Bishop, THD, DMin, PHD Candidate, Author, musician, martial arts, and married father of five.

Brooklyn, NY
Joined April 2009
The enemy isn't threatened by a faith that stops with you. Jesus never called us to simply become disciples. He commanded us to make disciples. The Kingdom advances when we invest in others, reproduce our faith, raise up leaders, and equip the next generation to carry the Gospel further than we ever could. Spiritual maturity isn't just measured by how much you've grown, but by who you're helping grow. A faith that multiplies leaves a legacy beyond one lifetime! #discipleship #greatcommission #kingdomofgod #spiritualwarfare #christianleadership
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The battle for the next generation begins in the home. Satan understands that when families are weakened, the consequences can extend far beyond one household. They can impact generations. God designed the family to be a place where faith is nurtured, identity is formed, and biblical values are passed down. If we want to see a generation that seeks the Lord, we must be intentional about building homes that honor Him. The strength of the next generation begins with what we cultivate in our families today. #family #spiritualwarfare #nextgeneration #biblicalworldview #kingdomofgod
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What happens when the next generation of leaders are equipped to carry the Kingdom of God into the most influential spheres of society? This past weekend, I had the privilege of ministering at Hilltop Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts, led by Pastors Darrell and Bethany Temple. Located between Harvard and MIT, this young congregation is strategically positioned to reach students, professors, and professionals who will help shape the future of education, culture, and society. I spent time with emerging leaders discussing the importance of ministering from God's rest rather than striving in our own strength, and preached on living a life shaped by Christ. I was deeply encouraged to see the overwhelming majority respond to the altar call, asking God to open their spiritual eyes to understand His Word more deeply. The Church must do more than reach the next generation. We must equip them to carry Christ into the places where culture is being shaped! #kingdomofgod #christianleadership #discipleship #nextgeneration #church
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Joseph Mattera retweeted
I’m French. I want to talk to Americans who are about to vote Democrat. Not to insult you. To warn you. I come from your future. In France we did everything your progressive politicians promise. Free healthcare, free college, generous welfare, strong unions, heavy regulation, high taxes on the rich, a state that takes care of everything. Public spending close to 57% of GDP, one of the highest on the planet. On paper, it’s the dream. Here’s what it looks like from the inside. France hasn’t passed a balanced budget since 1974. Our debt is above 3,300 billion euros. Interest on that debt is becoming one of the biggest items in the national budget. Our hospitals are collapsing despite record funding. Our schools rank lower every year. Young people with degrees can’t afford an apartment in the city they were born in. Our best engineers leave for London, Zurich and San Francisco. And the rich you wanted to tax? They left too, and took the jobs with them. The promise was protection. The result is stagnation. The worst part is that nobody in France voted for decline. Every single step sounded generous, compassionate, reasonable. One more program. One more regulation. One more tax to fund it. Each step alone makes sense. Fifty years of them, and you wake up in a country that can no longer build a nuclear plant on time or keep its streets safe. I love America because it’s the one place on earth where people still believe they can build something from nothing. I came to Silicon Valley as a self-taught kid and it changed my life. That spirit is the most precious thing your country has. Before you vote, ask yourself one question: is the program you’re voting for making America more like America, or more like France? Trust me. You don’t want to be France.
