Gary P. Stinnett

@tomascol @pastorclint @PastorMikeStone Tom, have you seen the video?

2 years ago SBC President @pastorclint promised he would "absolutely" call for the release of the video showing the ambush of @PastorMikeStone by a woman at the 2021 SBC. I have reminded & encouraged him to keep his word many times. So far he has not. Clint has been a definite upgrade from SBC presidents of the last 10 years & I believe him to be a man of his word. I have real appreciation for him personally & for much of what he has done in his role leading the SBC. I have urged him, prayed, & continue to hope that he will do what is right in this matter. The SBC already has enough examples of failed leadership in the SBC. We need more humble, bold, God-fearing leaders who are willing to honor God regardless of cost or consequences. What happened to Mike Stone was wicked. Many weak men helped weaponize the false accusations against him that resulted in his barely not being elected as SBC President. Instead, we got a dishonest plagiarist, @EdLitton. The surveillance video exists. A member of the EXCom told Mike they owe him an apology & its President, @Jeff_Iorg has confirmed to Mike personally that the video exists, but refuses to release it. It is past time for this travesty of justice, perpetrated by failed leaders who fear men more than they fear God, to be acknowledged & repented of. I hope that everyone who is tired of SBC leadership refusing to do what is right will demand that this video be released.

@BQuillmanQcast Announcer, “Hope in the bonus. They have one foul to give, but if they give it, that will put the Titans in the bonus.” So basically, they “do not” have one foul to give.😂 Division 3 announcing at its finest?

This cannot be a travel.

@RyanDanz Good advice. Maybe a better lead in would be “Before your parents pass away …” 😇

@CoachJimmyDykes I can’t believe you are excusing Beard’s complete loss of his senses. He punched his assistant, who was trying to help him. Makes you think about his incident a few years ago. Come on Jimmy, I know you coached, but that needed to be condemned, not praised.

@DillonLoomis @TrevorSheatz He kind of was for the thief on the cross.😇

@TrevorSheatz very well said trevor. many will of course misunderstand what youre saying but this is a crucial message. Jesus is not a safety net if your plan a doesnt work out

Scott Adams, 68, "Dilbert" creator, just passed away today from cancer. Praying for his family as they mourn his loss. Normally I wouldn't use this opportunity to correct poor theology, but I believe there's something sinister here in his final message that Christians to be aware of. Scott wrote, "I'm not a believer, but I have to admit the risk-reward calculation for doing so looks attractive. So, here I go: I accept Jesus Christ as my lord and savior." This doesn't look harmful initially. How could it possibly be? There's two key reasons: 1. According to his wording, he went to Jesus for the wrong reasons. He came to Christ because of the "risk-reward calculation." He didn't want to risk the possibility of going to Hell and missing on Heaven. To put it bluntly, it appears that he didn't come to Jesus because he knew he was a sinner deserving of Hell, but rather because he wanted the benefits Jesus offers. I of course can't say this for certain, but this is what he appears to be saying. This isn't a small matter. Jesus rebuked people for doing this very thing: "Truly I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw the signs, but because you ate the loaves and were filled" (John 6:26). If you go to Jesus for anything other than Jesus himself, you won't truly be saved—even if you claim him as your Lord and Savior. "Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 7:21). 2. This final message implies a damning lie: that repeating a phrase will get you to Heaven. Many people stake their eternity on the fact that they "prayed the prayer," or that they walked up to the altar on Easter Sunday years ago to "accept Jesus" even though nothing in their lives ever changed. But nowhere in the Bible does it say that that's how someone is saved. Only when someone genuinely repents of their sins and places their trust in Jesus alone can someone be saved (Luke 13:3; Acts 16:31). In other words, if someone doesn't authentically feel the weight of their sin against a holy God, grasp that their good deeds can never outweigh their bad deeds, and that the only way to be saved is sincerely placing your trust in the resurrected Christ, they're not going to Heaven. Not just writing words that you accept him, not merely acknowledging him with your lips, but authentically, on a soul level, clinging to Jesus with your whole heart because you recognize that Jesus paid the penalty for our sins on the cross and that only his perfect righteousness is enough to be in the presence of God. False conversions are real, and we don't talk about it enough. These are people who “profess to know God, but they deny him by their works” (Titus 1:16). In other words, a false convert is someone who thinks they’re saved, but has never truly been born again. I'm not saying Scott isn't in Heaven. There is an example of a death-bed salvation in the Bible with the thief on the cross, so it is certainly possible. But my concern is that like many, he "prayed the prayer" and "said the words" in the hopes of inheriting eternal life. And tragically, the Scriptures are clear: if this is the case, genuine salvation didn't take place. The new birth didn't occur. He will hear, "Depart from me." And perhaps more tragically, because of his final message, millions of people will think that it'd be wise for them to say they accept Jesus so that just in case he's real, they too will go to Heaven. But nothing could be further from the truth. This won't get them to Heaven. It'll get them to Hell. I pray Scott did truly become born again. And if you're reading this, you're alive, which means there's still hope for you. If you've ever told a lie, you're a liar. If you've ever stolen, you're a thief. If you've ever disrespected your parents, been selfish, or greedy, or gluttonous, or prideful, you have sinned against a holy God, and you're headed for Hell. But if you repent of your sins and trust in Jesus, the Son of God, who died on the cross to take God's punishment for sin in the place of all who trust in him and then rose again on the third day, you will be washed clean as snow. You will go to Heaven not because you're good, but because you have Jesus' perfect righteousness. Get right with God today. "Now is the day of salvation!" (2 Corinthians 6:2)

@FDSportsbook I’ve always said, “If he was a step faster, he would have been the hero of the game.”

