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Travis Deans

@tdeans

Northeast Regional Coordinator with National Network of Youth Ministries (https://t.co/mMLw73Kd2p) and campus ministry trainer (https://t.co/v6MK3Dc19I)

Pittsburgh, PA Beigetreten Mayıs 2008
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Travis Deans
Travis Deans@tdeans·
Free youth ministry book! I wrote a free PDF book that I’d love to share. It’s only 24 pages so it’s easy to download and easy to print. It’s called the Youth Ministry Toolbox and if you go to youthministrytoolbox.net you can request a free copy.
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Travis Deans@tdeans·
There is a Creator!
Divinely Designed@DivinelyDesined

Vision is an absolute marvel of Divine Engineering. It requires a minimum of 3 systems working together from the start, or we don't see. 1. Eyes to capture light & convert into signals 2. Pathways to transport the signal 3. A brain to process it Evolution can't build it one step at a time, because there is no vision until all those systems exist and function together. Compounding the complexity further, each of those 3 systems themselves require a minimum number of more complex subsystems to function properly. For instance, all eyes require opsin proteins. Opsin is a highly complex protein that holds a special light-sensitive molecule called retinal; when a single photon hits the retinal, it instantly flips shape, triggering the opsin to change its 3D shape and trigger a precise cascade which converts the light into an electrical signal to be sent to the brain where it can be understood as vision. Opsin alone, is useless. It needs the retinal molecule plus the full cascade, or it does nothing. This is the case with ALL vision systems, confirmed over and over again the lab. No partially formed system produces any vision, or any other function for that matter. Many uninformed Evolutionists attempt to argue that we see different levels of complexity in vision systems, which they say is evidence that vision evolved gradually from simpler systems. But the evolutionary scientists themselves refute this. Even the very simplest possible system of vision - the infamous "light sensitive cell" - still relies on a similar highly complex, interconnected network of proteins and other molecules. Mainstream evolutionary science even teaches that vision systems evolved independently, from scratch, at least 40 different times. The reason is because many vision systems are so different, operating with such unique parts, that one simply could not have evolved from another. The fossil record itself refutes the concept of step by step construction of vision systems. Complex eyes appear early in the fossil record, fully formed & functional. There is no increasing complexity in the fossil record - it's a complete contradiction of evolutionary predictions. The vision system has all the Hallmark evidence of design. A complex, interconnected web of information processing systems with incomprehensibly precise timing & coordination between them all to produce a highly specialized function. Nature does not, and cannot, produce such a system, not with all the time and resources in the entire universe. Everything you see is a testament to the Power of our Creator.

