Brian Reynolds

@ebcelkhorn Not planning on it.

@wordsofthislife Will you be protesting/interfering with law enforcement?

My wife and I will be in Biddeford Maine next week. Will we be safe?

@RevSFPace @jonharris1989 Amen. the servant is not greater than his Master and suffered rejection by this world.

@wordsofthislife @jonharris1989 Amen, Brian. 1 Peter, along with many others, point to joy while suffering. As the Teacher, so to the pupil.

Ever heard of 'Loser Theology'? It suggests Christians should embrace losing and suffering as the prime way to show their faith. An idea focused on inner spirituality above all. #Christianity #Faith

@jonharris1989 Ah…

Were the Founding Fathers Masons? This video debunks conspiracy theories about Masonic influence on America's founding, exploring the historical connections. #USHistory #Masonry

Peter, seeing him, said to Jesus, “But Lord, what about this man?” Jesus said to him, “If I [h]will that he remain till I come, what is that to you? You follow Me.” Then this saying went out among the brethren that this disciple would not die. Yet Jesus did not say to him that he would not die, but, “If I will that he remain till I come, what is that to you?” John 21:22-23 This passage used in Preterism to show that John would remain until the coming of the Lord i.e. the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD. But Christ didn't say John WOULD BE but it was a rebuke to Peter WHAT IF (mentioned twice) "Its none of your business Peter." Also Jerusalem had already been destroyed 20-25 years previous to John's writing this.

In mercy the throne will be established; and One will sit on it in truth, in the tabernacle of David, judging and seeking justice and hastening righteousness. Isa. 16:5 The Davidic throne will be established under Messiah in the kingdom. Christ’s present session at the right hand of God does not fulfill this. If so: where is the judgment and justice? The present session of Christ hidden in glory is calling His co-heirs out of the world who will reign with Him in the kingdom. A body destined to glory.

Learn about Israel's unique adoption privilege in Romans 9 and its distinction from our sonship in Christ. “Eight Holy Privileges of Israel (1)—The Adoption” by Brian Reynolds

@EagleAndSparrow I know. It’s a classic case of a theory is used to override scripture. One ends up in a ridiculous place.

@wordsofthislife Jesus is going to a spiritual body of Christ and while at His spiritual body, he's going to prepare that spiritual body as a place with many places for his followers to dwell because his disciples will one day follow Him to his spiritual body. Oh, and they should know they way?

Wow - just listened to N. T. Wright butchering John 14:1-3. His no heaven doctrine is carried to a point where the "Father's house" of John 14, in his view, is in actuality the spiritual body of Christ.

Jude Bellingham, the man in the forefront of the photo, is one of the best players in the world. He was born in Stourbridge England (a town I’ve visited on several occasions) and is very English. 25 of the 26 players on the team were born in England. What does skin color have to do with it.

ENGLAND 2026

I wanted to add that I mean no disrespect to NTW. He is a very learned man and seems like a very gracious person that one could feel comfortable around. But learning alone - though important - is insufficient. It would be nice if someone could instruct him more perfectly and that he would be open to it.🙏

@Svigel @NathaninSeoul Yes I take it to be the rapture or assumption of the church (1 Th. 4:17) not death though I believe that in the intermediate state we are consciously with Christ in heaven. In the Father’s house we will behold His glory Jn 17:24 and return to earth with Him in His glory Col. 3:4.

I take John 14:1-3 as the intermediate state (dying and going to heaven prior to resurrection) and/or to the bodily assumption to heaven described in 1 Thess 4:17, before the Day of the Lord but prior to the millennium. I suppose if one took the latter but not the former, and if one had no span of time between assumption and kingdom, one could see that as affirmation of assumption to heaven as our eternal spiritual home. If one holds to some span of time between assumption and kingdom, that does not follow.

"The western going to heaven doctrine" N. T. Wright. Ah, the Bible originated in the east.

@NathaninSeoul @Svigel In the millennium there will be a link, the heavens will rule over the earth. In the new creation heaven comes down to earth (so to speak). The Lord promised He would take us the Father’s House first. Wright’s doctrine and Svigel’s are entirely different and opposed.

@wordsofthislife I like Dr. @svigel's "heavenly paradise --> heavenly paradise on earth" explanation he is currently giving online and has described in his book.

@NathaninSeoul Just a response to NT Wright on John 14:1-3. Yes the Greeks had a view of the afterlife and they dismissed the body etc. But an over reaction appears to have lost the “heavenly calling” altogether.

@wordsofthislife The going-to-heaven doctrine is Western, right?

Augustine was not wrong when he said that humanity can be divided into two groups — those who love and are attached to the earthly city, and those who who love and are heading to the heavenly city.

@Exodus15_11 Jacob means Jacob, Israel means Israel, the land means the land.

@wordsofthislife And that verse isn't referring to the Church, is it?

For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will still choose Israel, and settle them in their own land. The strangers will be joined with them, and they will cling to the house of Jacob. Isa. 14:1

Reflect on how God cares for families and brings us into His household through Christ. “God Cares About Families” by Eric Clermont