Tweets and more tweets

Here are some of my favorite tweets from the last few weeks.  This is one of the blessings of social media where we can hear the gospel from people all over the world. If you like the tweet, go and follow the person on Twitter.
Unfortunately we as the church have become guardians rather than gardeners...What we love is not the growth but Jesus. We are called to be deep & wide. (1 Corinthians 3:6) @gavalanched
Would leadership be a less contentious issue if it was not about power, but about empowerment? @faithandlifeks

Settled Issues between Complentarain (C) and Egalitarian (E): male/female are equal image bearers, posses a sin nature, gifted by the spirit, sin impact gender relationships, Jesus affirmed women in countercoultural manner, both have equal access to salvation. @AaronWiens
“We stand in a long line of men and women who throughout the centuries and around the globe have struggled to understand how to respond to God’s call on their lives and how to be faithful to Scripture.” -Dr. Valerie Rempel  @CL_USMB 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Sermon Notes-"Transitional Thoughts"

Introduction: As I was thinking and praying about what to share during my final sermon on staff, I began to think of the transition that I am making as well as the church.   We as pastors have been consistently focused on three priorities over the last several years: prayer, worship and equip.   So, even though I may no longer be on staff in a few weeks at this church, as a member of this church I believe just as strongly that Hesston MB needs to continue to be about these priorities in the days ahead.   However, the more I prayed about it, the more I realized that to get to these priorities, we as a church also had to make some transitions so that is why I am entitling this message “Transitional Thoughts”.   Transition is defined as “the process or an instance of changing from one form, state, activity, or place to another.” Educate to Equip- Ephesians 4:11-16 ·          What is the difference?   o    To educate the focus is information; to equip the focus is transformation o
Read more

Sermon Notes-The Challenge based on Acts 11:1-18

Introduction: What is the definition of challenge? Challenge can be defined in multiple ways: engage in a contest or fight, a demand for explanation; a calling into question or the quality of requiring full use of one’s abilities, energy or resources. We will see in our Scripture this morning from Acts that Peter faced a challenge from his friends and religious leaders.   It actually fits the definitions above: it could become a fight, it required an explanation and it uses all Peter’s abilities, energy and resources. React- vs. 1-3 ·          Why is this story repeated?   It is important for the rest of the story which includes Paul’s missionary journeys in the rest of the book of Acts. ·          Vs. 1-Others throughout Judea hear that the Gentiles have received the Word of God. o    The Good News spread quickly about what had happened with Cornelius ·          Vs. 2-The circumcision party (religious leaders) criticized Peter o    We see that the Good News of God working
Read more