Je n'ai jamais été aussi optimiste. Pas malgré le chaos actuel, mais grâce à lui. Je vais vous expliquer pourquoi l'empire du mensonge construit par la gauche depuis cinquante ans va s'effondrer, et pourquoi ce n'est pas une opinion mais une question de physique. Tout commence avec un mouvement né sur X il y a quelques années : l'effective accelerationism, ou e/acc. Au départ, c'est une idée presque thermodynamique. L'univers a une tendance de fond : la matière s'organise pour capter et dissiper l'énergie de plus en plus efficacement. Une cellule fait ça. Une forêt fait ça. Une civilisation fait ça. Le marché, la technologie et le capital sont les formes les plus avancées de ce processus. Ce sont des machines à transformer l'énergie en intelligence, en abondance, en complexité. La thèse e/acc est simple : il ne faut pas freiner cette dynamique, il faut l'embrasser. Plus d'énergie, plus de calcul, plus d'innovation, plus de croissance. Monter sur l'échelle de Kardashev au lieu de s'excuser d'exister. En face, il y a les « décels » : ceux qui veulent ralentir, réguler, taxer, interdire, culpabiliser. Ceux qui voient le progrès comme une menace à contenir plutôt qu'une force à libérer. Mais il y a une dimension de l'accélération dont presque personne ne parle. L'accélération n'est pas seulement un moteur. C'est un filtre. Pensez à n'importe quel organisme. Un corps humain en bonne santé peut courir. Il accélère, son cœur pompe plus fort, ses muscles consomment plus d'oxygène, et tout fonctionne parce que le système est bien conçu. Maintenant, prenez un corps malade. Des artères bouchées, un cœur fragile, des organes qui ne communiquent plus entre eux. Faites-le courir. Il ne va pas plus vite vers la santé. Il va plus vite vers l'infarctus. L'accélération ne corrige pas les défauts d'un système. Elle les amplifie. Un système sain qui accélère devient plus fort. Un système dysfonctionnel qui accélère meurt plus vite. Et c'est exactement ce qui est en train d'arriver au projet que je vais appeler par son nom : le projet globalo-socialiste. Celui porté par les démocrates américains, par la technostructure de Bruxelles, par les entités supranationales qui n'ont de comptes à rendre à personne, par un réseau d'ONG financées par l'argent public pour dicter la morale aux peuples qui les financent. Regardez ce que ce projet a produit. Des États obèses qui prélèvent plus de la moitié de la richesse produite et qui délivrent des services publics de plus en plus dégradés. Des écoles qui n'apprennent plus à lire mais qui apprennent à culpabiliser. Des hôpitaux à bout de souffle malgré des budgets records. Une immigration massive sans aucune exigence d'assimilation, présentée comme une chance par ceux qui n'en subissent jamais les conséquences. Une désindustrialisation organisée au nom d'une écologie punitive qui délocalise la pollution en Chine et l'emploi avec. Des normes, des normes, et encore des normes, jusqu'à ce qu'il devienne plus simple de créer une entreprise à Austin qu'à Lyon. Une justice qui excuse le coupable et soupçonne la victime. Une censure qui avance masquée sous le nom de « lutte contre la désinformation ». Et une jeunesse à qui l'on a expliqué que son pays, son histoire et sa civilisation étaient des crimes à expier. Ce n'est pas un ensemble de bugs. C'est la conception elle-même. Maintenant, changeons d'image. Voyez ce système comme un moteur. Un bon moteur, c'est de la précision. Des pièces qui s'emboîtent, un minimum de frottements, une énergie qui se transforme en mouvement. Le marché libre, la propriété, la responsabilité individuelle, la monnaie saine : c'est ça, un moteur bien conçu. L'information circule par les prix, chaque erreur est sanctionnée, chaque bonne idée est récompensée. Le moteur socialiste, lui, est mal conçu dès le départ. Il ne tourne pas sur la création de valeur mais sur sa redistribution. Il ne récompense pas la performance, il la taxe. Il ne laisse pas les erreurs mourir, il les subventionne. Résultat : ça frotte partout. Ça chauffe. Ça grince. Chaque pièce use la pièce d'à côté. Et que font ceux qui pilotent ce moteur ? Au lieu de le reconcevoir, ils changent les pièces. En permanence. Une pièce cède, on en remet une neuve. Encore une. Encore une. Ces pièces de rechange, vous les connaissez. Elles s'appellent la dette publique et la planche à billets. La France a dépassé les 3 300 milliards d'euros de dette et n'a pas voté un budget à l'équilibre depuis le milieu des années 70. Les États-Unis ont franchi les 37 000 milliards de dollars. Les banques