Megan

Wife and President of @thejustinschell Fan Club, mom to Henry and Evie, passionate Christ follower

[Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt]

Saving LA - Phase III

[Justin Schell @TheJustinSchell]

Any churches looking for a gospel-centered, pastoral, Bible-loving pastor/associate pastor with 20 years of fruitful ministry under their belt? Odd circumstances have left a good friend in between his last ministry and what's next. DM me for an introduction.

[Megan @TheMeganSchell]

@BiblicalBeauty @ericmetaxas The GOAT song for Easter

[Texas Values (text txvalues to 797979 for update) @txvalues]

🚨 When the Obergefell court case invented a “right” to marry a person of the same sex, the law was forced to accomplish what biology prohibits, making two adults of the same sex, parents of a child. That required a decade-long overhaul of parenthood centered around adult desire rather than the child’s needs. 🚨

Today, Texas Values joined @ThemBeforeUs, @FRCdc, @FocusFamily, @AmericanFamAssc, @LilaGraceRose and @LiveAction, the @realDailyWire's @michaeljknowles, @conservmillen, and more than 47 other state and national organizations to launch today the campaign Greater Than, with the goal of ultimately overturning Obergefell.

"The Obergefell Supreme Court decision in 2015 was a misguided mistake, as it allowed five unelected judges to override Texas marriage laws that were supported by over 75% of voters at the ballot box. This illegitimate power grab has affected Texas families and children in a negative way ever since. It is time that our state and country, once again, uphold God’s design of marriage being between one man and one woman for the benefit of society and the well-being of our nation’s children.” -@JonathanSaenzTX, President and Attorney for Texas Values

Read the full press release here: https://t.co/Qit7Li3ibt

[Megan @TheMeganSchell]

@DanBurmawy I studied ministry in a cross cultural context and lived in N. Africa as well as served in Central Asia. This is the clearest explanation of the difference between my western Christian perspective and the perspective I encountered in those areas. Even France. Clarity is essential

[The Oklahoma Lion @TheOklahomaLion]

A second attempt to ban Sharia Law in Oklahoma will take place this session.

The first passing with 70% Oklahoma voter approval in 2010, later shot down by the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in 2012.

Now voters may be able to try again under new administration.

[Dan Burmawi @DanBurmawy]

When I first came to the U.S. to finish school, a professor told us to take an exam at home and simply said, “Don’t use Google or open your books.”

As someone who grew up in the Middle East, I couldn’t believe it. What kind of society trusts people like that?

But over time, I began to understand what I was witnessing. This wasn’t naivety. This was a high-trust society, something so rare in the world that most people born outside the West have never even seen it.

After the Catholic Church banned cousin marriage, people in the West started marrying outside the family. That forced individuals to move out, build broader social networks, and rely on strangers for daily life.

Trust wasn’t just a virtue, it became a survival mechanism. You couldn’t build a working society unless you believed, at some basic level, that others would do the right thing.

That trust was reinforced by Judeo-Christian values. Add to that the stability of wealth, people didn’t need to cheat or steal to get by. So trust flourished.

That’s why in the West, you can check out at a grocery store with no cashier. That’s why the government lets you self-report your taxes. That’s why a professor can hand you an exam and trust that you’ll take it honestly.

Because here, truth is assumed, until proven otherwise.

But Westerners, sadly, think the rest of the world works this way. It doesn’t, and especially not Islamic societies.

Islamic cultures are low-trust by design, the result of centuries of tribalism, aggressive theological systems, and economic instability.

Islam doesn’t nurture trust. It nurtures surveillance, control, and suspicion.

In many Muslim-majority societies, you’re not even trusted to be alone in a room with your cousin or sister-in-law, because the assumption is you can’t be trusted.

Allah doesn’t trust you. That’s why every move you make must be regulated.

In those societies, deception isn’t condemned, it’s excused, even celebrated, especially when used against non-Muslims.

Lying is seen as a tool for survival and advantage. That’s the mindset many immigrants bring with them.

When they arrive in high-trust Western nations, they don’t see a system to protect, they see a system to exploit.

They take advantage of your honesty, your openness, your kindness. They know your society was built on the idea that love believes all things, and they weaponize that belief against you.

[Megan @TheMeganSchell]

Watching Charles as the conservative candidate for Oklahoma governor.

[Charles McCall @CharlesMcCallOK]

We’re hitting the ground running in 2026 and back on the 77 County Tour in Dewey County to listen, shake hands, and keep building a Make Oklahoma Strong movement across Oklahoma. The work doesn’t stop, and neither do we.

[Shane Pruitt @shane_pruitt78]

"I love Jesus, but I don't believe the Bible.”

Is often code language for: “I follow a Jesus that l'm comfortable with, because I created Him with my own opinions, biases, and preferences.

That's a fake Jesus. Anything we know about the real Jesus comes from the Scriptures.

[Megan @TheMeganSchell]

Wow. Bombshell evidence.

[Megan Basham @megbasham]

None of this was ever true. It was all a scheme to take control of the largest and (arguably) most conservative Protestant denomination in the United States.

