Pastor Red River Church, Married, four children, love theology, history, songwriting, indie films, tennis
Austin, Texas
Joined February 2012
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Heaven is not heaven without Christ.
It is better to be in any place with Christ, than to be in heaven itself without him.
All delicacies without Christ are but as a funeral banquet.
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The number one cause of atheism is Christians. Those who proclaim God with their mouths and deny Him with their lifestyles is what an unbelieving world finds simply unbelievable. ~ Karl Rahner
#ReJesus
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Public conversations (social media!) feel like dark labyrinths of truth-lessness with little hope of light. Voices come at us from all sides none of which we can trust. Distrust breeds suspicion and suspicion reinforces distrust. We need the light of TRUTH & TRUST or we are lost.
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The Church is not to be found at the “center” of a left/right political world.
The Church is to be a species of its own kind, confounding both left and right, and finding its identity from the "center" of God’s life.
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George Floyd was a mentor and "person of peace" who opened doors for ministry in Houston's Third Ward.
I was honored to hear from leaders who knew him and served alongside him. @CoreyPaulMusic @pngwolo @ReconcileUs @JustNijalon
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Nationalism and political partisanship is a distraction from what we are actually put on this earth to do.
Cole, Neil. Rising Tides: Finding a Future-Proof Faith in an Age of Exponential Change (Starling Initiatives Publication Series) (Kindle Location 679).
Keith Atkinson retweeted
Every once in a while, which is usually once a month these days, I think, our two-party political system sucks. It forcibly homogenizes a richer diversity, not just in each party, but also in our country, giving us as a result impossibly narrow options on Election Day. Ugh.
Jesus’s teaching consistently attracted the irreligious while offending the Bible-believing religious people of His day. However, our churches do not have this same effect, which can only mean one thing. Our preaching and practices are not declaring the same message...Tim Keller
God is not safe, nor containable, and he claims us, body and soul, but this is what we are made for. In acknowledging God as a consuming fire, we recognize he can never fit in any box we try to place him in.
Hirsch, Alan. Reframation: Seeing God, People, and Mission n.
What a wonderful thing that is happening!
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@GeorgeMiley & @ryanmthurman w/Pope Francis @Pontifex today Catholic Charismatic Renewal Golden Jubilee 2017 #Pentecost2017 #Wittenberg2017
Such a joy to participate on this panel with such wonderful servant leaders. teapaw.org/missioalliance/status/…
"Confession lets us remain confident that God is still committed to us." —@JenPMichel, 'Teach Us to Want' ivpress.com/teachustowant #MichelTUW
Great way to truly act on loving our neighbors. teapaw.org/renovareusa/status/749…
Reno Recap: #DallasWillard helps us know where to start if we want to love our neighbors. jnandj.sh/297IYxD
Grace gives us hearts big enough to accept creation—and ourselves—in brokenness and fragility instead of despising it. Jonathan Martin
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Worship was not so much what we did, but what we let God do in and for us… worship was our signature activity.