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Jeff Johnson

@jeff_l_johnson

Christian first; Husband second; parent third; Sunday School man at FBT & Colson Fellow; Go Gators! Union University; Carolina University

Florence, SC Katılım Mart 2010
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Clint Teeples
Clint Teeples@TeeplesCY·
"If I told you there was one free thing you could do every Sunday that would make your kids happier, healthier, smarter, and closer to you, you'd think I was selling something." Take your kids to church regularly. I don't care if you believe. The data is so lopsided that skipping it is the parenting equivalent of refusing vegetables because you don't like the taste. Grades. Religious teens get As at almost twice the rate of nonreligious teens. In a class of 100, that's 24 A-students instead of 14. Church gives a kid the same academic boost as being born rich instead of poor. College. Working-class religious kids earn bachelor's degrees at double the rate of their nonreligious peers. Middle-class kids do it at 1.5x the rate. For families without a trust fund, this is one of the most powerful forms of upward mobility social scientists have measured. Character. Religious teens are far less likely to lie, cheat, or do things they hope their parents never find out about. They're more likely to care about racial equality, the elderly, and the poor. They reject the idea that morality is whatever works for you in the moment. That kind of kid doesn't happen by accident. It's built. Closeness. 60% of parents of religious teens say they feel "extremely close" to their kid, compared to 50% of nonreligious parents. The kids report the same thing back. They get along better with their parents, talk about hard stuff, and actually want to spend time with their family. Despair. Religious teens are dramatically less likely to be depressed, anxious, lonely, or feel that life is meaningless. 90% of devoted religious teens never binge drink, compared to 41% of the disengaged. Economists named the modern epidemic "deaths of despair." Regular church attendance is one of the strongest known buffers against it. Parents are spending fortunes trying to solve teen mental health. The most evidence-backed intervention is free. Purpose. Religious young adults report higher purpose, gratitude, life satisfaction, and resilience. These are the exact traits every parent says they want their kid to have. Here's why it works. Affluent families already surround their kids with networks of stable, accomplished adults through neighborhoods, schools, and parents' colleagues. Working and middle-class families usually don't. A congregation is often the last institution in American life that puts your kid in weekly contact with dozens of stable, employed, sober adults who know their name. It used to be called "a village." Now it barely exists outside of churches. "But I don't believe." Your kid doesn't need your theology. They need you to show up. "But church is boring." So is sitting through a kindergarten music recital. Parenting is the deliberate choice to be bored on purpose for someone you love. There's a church within 15 minutes of nearly every American home. You don't need money, connections, or credentials to walk in. Nothing else in this country will surround your kid with engaged adults, teach them moral seriousness, and give them a stable weekly rhythm at zero cost. You already drive them to practices that produce far less. The free thing on Sunday produces more, on more dimensions, than almost anything else you do as a parent. You don't have to believe anything. You just have to take them.
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Phil Trautwein
Phil Trautwein@CoachTrautFB·
For those who’ve asked, #NTT = “No Talent Things,” e.g., work ethic, effort, discipline, commitment, showing up early and staying late, making good choices. It’s all the stuff that requires zero natural talent but makes all the difference. #NTT is the key! 🐊🐊
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Brandon Gill
Brandon Gill@realBrandonGill·
I care a lot more about saving babies than being politically correct. We are done with euphemisms when talking about abortion. It’s not “reproductive healthcare.” Abortion is barbaric and evil.
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Riley Gaines
Riley Gaines@Riley_Gaines_·
Stop. Trying. To. Kill. Our. President.
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Lloyd Legalist
Lloyd Legalist@LloydLegalist·
Yep, I hear you - - making a “joyful noise to the Lord” is way more about heart than art…but if you decide to post it online, you’d better have your spiritual armor on.
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Josh Barzon
Josh Barzon@JoshuaBarzon·
Everyone should read this book.
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alpha man
alpha man@alphaman_111·
On day 1 of my high school history class, our professor got up and said You are 15 or 16 years old. 200 years ago people your age were married, planted crops, had children, and built a cabin by winter. You can do your homework. The bar set for you historically is embarrassingly low. You are not dealing with regional famine or plague. You do not have to save your family from marauders or go into battle to destroy your enemies. You have to sit down and learn from someone who cares about you in a safe, air-conditioned room. You have no excuses.
