My response to the SBC report from yesterday.
Yes, it's long. Yes, it's late. Because some days there are no words and yet so many. Far too much to try to capture. But I hope you hear the heart, and the challenge.
COLUMN: When Memphis fired Tubby Smith to hire Penny Hardaway, lots of folks had jokes. But all Penny's done since is sell tickets, fill buildings, secure the nation's No. 1 recruiting class and create a preseason top-10 team.
Anybody still got jokes?
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This is nothing short of a scandal and a crisis. There should be no tolerance for, or covering up of, sexual abuse of the vulnerable ever, especially within the church of Jesus Christ. https://t.co/h5GuEn7vXZ
Joshua 20 states that at the death of the High Priest, all who were guilty of manslaughter would be free to leave the cities of refuge. There’s an echo here of how the death of the great High Priest (Jesus) frees us. How much more His resurrection!
Here is my homiletical alternative to Spurgeon’s supposed encouragement that we should take every text and make a beeline to the Cross. https://t.co/3FnjO512nB
As I write Christians are being arrested, stripped, and shamed in China. Here is a stunning statement on "Faithful Disobedience" from Pastor Wang Yi just published. Gather the family tonight and read this. Show your children the "Cost of Discipleship." https://t.co/dSMqj9jJQU
PRESS RELEASE: The ERLC delivered a coalition letter to members of the U.S. Congress calling for the repeal of a new tax on churches and nonprofits, which will extract $1.7 billion in taxes from the charitable sector over 10 years. https://t.co/b3ate113za