Pete Fowler

Husband, father of two, Lead Pastor ( Portland Seminary grad, and follower of Jesus.

[Pete Fowler @thepetefowler]

@ChadParsonsNFL Thanks to you and @McNamaraDynasty for the Dynasty Think Tank pod. One of my favorite listens every week!

[Pete Fowler @thepetefowler]

@McNamaraDynasty @ChadParsonsNFL Completed trade this morning. Acquired Mahomes. #didIgetenough

[Pete Fowler @thepetefowler]

@richvillodas If Friedman had lived long enough to see the social media age, he'd have been... really, really sad.

[Rich Villodas @richvillodas]

Christianity doesn’t promise that when you come to Jesus you won’t experience darkness; it promises that though you experience darkness Jesus still comes to you.

#Advent
#todayssermon

[Pete Fowler @thepetefowler]

@DBfootballpod Most memorable Christmas gift from your childhood?

[Rich Villodas @richvillodas]

In Christ's death the curtain is torn in half. (Matt 27)
And in his death, the dividing wall of hostility was destroyed. (Eph 2)

It's easy to celebrate the torn curtain, and ignore the dividing wall.

But the gospel will have nothing of it.

Curtain & Wall must come down.

[Pete Fowler @thepetefowler]

@emilyannepastor I avoid using drive thru convenience whenever possible (bank, fast food, etc). Walking inside reminds me of the people at work there and humanizes what can otherwise be a systematized and purely consumerist experience.

[C. S. Lewis @CSLewisDaily]

“Free will, though it makes evil possible, is also the only thing that makes possible any love or goodness or joy worth having.” -C.S. Lewis

[Pete Fowler @thepetefowler]

@DynoGameTheory @threadreaderapp unroll

[Pete Fowler @thepetefowler]

@MiKeMeUpP My Gabriel Davis and Michael Pittman shares concur with this assessment today.

[Pete Fowler @thepetefowler]

@richvillodas Preach.

[Pete Fowler @thepetefowler]

@mollyc1985 @mollyc1985 Holy Buckeye is a grown adult now?!? Impossible!!!

[Rich Villodas @richvillodas]

The Word became flesh and dwelled among us.

The Word didn’t become a religious system.
The Word didn’t become a theological checklist.
The Word didn’t become a political movement.
The Word didn’t become an estatic experience.

The Word became flesh. Loving embodied existence.

[Rich Villodas @richvillodas]

Following Jesus means we:

Love deeply.
Do justice.
Repent often.
Forgive frequently.
Pray without ceasing.
Live contemplatively.
Admit our duplicity.
Do the inner work.
Be connected to a community.
Laugh at ourselves.
Boldly proclaim his Lordship and his kingdom.

[Jon Acuff @JonAcuff]

Is there an emoji for, "I saw your text but didn't know how to perfectly respond to it so I waited until I knew exactly what to say but it's been three weeks so now I just feel microbursts of shame every time I see your name in the elephant graveyard of messages on my phone?"

[Renovaré @renovare]

"Ask the God who made you to keep remaking you." —Norman Vincent Peale

[A W Tozer @TozerAW]

“Father, I want to know Thee, but my coward heart fears to give up its toys.” AW Tozer #tozer

[Rich Villodas @richvillodas]

Preparing a sermon for a funeral tonight for a longtime congregant.

Theologian Kosuke Koyama imagined Jesus says this to those who see him upon death:

‘You’ve had a difficult journey. You must be tired, and dirty. Let me wash your feet. The banquet’s ready.’

Beautiful words.

[Rich Villodas @richvillodas]

I'm all for Bible literacy.

But let's not fool ourselves. We can be biblically literate, and still be spiritually degenerate.

[Rich Villodas @richvillodas]

In our minds holiness is usually about what we abstain from.

But Jesus saw holiness as what you give yourself to. Namely, mercy, love & hospitality.

In the end, the holiest people are the ones who love well.