centrales ont maintenu des taux à zéro pendant des années, imprimé des montants que plus personne ne sait se représenter, et quand l'inflation est arrivée, elles ont fait semblant d'être surprises. Milton Friedman l'avait pourtant dit il y a cinquante ans : l'inflation est toujours et partout un phénomène monétaire. Chaque crise, on rachète du temps avec de l'argent qui n'existe pas. Chaque problème structurel, on l'arrose de liquidités pour masquer le bruit du moteur. Mais les frottements sont toujours là. Ils s'accumulent. Et la facture des pièces de rechange finit par coûter plus cher que le moteur lui-même : la charge de la dette devient l'un des premiers postes de dépense de l'État français. Pendant des décennies, ce moteur mal conçu a pu tourner à 3 000 tours par minute. Lentement. Bruyamment. Mais il tournait. Le monde allait assez doucement pour que le bricolage permanent suffise à masquer l'absurdité de la conception. Et puis l'IA est arrivée. L'intelligence artificielle, c'est l'accélération la plus brutale de l'histoire humaine. Ce qui prenait des années prend des mois. Ce qui prenait des mois prend des jours. Des entreprises de dix personnes font ce que faisaient des entreprises de mille. Le capital, les talents et les idées se déplacent à la vitesse de la lumière vers les endroits où ils sont bien traités. L'IA vient de faire passer le moteur de 3 000 à 20 000 tours par minute. Posez-vous la question qu'un ingénieur se poserait. Que se passe-t-il quand on fait monter à 20 000 tours un moteur mal conçu, rafistolé de partout, qui frotte à chaque rotation ? Il explose. Pas parce que quelqu'un l'a saboté. Parce que la physique ne négocie pas. Et c'est exactement ce que nous voyons en ce moment, sous nos yeux. L'insécurité qui gagne des villes entières qui étaient paisibles il y a vingt ans. Le conflit de Gaza importé dans nos rues et instrumentalisé par une gauche qui a troqué l'ouvrier contre le clientélisme communautaire. La misère qui revient dans un pays qui a pourtant un des taux de dépense publique les plus élevés au monde. Des classes moyennes qui travaillent et n'arrivent plus à se loger. Une France fracturée, où l'on parle désormais à voix haute de risque de guerre civile. Ce ne sont pas des accidents. Ce ne sont pas des « crises » successives sans lien entre elles. Ce sont les pièces du moteur qui commencent à voler. C'est la conséquence logique de cinquante ans de socialisme international : un système qui a détruit la responsabilité, la frontière, la monnaie, l'école et la fierté, et qui découvre qu'à haute vitesse, tout ce qui a été détruit ne peut plus être compensé par une ligne de dette supplémentaire. Et c'est là que je deviens profondément optimiste. Parce qu'une fois qu'on a compris ça, on comprend aussi que leur projet a une date de fin. Pas une date politique. Une date physique. Un système qui consomme plus qu'il ne produit, qui punit ceux qui créent et récompense ceux qui détruisent, qui finance son présent en hypothéquant l'avenir de ses enfants, ne peut pas durer indéfiniment. Il n'est pas soutenable par construction. L'IA ne fait qu'avancer l'échéance. Le mensonge a besoin de lenteur pour survivre. Il a besoin que les conséquences arrivent assez tard pour qu'on puisse accuser quelqu'un d'autre. Dans un monde à 20 000 tours, les conséquences arrivent immédiatement. Le mensonge n'a plus le temps de se cacher. Alors, que faire quand le moteur explose ? On en construit un nouveau. Et cette fois, on le conçoit correctement. Écoutez Elon Musk. Un homme qui a reconstruit l'industrie spatiale, la voiture électrique et l'infrastructure satellite en partant d'un principe simple : revenir aux premiers principes. Ne pas demander « comment on a toujours fait », mais « qu'est-ce qui est physiquement vrai ». C'est exactement ce dont nos États ont besoin : arrêter de rafistoler et repartir de la base. Écoutez Javier Milei. Un homme dont tout le monde se moquait, arrivé à la tête d'un pays ravagé par un siècle de péronisme, et qui a pris la tronçonneuse au sens propre. Ministères supprimés, dépenses coupées, inflation écrasée, excédent budgétaire retrouvé. Il a prouvé une chose que la gauche jurait impossible : on peut démonter le moteur socialiste et le peuple peut le soutenir. Écoutez Milton Friedman. Relisez-le. Tout était déjà là. La monnaie, la liberté de choisir, la responsabilité, les effets pervers de l'intervention publique. Il disait que si l'on confiait le Sahara au gouvernement fédéral, il y aurait pénurie de sable en cinq ans. On a ri. On a confié le