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“Since it is so likely that children will meet cruel enemies, let them at least have heard of brave knights and heroic courage. Otherwise you are making their destiny not brighter but darker.”
-C.S. Lewis
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Jonathan Teague
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Jonathan Teague
@Jonathan_Teague
Christ-follower, husband, dad, Senior Associate Pastor @Prestonwood
Dallas, TX Katılım Ağustos 2009
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New research from the University of Chicago found that marriage is the “the most important differentiator” of who is happy in America, and that falling marriage rates are a chief reason why happiness has declined nationally. @BradWilcoxIFS @unherd @davidnbass @FamStudies
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This is really cool to see coming out of the White House. No government or leader is perfect, but this is encouraging.
Daniel Darling@dandarling
Great new resource
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"The first time in the past 75 years the SBC has seen five consecutive years of increases in baptisms." - More significant statistic than "membership," which too often has counted the never-attending, members who joined elsewhere, and/or the dead. baptistpress.com/resource-libra…
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We are celebrating!
1️⃣ 12,000 churches planted since 2010
2️⃣ Last year, the highest number of churches planted in a single year since 2016 (699)
“Let’s keep doing what Southern Baptists do best when we’re at our best: seek first the kingdom, stick together as a family, and think multiplication.
The fields are ready. The moment is urgent. And the story God is writing through a sending people is far from finished.” -@NoahOldham
Let’s get to work!
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Grant is one of the most underrated Americans of all time. He's the Christian general from the Civil War we should all celebrate. After all, he won the war and saved the Union! In the early 20th century, the narrative of his life was told in a biased and sometimes downright false way. He overcame alcoholism and refused to drink while in the White House. His treatment and advocacy for African Americans were courageous. He is one of the greatest Americans.
Echoes of War@EchoesofWarYT
He won the Civil War, broke the Klan, went bankrupt at 62, got terminal throat cancer, and wrote one of the greatest books in American literature in the final year of his life. He finished it 5 days before he died. Ulysses S. Grant was born 204 years ago today. His name wasn't even Ulysses S. Grant. He was born Hiram Ulysses Grant in Point Pleasant, Ohio on April 27, 1822. The congressman who nominated him to West Point wrote down the wrong name. Grant kept it. The "S." stands for nothing. He hated his father's tannery and loved horses. Graduated 21st of 39 at West Point. Fought in the Mexican-American War, then came home convinced it was an unjust war designed to expand slavery. He later said he believed the Civil War was divine punishment for it. He married Julia Dent in 1848, into a slave-owning Missouri family. His abolitionist father refused to attend the wedding. In 1859, broke and desperate, Grant freed the one enslaved man he'd briefly owned instead of selling him. He could have gotten a year's wages. In the Civil War he became what no other Union general was: relentless. Vicksburg (July 4, 1863) split the Confederacy in half. Lincoln then gave him every Union army. His Appomattox surrender terms: officers kept sidearms, men kept horses for spring planting, no one prosecuted. As president (1869 to 1877) he did something no president would do again until LBJ: used federal troops to crush the Ku Klux Klan. He suspended habeas corpus in 9 South Carolina counties, prosecuted Klansmen before predominantly Black juries, and broke the first Klan. His presidency was also rocked by scandal: Black Friday 1869. Crédit Mobilier. The Whiskey Ring. Belknap. Grant himself never took a dime. He was just disastrously loyal to corrupt friends. The pattern damaged his reputation for a century. After the White House, he toured the world for 2 years. Dined with Queen Victoria. Met the emperor of Japan. Then in 1884, a Wall Street partner named Ferdinand Ward ran what we'd now call a Ponzi scheme. Grant was wiped out. 62 years old. Penniless. Weeks later he was diagnosed with terminal throat cancer. Mark Twain offered to publish his memoirs. Grant wrote in agony, sometimes 50 pages a day, racing the disease to leave Julia an inheritance. He finished the manuscript July 18, 1885. He died July 23. The book made Julia $450,000, about $14M today. It's now considered one of the finest memoirs in the English language. For decades historians ranked Grant a failure. Since 2000 he's jumped 13 spots in the C-SPAN survey, the biggest rise of any president. Happy birthday, General 🇺🇸
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If there ever was a generation that needed hope, it's GenZ. The good news of Jesus is a message of living hope.
Jean Twenge (author of 10 RULES, GENERATIONS)@jean_twenge
Fascinating new poll: Not only is Gen Z pessimistic, but nearly half wish they lived in the past -- specifically the 90s, before smartphones and social media. nbcnews.com/politics/polit…
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3 things:
1 - Increase in attendance for men...be encouraged.
2 - Plateaued (and slow decline) for women...be alert.
3 - For both trends...be knowledgeable
As we see these trends develop in our churches, we need to ask why. Titus 2 applies to men and women.
InteractivePolls@IAPolls2022
GALLUP POLL: 42% of men aged 18-29 now say religion is "very important" in their lives — a sharp jump from just 28% in 2022-2023. Monthly religious attendance among young men has climbed to 40% (up from 33%), the highest level in over a decade. news.gallup.com/poll/708410/yo…
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Top 5 states needing church planters ⬇️
We need churches wherever there are lost people.
But some places are less reached — and have greater need.
May God raise up many churches
who will train up leaders
to be sent into the harvest
to engage these places with the gospel
make disciples
and plant churches
where they are needed most.
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Two godly men.
@jimmellado….your dad is an incredible example of faithfulness.
Santiago “Jimmy” Mellado@jimmellado
I’ve always loved being born on my Dad’s birthday… April 6. He’s been my hero all my life because of his faith in God, living w/ integrity, being a great engineer and loving my mom and all of us four kids unconditionally. He is a bit ahead of me at 96 years! Love you Dad!!
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Congratulations @DrBrentTaylor
You are a wonderful pastor and a faithful friend. Praise God for your continued years of commitment and leadership to @first_fields
First Baptist Church at The Fields@first_fields
Today we celebrate Dr. Brent Taylor’s 27 years as Senior Pastor! 🙌 Thank you Pastor Brent for your nearly three decades of faithful, Christ-centered leadership and heart for people. Your ministry blesses us more than words can say. The best is yet to come!
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“Conduct detrimental to the team…”
Pastors, are we paying attention?
Allie Beth Stuckey@conservmillen
Jaden Ivey spoke truth: Pride month is a month to celebrate unrighteousness. Other athletes are allowed to say disgusting drivel with no repercussions, but basic Christian doctrine is considered beyond the pale
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Did you know that Jesus mentions Muhammad (Islam), Joseph Smith (Mormonism), and Charles Taze Russell (Jehovah’s Witnesses) in the Bible?
“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves (Matthew 7:15).”
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