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Andrew T. Walker
Andrew T. Walker@AndrewTWalker·
“I knew God was not surprised by the diagnosis. There is not a maverick molecule in the universe.” — @BenSasse
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Josh Barzon
Josh Barzon@JoshuaBarzon·
🚨 COOLEST GIVEAWAY EVER! 📜 I am giving away one of @WesleyLHuff ’s P52 New Testament Manuscript Replicas. Entering is simple. Just… • Follow @JoshuaBarzon & @WesleyLHuff • Like & Share the post • Tag someone below I’ll pick the winner a week from today on 4/17/26.
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Melissa the Hopeful🏠Homemaker
Melissa the Hopeful🏠Homemaker@BiblicalBeauty·
If you expressed no outrage over Joe Biden and Kamala Harris professing to be Christians while rabidly pushing the murder of unborn babies and the mutilation and sterilization of gender-confused children for four straight years, I have zero interest in hearing your disdain over President Trump’s use of foul language. Zero. Get your priorities in order.
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Josh Howerton
Josh Howerton@howertonjosh·
You would legitimately be stunned to find what the American government and politicians did that was overtly and explicitly Christian when our nation was founded. - The first English Bible ever printed in America was funded and commissioned by Congress. - One of Congress' first acts was to select and pay Christian ministers as chaplains - Congress designated the House chamber for weekly Christian worship services in the capital building - This was the prayer at the first Continent Congress: "The prayer at the first Continental Congress on September 7th 1774: O Lord our Heavenly Father, high and mighty King of kings, and Lord of lords, who dost from thy throne behold all the dwellers on earth and reignest with power supreme and uncontrolled over all the Kingdoms, Empires and Governments; look down in mercy, we beseech Thee, on these our American States, who have fled to Thee from the rod of the oppressor and thrown themselves on Thy gracious protection, desiring to be henceforth dependent only on Thee. To Thee have they appealed for the righteousness of their cause; to Thee do they now look up for that countenance and support, which Thou alone canst give. Take them, therefore, Heavenly Father, under thy nurturing care; give them wisdom in Council and valor in the field; Defeat the malicious designs of our cruel adversaries; Convince them of the unrighteousness of their Cause & if they persist in their sanguinary purposes, O! let the voice of Thine own unerring justice, sounding in their hearts, constrain them to drop the weapons of war from their unnerved hands in the day of battle! Be Thou present, O God of wisdom, and direct the councils of this honorable Assembly; enable them to settle things on the best and surest foundation. That the scene of blood may be speedily closed; that order, harmony and peace may be effectually restored, and truth and justice, religion and piety, prevail and flourish amongst Thy people. Preserve the health of their bodies and vigor of their minds; shower down on them and the millions they here represent, such temporal blessings as Thou seest expedient for them in this world, and crown them with everlasting glory in the world to come. All this we ask in the name and through the merits of Jesus Christ, Thy Son and our Savior. Amen." - Etc. It's not a departure from the original norm for the US government to openly treat Christianity as true; it has been a departure from the norm for the US government *not to* for the last ~80 years
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The Babylon Bee
The Babylon Bee@TheBabylonBee·
Chicago Bulls Offer To Reinstate Jayden Ivey If He Will Do Some Cocaine And Beat A Few Women buff.ly/ChMYukr
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Josh Lofthus
Josh Lofthus@joshlofthus·
A good local church is worth moving for. A good local church is worth staying for. A good local church is worth quitting a job. A good local church is worth keeping a job. The local church should be one of our primary deciding factors in life decisions. This brings blessing.
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Sean Davis
Sean Davis@seanmdav·
The conduct they are claiming is detrimental is Christianity. They fired Jaden Ivey for being Christian. Worth noting the Bulls didn’t fire Ronnie Brewer after he was arrested for DUI. Or Joakim Noah after he was arrested for possession of drugs. When Jameson Curry was arrested for public urination and then resisted arrest, the Bulls suspended him for one game, but also refused to fire him for his conduct. Christianity is apparently where the Chicago Bulls draw the line.
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The NBA allows Steve Kerr to do press conferences and turn them into political speeches with the NBA logo in the background. He calls the president Hitler. He calls federal law-enforcement Nazis. They do nothing to him. Jaden Ivey expresses his Christian views on his personal social media and he's fired within an hour.
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