sable. On a eu la pénurie. Revenez à une hiérarchie et au respect du beau. Une civilisation ne tient pas que sur des chiffres. Elle tient sur l'idée qu'il existe des choses supérieures à d'autres. Que l'excellence vaut mieux que la médiocrité. Que le mérite compte. Qu'une cathédrale est plus belle qu'un parking. Que transmettre est un devoir et pas une oppression. Le relativisme a été l'arme culturelle de ce projet. Le retour du beau, du vrai et de l'exigence en sera l'antidote. Et enfin, faites le Nuremberg du communisme. Le nazisme a été jugé, documenté, enseigné, et il est devenu moralement indéfendable. Le communisme, avec ses dizaines de millions de morts, ses goulags, ses famines organisées et ses peuples réduits en esclavage, n'a jamais eu ce procès. On peut encore porter un t-shirt du Che dans une université sans que personne ne cille. Tant que ce procès historique et moral n'aura pas eu lieu, l'idéologie continuera de muter et de revenir sous de nouveaux noms. Il faut nommer les crimes, les enseigner, honorer les victimes, et rendre cette idéologie aussi infréquentable que celle qu'elle prétendait combattre. Le monde qui vient sera plus rapide, plus exigeant et plus impitoyable avec les systèmes mal conçus. C'est une terrible nouvelle pour ceux qui ont vécu du mensonge. Et c'est la meilleure nouvelle de notre génération pour tous ceux qui veulent construire. Le moteur va exploser. À nous de dessiner le suivant.
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Could we be on the verge of a generation turning back to God? Amid growing cultural confusion and a search for identity, meaning, and purpose, there are reasons to ask whether a new spiritual hunger is emerging. But here's the greater question: If a generation begins seeking God, is the Church prepared to lead them into genuine discipleship? An increased interest in faith is encouraging, but spiritual curiosity alone does not produce lasting transformation. We need more than moments of enthusiasm. We need a generation rooted in Scripture, formed in Christ, and equipped to carry the Gospel into the world. In this week's podcast episode, I explore what Scripture reveals about generations that seek the Lord, how we can recognize genuine spiritual awakening, and what the Church must do to prepare for and steward it. We cannot simply pray for the next generation to encounter God. We must be prepared to disciple them when they do! 🎧 Listen to the full episode, "Is This the Generation That Will Seek the Lord?" josephmattera.org/podcast/ #spiritualawakening #nextgeneration #discipleship #revival #kingdomofgod
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What if the generation many are worried about becomes the generation that leads the next great spiritual awakening? In the late 1960s, few would have predicted that young people immersed in the counterculture would become part of the Jesus Movement. Yet God raised up a generation of believers, evangelists, and church leaders from the very people many had written off. Today, we're seeing encouraging signs of renewed spiritual interest among Gen Z. Recent research points to increased church engagement among young adults. But increased attendance is not necessarily revival. The real question is whether this spiritual hunger will lead to genuine repentance, discipleship, and lasting transformation. Psalm 24 speaks of “the generation of those who seek Him.” Could that describe the generation rising before us? We cannot predict what Gen Z, Alpha, or Beta will become. But we have a responsibility to invest in them, share what God has done, and prepare them to encounter Him for themselves. We should spend less time criticizing the next generation and more time preparing them to carry the Gospel further than we have. In my latest article, I explore what Scripture, the Jesus Movement, and emerging generational trends reveal about the possibility of another great awakening. 🔗 Read “Is This the Generation That Will Seek the Lord?” and discover why the Church's response to this moment matters! josephmattera.org/generation… #genz #spiritualawakening #discipleship #revival #kingdomofgod
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We can have powerful services, emotional moments, spiritual manifestations, and crowded sanctuaries, but the true evidence of God’s work is found in the fruit that follows. God is not merely concerned with whether you fall under the power of the Spirit. What happens when you get back up? Are you becoming more like Jesus? Are you walking in holiness? Loving people differently? Forgiving those who hurt you? Obeying Scripture? Becoming a more faithful spouse, parent, friend, and disciple? Spiritual experiences have value when they lead to spiritual transformation. The measure of a move of God is not how many people fall down, but how they live when they get back up. #holyspirit #revival #discipleship #spiritualgrowth #kingdomofgod
