Christ follower, husband, father, nerd.
Colorado, USA
Joined September 2008
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As a pastor who would love for people to read the Bible more, this is sobering.
US literary statistics 2022/2023:
-21% of US adults illiterate
-54% of adults literacy < 6th grade
-45 mio functionally illiterate (<5th grade)
-130 mio adults unable to read simple story to their children
- Only ~50% adults read > 0 books a year
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It's been a while since I've agreed with Piper with no caveats, but "even a broken clock" and whatnot
Presidential election results.
Having delivered us from one evil, God now tests us with another.
“The Lord your God is testing you, to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.” Deuteronomy 13:3
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100%. I don’t understand how any pastor who sets out to teach the Bible in good faith finds themselves talking like this during a message. Unless, of course, they’re not teaching the Bible 🤔
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I keep being told all of these things I'm supposed to do as a pastor around this election but strangely none of them involve encouraging people to exhibit Fruit of the Spirit or love their neighbor.
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There’s a lot of talk about what pastors *must* say and do these days. My brother in Christ if you don’t have a chapter and verse to go with it, you’re making it up just like I am most of the time.
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My retail store manager told us it was impossible to change the station. We found a receiver in a closet one day it blew his mind, but then every time the regional manager visited she made us change it from classic rock back to the modern pop station.
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Jonny Sharp retweeted
🧵Five years ago, I was milquetoast on the topic of tech in classrooms: from smartphones in pockets to school-distributed iPads & Chromebooks.
I'm not anymore. And if you're concerned for our children, you shouldn't be either. Here are a few reasons to share with your schools.
I’ve seen so many young men whose call was really just a desire to preach every Sunday or just be in charge of an organization.
Contrary to what the internet says, this has been my personal experience as well.
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Your site is becoming unreadable for me, guys. Every article I try to read redirects me to another site (The Root, mostly) and with the recent (and un-announced) removal of comments, I'm just not sure why I should keep reading.
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