Jon Dennis

“The reward in this life will never be adequate for the costs of pastoral leadership.” buff.ly/LVW9yL4 And when the chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory. 1 Peter 5:4 #100thBirthday @proctrust @sthelenschurch

Bible selfies 😆

You know what the biggest problem with pushing all-things-AI is? Wrong direction. I want AI to do my laundry and dishes so that I can do art and writing, not for AI to do my art and writing so that I can do my laundry and dishes.

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 55 YEARS, DUQUESNE WINS AN NCAA TOURNAMENT GAME 🤯 #MarchMadness @DuqMBB

"We have to preach Christ. That is really our only business in the pulpit.” - Lesslie Newbigin

From How Far to the Promised Land by @esaumccaulley "A life needs a telos: a picture of the good, the true and the beautiful compelling enough to give order to the varied parts of the human experience.” Amen. This is Jesus.

Thanks @esaumccaulley and @PacoChi7 for your wisdom and encouragement last night.

@pastoremase Keep it up Doc. You are making a difference, and we are grateful for you.

I’ve been a missionary to philly for over 18 yrs on an apostolic journey. Ministering in large transient cities where it is 95%+ unchurched is a monster. Not only unchurched but anti church. Being here we have had to be extremely missiologically flexible. Because of transience, we have been thru the poor coming and going, middle/upper class coming and going, college students transitioning, young professionals transitioning, church spits, disgruntled folks, apostasy and much more. Over the years we have been thru about 4K people. Most transitioned on good terms. Our church demographic has changed at least 5-10 x’s. We went from being and artistic church to a multiethnic church to a college church to young professionals (all this time 90% singles). At some point prior to the pandemic we became a church for the dechurched (Formerly churched Christian’s and non-Christian’s). Then we lost 75% of our church during the pandemic and then Regrew with more folks. Now our church is 75% new people and we are 57% families and mostly a black church now and is middle upper class. Still a ton of dechurched now rechurched people that say @epiphfellowship is their last stop. Our neighborhood changes every 6-24 months. One day I’ll tell this story in more detail. But why am I writing this? In order to survive and possibly even thrive, we have had to remain missionaries to our city. Churches around us are dying fast and it grieves me that there is a diminishing gospel witness in our cities. The Church of Jesus Christ needs stable people to commit to more than just being fed, consumerism, and a journey of personal purpose. We need solid people in these urban environments who are committed to being healthy communities of faith to glorify God in these unchurched cities. Because of all of the above, I’ve emotionally packed my bags many a time. But the Ruler of Lights told me “if you leave who will stay for us”…me 😭. I am more than convinced of my call here in this season. I’ll preach, teach, lead, write, do outreach, train, send, facilitate, and whatever it takes. Acts 14:19-25 #ministry #urbanministry #cityministry #apostolic #God #Jesus #gospel #bible 📸 @stephaun

Ha sido un gozo poder estar compartiendo hoy en la Habana con mis hermanos de ministerio de varias provincias, mis mentores y hermanos como @jonmdennis y @SullyCurtin, Jaime, Bill, Josué e Isaías. Gracias a Dios por estos tiempos de aliento y regocijo en Él.

Tim Keller will be missed immensely. He loved Jesus to the end, he suffered well, he preached well, he loved his enemies well and showed many of us how to proclaim the conscious majesty of Jesus, often to a world that seemed not to care. Praying for Kathy and the family.

@timkellernyc Michael, thank you for the update. Praying with tears for you, your mother and your family. Tim, thank you for your life, your writing, your example, and your love for Jesus. You will be immensely missed.

Health Update: Today, Dad is being discharged from the hospital to receive hospice care at home. Over the past few days, he has asked us to pray with him often. He expressed many times through prayer his desire to go home to be with Jesus. His family is very sad because we... 1/3

Sunday read. This is hilarious. Engineers are competing who creates the worst UI on Reddit. I think the winners are: 1/ Enter your phone number

A prayer for Maundy Thursday: that we may discover the freedom of serving without notice or recompense for Christ's sake.

When the world is working on building something up, Keep an eye out for God coming down. (Genesis 11:1-12:3)

When the world seems to be destroying keep an eye out for what God is deploying.

We live in an age of deconstruction. But when the world seems like it is destructing, look for what God is constructing.

You’ve heard it said, pride cometh before a fall. (Proverbs 16:18). In Genesis 11:1-12:3 pride comes before a promise.

I will run the race by grace, and grace alone I will slay my sin by grace, and grace alone I will reach the end by grace, and grace alone @dustinkensrue

I worked my fingers down to the bone; Nothing I did could ever atone, But Jesus, You paid my debt. Grateful for @dustinkensrue