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We can spend our lives pursuing success, opportunity, ministry, and even what we call the “blessing of God,” while neglecting the people He has already entrusted to us. Sometimes the greatest spiritual battle isn’t on a platform, in a workplace, or somewhere across the world. It’s learning to faithfully love, serve, forgive, and lead within our own homes. Scripture never gives us permission to sacrifice our families in the name of pursuing our calling. Before we seek greater influence outside the home, we should ask what kind of influence we are having inside it. Your family should not have to lose you so the rest of the world can benefit from you. #family #christianleadership #discipleship #faith #kingdomofgod
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Human value cannot be measured by income, education, influence, productivity, or social status. Scripture grounds human dignity somewhere far deeper: every person is made in the image of God. That means the wealthy and the poor, the powerful and the overlooked, the accomplished and the struggling all possess an inherent dignity that must be honored. This is one of Christianity’s profound contributions to how we understand human equality. Our value does not come from what we possess or what society assigns to us. It comes from the God whose image we bear. When we truly understand the imago Dei, we cannot reduce people to their usefulness, status, or success. Your net worth may describe what you have. It can never define what you’re worth. #imageofgod #biblicalworldview #humandignity #christianity #kingdomofgod
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Understanding the biblical calendar helps us understand the biblical story. This fall, we have once again moved through the biblical feasts of Trumpets, the Day of Atonement, and Tabernacles. These appointed times reveal patterns of redemption that ultimately point us to Jesus. The Day of Atonement gives us a particularly powerful picture. Under the old covenant, the High Priest entered God’s presence once a year with sacrificial blood. But Jesus became our greater High Priest and once-for-all sacrifice. What was once restricted, Christ opened. What sin separated, Christ reconciled. In this week’s podcast, I unpack the Day of Atonement, its fulfillment in the Messiah, and why understanding the biblical calendar can deepen our understanding of Christ. 🎧 Listen to “The Day of Atonement & the Messiah: How Jesus Restores Access to God.” #dayofatonement #biblicalfeasts #jesuschrist #atonement #biblicaltheology
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What if the Church doesn’t need another new strategy, but a return to its original priorities? The New Testament Church was devoted to truth, centered on Christ, saturated in prayer, empowered by the Holy Spirit, committed to genuine community, and focused on making disciples who carried the Gospel into the world. They didn’t simply gather for worship. They gathered to be equipped and scattered for impact. Many churches today have become highly effective at organizing services and attracting crowds. But biblical success cannot be measured by attendance alone. The question is whether we are forming mature disciples, activating believers for ministry, transforming communities, and reflecting the life and power of Christ. In my latest article, I unpack 11 essential elements of a New Testament Church and why recovering these ancient priorities is critical for the Church today. If we want apostolic fruit, we must return to apostolic roots. 🔗 Read the full article for all 11 elements josephmattera.org/essential-… #churchleadership #discipleship #holyspirit #kingdomofgod #biblicalworldview
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Before Pentecost came prayer. The disciples gathered together, devoted themselves to prayer, and waited upon God before the Holy Spirit was poured out in power. The early Church understood something we desperately need to recover: corporate prayer is not an accessory to the life of the Church. It is foundational. If we want to see a fresh move of the Holy Spirit in our churches, cities, and nation, we cannot merely talk about Pentecost. We must become a praying Church again. Pentecost power was preceded by Pentecost prayer. #prayer #holyspirit #pentecost #church #awakening