And yes, I use the word scheme deliberately. Because that is what it was. It was orchestrated by men like @drmoore and @pbethancourt, it was manufactured, and it was false. And I was always happy to die on this hill, knowing that eventually, the truth would be known.

[Megan @TheMeganSchell]

@hopefulwatchman @megbasham @grok https://t.co/BenjgY1fQn

[Megan @TheMeganSchell]

@hopefulwatchman @megbasham @grok Looks like Lyell died earlier this year. Reported by Christianity today and others.

[Megan @TheMeganSchell]

@hopefulwatchman @megbasham @grok NOT Jennifer Buck. Gosh Grok that’s crazy.

[Chloe Cole ⭐️ @ChloeCole]

Anything is possible through Jesus.

When I detransitioned I thought my life was over, I now know it was just the beginning.

If you are struggling with gender dysphoria, seek the truth and He will heal you, it is never too late to live in reality.

[Megan @TheMeganSchell]

@jasonkovacs Which one do you use Jason?

[Center for Baptist Leadership @BaptistLeaders]

CALLING ALL OKLAHOMA PASTORS:

Join us, @tpusafaith, & @AmReformer for a Pastors Roundtable *before* the @TPUSA event at Oklahoma University on Thursday Oct 16!

Lance Williams from TPUSA Faith will share how your church can join the fight!

Register here: https://t.co/qCYYRSk6wk

[Secretary Marco Rubio @SecRubio]

The United States condemns the Chinese Communist Party’s recent detention of dozens of leaders of the unregistered Zion Church in China, including prominent pastor Mingri “Ezra” Jin.  

We call for their immediate release.

[FBI Salt Lake City @FBISaltLakeCity]

The FBI has created a Virtual Family Assistance Center to support those who were present during the shooting at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, on Sept. 10, 2025. Those impacted can go to https://t.co/jOT3PJnLTv to complete the personal effects and intake information forms. Contact the FBI at [email protected] if you have questions.

The FBI will facilitate the return of personal effects at the Utah Valley University Young Living Alumni Center at the times noted below. To retrieve items, please fill out the personal effects form and reference this image and the zone you were in. Media and the general public will not be allowed to enter the UVU Young Alumni Center out of respect for the privacy of those retrieving items.

Monday, Sept. 15: 9 am to 9 pm
Tuesday, Sept. 16: 9 am to 9 pm
Wednesday, Sept. 17: 9 am to 7 pm

[Mike Riccardi @MikeRiccardi_]

In his excellent book, The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self, historian Carl Trueman argues that the dominant worldview of the contemporary secular West is what he calls “expressive individualism.” This is the idea that “each of us finds our meaning by giving expression to our own feelings and desires” (46).

The Enlightenment philosopher Rene Descartes is famous for the dictum, “I think, therefore I am.” Expressive individualism is captured by the motto: “I feel, therefore I am.” Or perhaps, “I am what I feel I am.”

“And,” the reasoning goes, “in order for me to be my authentic self, I must give unfettered expression to those feelings. And because I am my feelings, any contradiction of my psychological beliefs about myself—any failure to affirm and validate those feelings—is a hateful threat to my very self. It is violence against my personhood.”

That is western culture over the last 15 years, especially as promoted by the political left. It’s why “speech” is called “violence.” It’s why words are spoken of as being “weaponized.” Everything is a weapon if I am under attack when my feelings aren’t affirmed.

Any lack of wholehearted affirmation and even celebration of my feelings—and certainly the notion that my feelings ought to change in order to be brought in line with objective reality—is virtually the same as wanting me to die.

It’s not difficult to see the implication: I have to kill you before you “kill” me. There is a straight line between the deification of one’s own feelings to the political assassinations (and attempts) that we are now seeing more of.

But the answer is to this is: you are not your feelings. You are what God your Creator says you are: a creature, made in His image, male or female as He has designed you, created to glorify and honor Him. And yet you have fallen into sin and corruption through disobedience to God’s law, and that disobedience earns you the just penalty of eternal punishment for your sins in hell.

But the Father has sent His Son into the world, (1) to live the perfect life of obedience you and I have failed to live, and (2) to die the substitutionary death that you and I were required to die (but couldn’t survive), bearing the penalty of divine wrath that sin deserves, and (3) to rise from the grave in victory over sin and death.

And He promises that if you will turn from your sin and trust Christ alone for your righteousness before God, your sins will be forgiven. If you repudiate yourself and find your identity in Jesus, He will replace the sinking sands of your feelings with the solid rock of truth. And He will be to you all the satisfaction and fulfillment that you could ever wish.

Expressive individualism is willing to take the lives of others in pursuit of self-actualization. The Gospel is: Jesus was willing to surrender His life in pursuit of others’ salvation. We live consistently with that Gospel when we lay down our lives to pursue others’ freedom.

A nation can only survive on one of those worldviews. The answer to our country’s brokenness is the Gospel of Jesus Christ alone.

[Megan @TheMeganSchell]

@CTmagazine He championed ‘MAGA Doctrine’? ‘Died’? ‘Activist’? Mr. Silliman, don’t harden your heart today. Men like Charlie, like Stephen in the book fo Acts, would want you to not harden your heart but to count Jesus as worthy of your life and worthy of telling the truth no matter the cost