Brandon McCarroll

@NateSchlomann @BradRob23 If they are spending significant mental energy on this, without any influence from their leadership , then you have far bigger discipleship issues than egalitarianism vs. complementarianism.

@NateSchlomann @BradRob23 I’m sorry, but I’m not buying that “young people” are being deeply affected by a church they’ve never heard of, 1,500 miles away, having a female children’s pastor—unless they’re being significantly influenced by their own leadership to obsess over such matters.

The SBC rarely moved to disfellowship churches in the past. What changed? It's not the 2019 overhaul of the credentials committee, that's just a symptom of what changed. What changed is the internet. In a prior age, what an SBC church hundreds of miles away (or thousands!) did was of little practical concern to you. It was an unknown thing to all of your people. In fact, you had almost no way of even knowing what they were doing. Then comes the internet and social media. Now sermons and social media posts are everywhere. Now staff page listings are a few clicks away. This is all a good thing, full stop. You have to disagree with Scripture to disagree with that. Light exposes darkness. To take a specific example, we are to expose egalitarianism amongst us, Eph 5:11. Hesitancy to do so is a serious leadership flaw - you're disobeying Scripture, 1 Tim 5:20 The issue is not merely about "heresy hunters," though heresy hunting is an honorable thing. Those of us with younger churches have average church members very engaged on the internet. When they see that an SBC church (any SBC church, anywhere) is doing something dishonorable or against our statement of faith, they want answers. Why would the SBC allow that? This is what changed. People are demanding answers because the internet and social media have brought to light what should never have been tolerated. We're all more connected now, for better or for worse. We must act in response to the reasonable questions of our church members about nonsense being permitted in the SBC. To not act now is to be complicit. For instance, why in Virginia do we allow an entire state convention to mock God's design? There is no good reason, and we should not. Denominational life is a lot more complicated in the internet and social media age. There is a lot more downside when people want to associate you with everything other cooperating churches do. But this just makes it all the more important that we do have boundaries that are meaningfully enforced.

@BradRob23 @NateSchlomann 🎯🎯🎯 the average SBC church member has no little knowledge of or concern about any of this, unless they have a pastor who is obsessed with it.

@NateSchlomann In my experience, the average church member barely has a handle on all that’s going on in their own church most of the time, much less the rest of the SBC. If average members are concerned about such things, it’s because they’ve been led to be.

@TerryWJohnston @Rangers No hits against one of the worst pitchers on one of the worst teams, no less

So to recap, yesterday I filled up my car ($60), drove to Arlington and parked ($30), paid $100 for 4 @Rangers tickets, spent $50 on 2 cokes, a hot dog, nachos, and chicken tenders. That’s $240 I spent watching a team I support get ZERO HITS. I won’t be back this year.

@ThomasSKidd I outline my sermons every week before I manuscript. When I'm writing the manuscript, I often find that by the third point, I'm going in very different direction than whatever I originally outlined.

Also a great reason why you should write as soon as you can. You don't know exactly what you're going to write until you write.

@TerryWJohnston @Rangers I have what may be a hot take. Chris Young typically gets the credit for the World Series but Jon Daniels was the one mainly responsible for assembling that team. After CY has been completely on his own, the offense has consistently been hot garbage.

Chris Young has assembled a fantastic pitching staff. The problem is, none of the @Rangers know how to hit. Which is actually an important part of baseball.

@drandrewhebert The Castle and the Wall story is evergreen. youtube.com/watch?v=MMyEUl…

I spent several years in an IFB church in my teens. I saw then what I see playing out in some circles of the SBC now: fundamentalists always eventually eat their own. The circle of cooperation grows gradually smaller until no one is left. We must guard against this in the SBC.

@Rangers__Nation I have been a Rangers fan my whole life and could swear I have seen more 1-0 losses in the past two years than in my previous 30 years of fandom combined.

Two things have become very apparent to me: 1. The bullpen is phenomenal and deserves more credit for their performance all season, regardless of score. 2. This offense just flat-out dies in Arlington. I’m inching closer toward hiring a private investigator to figure out why.

@donaldtittle Thanks. I go back and forth on whether it is helpful or ultimately a detriment

@RevBMC Just a select few. Usu the main passage.

Say it louder for a few folks!

This is largely the case at our church. Those watching online are most often either homebound members who can no longer attend or active members who cannot be there that Sunday for whatever reason. I'm sure we also get potential visitors who use it to check out the church first.

@lisatittle @donaldtittle I was so excited about this. Our defense hasn’t been the same since he left

@donaldtittle the dream team is back together 💚🐻💛

@Bezner When I was first having to do funerals, I lived by the notes and things I learned from Dr. Creech's class. It set the foundation for how I've thought about funerals my whole ministry. I know your teaching will shape those student's ministries and touch many lives.

Teaching on funerals today. Any long-time pastor will tell you: It's a powerful ministry, and it's one that is often overlooked.

@lisatittle @donaldtittle Wait, was Donald involved in that fight?! 😁

Such a incredible clip! Looking forward to Easter Sunday tomorrow.

“What would you say to a young Christian who is nervous about the future?” I love @TimKellerNYC’s answer. I think about it every Easter.

@DavidMirandaTx @edstetzer I second David Miranda as an awesome pastor leading well in Farmers Branch!

@edstetzer Hello, I messaged you on Facebook. We are in Farmers Branch. Our church’s name is The Promise Church! Blessings!!

@lukedsimmons Similarly, when implementing a change or starting something new, I've found it helpful to say something like "we are going to try this." The change seems less scary when people realize it doesn't have to be permanent if it doesn't go well

As a leader, fall in love with the phrase "for now." This is our worship style... for now These are our service times... for now This is an important ministry program... for now Not doctrine Not core convictions Not character The main constant is change. So say, "for now."

@mattmosley How is his NBA potential developing? Asking for a friend.

Rob Wright's dad may see if he can grab an offer from Sean Miller on the way out.

@DZRishmawy When I first started, I'd preach through it aloud twice (once to the computer and once in a room). Now, I usually do it one time to the computer but some weeks run out of time. I find it's always more well put together on the weeks that I had time to run through it once aloud.

When I started I was very nervous and basically preached 4-5x to my computer screen before every sermon. I rewrote as I did it. Also it made every sermon worth 5x the practice experience. I mostly don’t do this anymore but it is super valuable.