Hans Kristensen

@TrevorSheatz Yep. Following Jesus on your own sounds fine until life falls apart. We need people around us who know us, pray for us, encourage us, and sometimes lovingly call us out. Church can be messy and frustrating. But so can family. Doesn’t mean we stop needing it.

Just as the sheep that leaves the herd is the one devoured by the wolf, so too does harm befall the Christian who separates himself from the local church. There's a reason why the Bible tell us not to neglect gathering together in-person as believers (Heb. 10:25).

The closer you grow to Christ, the more you realise holiness is not about looking impressive but becoming humble.

The church is full of imperfect people because there are no other kinds of people for Jesus to save.

Some people want a Jesus who only affirms them. The real Jesus loves us enough to forgive us and change us.

The empty tomb means failure, shame, suffering, and death do not get the final word anymore.

You are not saved because you held onto Jesus perfectly. You are saved because He refused to let go of you.

You do not need to have a perfect past to have a future with Christ. Rahab didn’t. Peter didn’t. Paul didn’t.

The gospel means your worst moment does not get the final word over your life. Jesus does.

Sometimes the biggest evidence of God’s work in your life is not a dramatic miracle, but slowly losing the desire for the things that were destroying you.

@allyragsdale In Christ, we are freed from the judgment of God, the slavery of sin, and eternal death. Jesus didn’t just set us free from something. He set us free for something: holiness, joy, and life with Him.

We have been set more free by Jesus’ death and resurrection than when Barabas was set free from his crucifixion. Not all freedom is good. Freedom to sin is really just slavery and death in the end. But freedom from sin leads to eternal life and the ability to pursue holiness.

@JohnPiper Some of God’s deepest work happens in the waiting. Not when He instantly removes the darkness, but when He teaches us to trust Him before the light breaks through.

“Light dawns in the darkness for the upright.” Psalm 112:4 Wait for it. God’s delays are hard but work a weight of glory.

@PaulTripp And the hardest part is that idols rarely look evil at first. They usually look like good things we slowly turned into ultimate things. That’s why repentance is often less about abandoning obvious sin and more about returning to Jesus as our true center.

Why are we discouraged? Why are we depressed? Why are we disappointed? At the most basic of levels, it’s because we’ve tried to find a replacement identity in the fallen world. And the scary thing is: this replacement identity is often an unseen and unfelt shift of heart.

@DrFrankTurek Exactly. Christianity ultimately stands or falls on one event: the resurrection of Jesus. If Christ rose from the dead, then He is Lord. If He didn’t, Christianity collapses under its own claims.

If the resurrection's true, Christianity is true. If the resurrection's false, if He didn't rise from the dead, then Christianity's false.

@tpusafaith For me, it’s the resurrection of Jesus. The empty tomb. The eyewitness accounts. The disciples going from terrified to fearless. And the rise of Christianity in the very city Jesus was killed. I just don’t think “they made it up” explains the evidence.

What reason or evidence lead you to believe that Christianity is the true faith?

The gospel is not “God has great plans for your future.” The gospel is that Christ died for sinners, rose again, and will never leave His people even in suffering, obscurity, or loss.

You are more sinful than you ever dared believe and more loved in Christ than you ever dared hope. That is the shockwave called grace.

@GodlyAction Without God, purpose becomes something we invent. With God, purpose becomes something we discover. We were made by Him and for Him.

Without God, life has no purpose.

@reformedhg Cool where in Denmark?

@HansKristensen Ahh I was raised in Denmark hence the nostalgia.

Weak men make everybody vulnerable to danger. John MacArthur

Jesus didn’t come for people pretending to have it together. He came for sinners, sufferers, doubters, and the weary.

@reformedhg Dad was danish but Im Aussie! 🇦🇺

@HansKristensen You have a Danish name! 🇩🇰