19 years ago today 🗓️ Tony Romo botched the snap and the Cowboys lost the Wild Card round against the Seahawks 😬

@DanWolken Death, taxes, and @DanWolken prematurely posting a misguided and completely bad take. “I’ll take things that are certain in life for a thousand, Alex.”

The committee would have been fully justified had it determined that Notre Dame was a better team to put in the Playoff than an Alabama team wheezing to the finish line. But it didn’t. And it was probably the wrong choice.

@slmandel RIP Roy Kramer (IYKYK)

May sound easy to you. If the committee leaves out the SEC title game loser for 2 teams that didn't play, that's probably the end of the SEC title game.

@CSLewisDaily Not a good look! Voddie is hanging out with C.S. tonight…he’s not clashing with anyone.😇

The creator of 'The Chosen' is clashing with a prominent pastor over this controversial claim that the hit show is in violation of one of God’s Ten Commandments. beliefnet.com/columnists/new…

@VinnysCorner1 Billy "White Shoes" Johnson

FIRST PLAYER THAT COMES TO MIND WHEN YOU SEE THIS LOGO IS…

@howertonjosh Just once, to hear a celebrity pastor say, “I apologize. After reading your reply and prayerfully considering it, you were right to bring this to my attention. I was wrong.” Wouldn’t that be something?

Because Beth graciously responded publicly, I want to do the same. Beth, couple quick things... 1) The creation mandate to "be fruitful and multiply" is given as sort of the "default mode" of humanity. This was the general *command* (not suggestion) given to mankind as a general whole. So yes, it is *definitely* a good thing to encourage people in general toward marriage and children, and marrying a cute girl who loves Jesus and having lots of kids is *definitely* a way to live a consequential life. I didn't say it was the ONLY way, but I definitely think it is not only *a* way, but the *primary* way God would have most people do it. 2) I'm speaking as a man to young men, and I can tell you with a very high degree of certainty the vast majority of men need to apply the command, "It is better to marry than to burn with passion" more than trying for Paul's singleness, which even he acknowledges will be the exception rather than the rule. 3) Probably just an accidental oversight, but you omitted in your reply the "who loves Jesus" part of my encouragement to young men when looking for who they're marrying. I did not say "just look for a cute girl" 4) I surely don't think you're saying this, but for any onlookers who are - good grief. Surely, we're not scolding young men for wanting to find a woman he's attracted to to marry? If anything, the Bible sets forward the example that a man should be and stay passionately, joyfully attracted to his wife (Prov 5, SoS, Gen 2) We have got to stop scolding young men for virtually any drive, desire, or masculine instinct they have. Those are God-given, and should be harnessed for his glory. 5) I fear this is a good example of CS Lewis' admonition that Satan is always confusing Christians to try to solve the opposite NET problem they are facing and "bringing a fire extinguisher to a flood." We have generationally-low marriage rates, generationally-low birthrates, the collapse of the family, people waiting until their 30's to get married (long past their biological clocks and most fertile years), cultural population collapse, and the rise of "stay single, wine-down-Wednesday, and travel, YOLO culture"... I don't think the primary problem we are facing is that young men are too focused on marrying godly women when they are young and having big families.

@wesruckerTBA We still will have a chance at 8 or 9 wins and a nice bowl invite. Thats with the youngest team in the SEC, a qb that was thrust into the starting spot, and injuries to our 2 best defensive backs. I would say the future is bright. What changes would you demand?

People saying Tennessee fans have no right to have expectations and be angry and demand changes are every bit as wrong as Tennessee fans saying Heupel should be fired. Both of those takes are nonsensical. Changes must be made. But Heupel has 100% earned the chance to make them.

@RebelRadioMHS in high school football, it doesn’t matter if it is a “catchable ball” when determining p.i.

@wesruckerTBA That’s good.

As East Tennessee native Roger Alan Wade so eloquently sings, "If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough." youtube.com/watch?v=ScrGGW…

@coachb3kids Just wish, win or lose, Coach would own that terrible decision to not use time-outs. Actually say, “I screwed up.”

What is Heupel doing?!?!?! Mismanagement at its best!!!!

@wesruckerTBA You are standing by this opinion?

Win or lose, I understand this decision Still two timeouts left, and 24 seconds x.com/KyleShoulders8…

@VolRumorMill Classic bad take.

We won’t win this game.

@PastorMikeStone Glory to your name.

@megbasham The fact that you cannot recognize the hyprocrisy of this statement is troubling. How about the 1000's that insisted pastors and churches must lament the death of Charlie Kirk and never mentioned George Floyd. Your post is not helpful, it is hurtful. That is just my opinion.

It is absolutely mind boggling to me that the same people who said pastors and churches MUST lament the death of George Floyd to show their willingness to weep with those who weep now say there was no reason to mention Charlie Kirk's assassination at church today. Apparently only some people's pain matters.

@megbasham Except she didn’t say “the church”. Integrity means you don’t alter what someone says to make your own position seem stronger.

Jen Hatmaker—the church “is not serving me right now.” Boy if that isn’t the whole deconstruction mindset in a nutshell. They don’t understand what the church is and is for to begin with. But hint, it’s not to “serve” you.