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Richard Ross
Richard Ross@richardaross·
Alivoker Aier was one of my student ministry @SWBTS Now he teaches that at a seminary in India. Recently, he allowed me to write part of a textbook he created. SWBTS impacting the world.
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Travis Deans@tdeans·
@AdamDurso @NickyCruzOrg His story has been a great inspiration to me and millions of others! That is amazing. I’ve met Erik Estrada who played him in the movie but I’d love to meet Nicky someday.
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Rev. Adam Durso
Rev. Adam Durso@AdamDurso·
I had the opportunity to spend some time with the great @NickyCruzOrg - Global evangelist, a man of integrity and a spiritual father to me for the past 30 years. He's been a mentor to me and so much of my leadership has been shaped by him.
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Wendell
Wendell@wendelltalks·
Why Christianity Is the Only Faith That Actually Solves the Problem of Evil Instead of Explaining It Away. The problem of evil is the single greatest objection people raise against God. It goes like this. “If God is all powerful and all good, why is there so much suffering in the world? It’s a fair question. Pain is real. Cancer, war, betrayal, abuse, natural disasters, the list is long and heavy. Every honest person has felt the weight of it. And every worldview has to answer it. Most of them don’t. Eastern religions often say evil is an illusion, something to rise above through enlightenment. Islam says it’s all part of Allah’s will, and you simply submit. Atheism says evil is just a social construct or the result of blind evolution, there’s no ultimate standard, so there’s no ultimate problem. New Age spirituality tells you to manifest your way out of it. None of them actually solve it. They either deny it, blame God for it, or tell you to ignore it. Christianity alone does something radical. Jesus didn’t stand far off and explain suffering from a distance. He stepped into it. He took on real flesh, felt real pain, and allowed the full weight of evil, every sin, every injustice, every tear, to fall on Him at the cross. The innocent One became the guilty. The holy One took the wrath. He didn’t dodge the problem of evil. He absorbed it. Then He rose. That’s not an explanation. That’s a solution. Christianity doesn’t pretend suffering doesn’t exist. It doesn’t blame God for it. It doesn’t call it an illusion. It says the King entered the brokenness, defeated death, and promised that one day He will wipe every tear away and make all things new. Until then, He walks with us through it, not as a distant observer, but as the One who has scars in His hands and feet. This is what real faith looks like. Not the version that offers cheap answers or empty platitudes when the pain hits. The version that looks evil in the eye, points to the cross, and says, the King already defeated it, and He will finish what He started. To every person wrestling with the problem of evil right now, whether it’s in your own life or in the world around you, hear this clearly. The Christian story is the only one that doesn’t run from your pain. It enters it. It redeems it. And one day, it will end it forever. All glory to the King who didn’t explain evil away, He conquered it with His own blood.
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Travis Deans
Travis Deans@tdeans·
@richardaross So good! I don’t think youth ministry is an either or situation, but rather an all of the above ministry!
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Richard Ross
Richard Ross@richardaross·
We Need NEW Vocabulary Re: Worship, Evangelism, Discipleship, Ministry, Fellowship Teenagers experiencing those: -in families -in intergenerational groups -in teenage-specific groups… ALL of that IS the student ministry of your church. Do your members know that?
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Travis Deans@tdeans·
@MrT Thank you Mr. T - I love your encouraging words!
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Mr. T
Mr. T@MrT·
Happy Resurrection day everybody! There’s no excuse Now because Jesus has Conquered death, Hell and the Grave! Thanks be to GOD and thank you Jesus!
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Kyle Mann
Kyle Mann@The_Kyle_Mann·
If Jesus's Resurrection Were a Hoax Prolly my favorite sketch we ever did at @TheBabylonBee
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Jaynit
Jaynit@jaynitx·
Stan Lee: "My publisher told me that Spider-Man was the worst idea I have ever heard." "My publisher came to me and said, 'Stan, I want you to come up with another superhero.' So I said okay. And I thought, 'What power will I give a new guy?' And I saw a fly crawling on the wall. I said, 'Hey, if I can get a superhero that could stick to walls and crawl on them man, that would be groovy.'" Stan continues: "I needed a name. Fly-Man, Mosquito-Man... I got down to Spider-Man. It just sounded dramatic. Then I figured, just for fun, I'm going to give him personal problems because most people have personal problems. And I'd make him a teenager, because there were no teenage superheroes at the time." He brought the idea to his publisher: "This was his reaction: 'Stan, that is the worst idea I have ever heard. First of all, people hate spiders so you can't call a hero Spider-Man. You want him to be a teenager? Teenagers can only be sidekicks. And you want him to have personal problems? Stan, don't you know what a superhero is? They don't have personal problems.'" Stan left disappointed but couldn't let it go: "We were about to kill a magazine called Amazing Fantasy. It wasn't selling well, and we were sending the last issue to press. When you do the last issue of a magazine, nobody cares what you put in it because the book is dying. Just to get it out of my system, I put Spider-Man in Amazing Fantasy. Featured him on the cover. Forgot about it." Then the sales figures came in: "A month later, my publisher came racing into my office: 'Stan, Stan! You remember that character we both loved so much Spider-Man? Let's do him as a series.'" Stan shares the lesson: "If you have an idea that you genuinely think is good don't let some idiot talk you out of it. That doesn't mean every wild notion is going to be genius. But if there's something you feel is good, something you want to do, something that means something to you try to do it. Because I think you can only do your best work if you're doing what you want to do. And if you can look at it after and say, 'I did that and I think it's pretty damn good' that's a great feeling."
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Travis Deans@tdeans·
@Markins Those songs shaped my faith in powerful ways as a kid. Sang many of them to my own kids.
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Matt Markins
Matt Markins@Markins·
I’m curious, does anyone remember Psalty the Singing Songbook? Kids Praise music for Children’s Church? If so, does this bring back positive or negative memories for you?
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