “Sunday only” Christians, and pressure them—without any reference to their family—“But who are you doing life with?”

Or they might sell their various extra-biblical programs and small groups with a promise, “These are the people you’re going to ‘do life’ with.”

OK, maybe. Maybe not. Either way, let’s not command what God does not command or promise what God does not promise.

Instead, let’s encourage simple faithfulness and godly contentment to “do life” where he has us.

Okay, I’m done.

[Tom Schreiner @DrTomSchreiner]

“The LORD is for me; I will not be afraid. What can a mere mortal do to me? The LORD is my helper; therefore, I will look in triumph on those who hate me. It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in humanity. ”
(Ps 118:6-8 CSB)

[Tom Schreiner @DrTomSchreiner]

“Not to us, LORD, not to us, but to your name give glory because of your faithful love, because of your truth.”
(Ps 115:1 CSB)

[Tom Schreiner @DrTomSchreiner]

“Blessed be the Lord! Day after day he bears our burdens; God is our salvation. Selah Our God is a God of salvation, and escape from death belongs to the LORD my Lord.”
(Ps 68:19-20 CSB)

[Chris Wall @worthfollowing]

You are called to a relationship not just to a set of religious rules. This relationship moves you to live by guidelines leading to a life of joy, contentment, stability, and adventure. Obeying His instructions is the path to that #gospeladventure #missioninfocus @FirstOwasso

[Theology for the Church @Theo4church]

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[Tom Schreiner @DrTomSchreiner]

“Who do I have in heaven but you? And I desire nothing on earth but you. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart, my portion forever.”
(Ps 73:25-26 CSB)

[Richard McPheeters @tankmcp]

@laurenboebert No

[Tom Schreiner @DrTomSchreiner]

"The Word became flesh & dwelt among us. We observed his glory, the glory as the one & only Son from the Father, full of grace & truth . . . No one has ever seen God. The one and only Son, who is himself God and is at the Father’s side —he has revealed him."

John 1:14,18

[Tom Schreiner @DrTomSchreiner]

Isn't it instructive that one of the sins here is 'ungrateful'?

'But know this: Hard times will come in the last days. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, proud, demeaning, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, irreconcilable,

[Tom Schreiner @DrTomSchreiner]

“Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us; establish for us the work of our hands— establish the work of our hands!”
(Psalm 90:17 CSB)

[Ingrid Skop MD @docskop]

I’m a board-certified OB-GYN currently practicing in Texas. I have been practicing for over 30 years and I have delivered over 5,000 babies.

Allow me to shed some light on the harmful lies coming from the pro-abortion lobby.
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[Lucía Lobosvilla @LuciaLobosvilla]

Someone else said:

“Art Nouveau is when it looks made by elves.

Art Deco is when it looks made by dwarves.”

And after looking into it, I think they’re a genius and 100% correct.

[lori frank @lorifrank1]

Southern Baptists are the Chick-fil-A of disaster responders.

[John Doyle @JohnDoyle]

I think my earliest memory of White Male Rage is when my teacher scolded me in front of the class for working ahead in my math book so I could finish early and draw stick figures engaged in violence instead of listening to her slowly walk everyone through whatever we were doing

[Albert Mohler @albertmohler]

I shared this word from the heart with the @SBTS and @BoyceCollege family at the end of chapel service today.

Many have reached out after its public circulation, so I am sharing it as well. I hope you find it helpful.

[Richard McPheeters @tankmcp]

@jtmcphee99 welcome to the Dark Side. It’ll be a hoot.