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Giving is more than a financial transaction. It is an act of worship, reverence, and faith. Throughout Scripture, God pays attention not only to what people give, but to the heart and sacrifice behind the offering. Our giving reveals something about how we see God. Do we trust Him as our provider? Do we honor Him with what He has entrusted to us? Are we giving from convenience, or from genuine worship? God is worthy of more than what costs us nothing. The way we give should reflect the value we place on the one we are giving to #giving #stewardship #worship #faith #kingdomofgod
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God is not only concerned with what we accomplish for Him. He is deeply concerned with who we are becoming in Him. We just returned from one of the most significant Christ Covenant Coalition leadership retreats we’ve experienced, with about 85 leaders from across North America gathering for three days around the theme “Leading Like Jesus.” Church and marketplace leaders, younger and seasoned generations came together around a shared conviction: our influence should never grow beyond the character required to sustain it. We can pursue greater platforms, opportunities, gifts, and impact, but the ultimate goal of Christian leadership is to increasingly reflect Jesus. Before God does something through us, He desires to form something in us. I was especially encouraged to see generations learning from one another, building genuine relationships, and pursuing the heart of Christ together. Thank you to Pastors Robert and Stacy Gay and High Praise Church for graciously hosting us in Panama City, Florida! May we never become so focused on expanding our influence that we neglect becoming more like the One we represent. #christianleadership #discipleship #kingdomofgod #leadership #jesuschrist
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Everyone wants the influence, authority, gifts, and power of Jesus. But do we want the character of Jesus? Before Jesus described His followers as the salt and light of the world, He taught the Beatitudes. Character came before influence. God is more concerned with who we are becoming than the platform we are building. Humility, meekness, mercy, purity, courage, and love are not secondary to leadership. They are essential to sustaining what God entrusts to us. In this week’s podcast episode, I unpack what it truly means to lead like Jesus and why God forms something in us before He releases something through us. 🎧 Listen to the full episode, “Leading Like Jesus: Why Character Must Come Before Influence.” josephmattera.org/podcast/ #christianleadership #discipleship #character #jesuschrist #kingdomofgod
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Many pastors genuinely lose sleep over low attendance and attendance metrics. The struggles are understandable. Yet they are not divorced from a performance culture baptized in consumerism. The anxiety that keeps a pastor awake in such seasons masquerades as spiritual, but truth be told, it is borrowed from a market economy, where productivity is understood as growth, and that kind of growth is the only proof of life. In a postmodern culture, history matters little if at all, and forgetting it becomes a practiced discipline, albeit a sinful one. The Church has been through lean seasons before, and the pastor who dismisses that history ends up repeating it in ignorance, convinced that every empty seat is a verdict. The moment we fail to consider, first and foremost, that Christ builds His Church, we take on a responsibility our own shoulders cannot bear. Jesus also said He is the Vine and His Father is the Vinedresser, and the Vinedresser has no problem pruning back the Church from time to time, regardless of the church growth metrics of quarterly returns. He prunes so it will bear more fruit. May we never forget that the Lord of the Harvest has never asked us to manage His outcomes.
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Not every emotional or supernatural experience is evidence of revival. But unusual manifestations do not automatically disprove a move of God either. Jonathan Edwards wrestled deeply with this tension during the First Great Awakening. His conclusion was that the true test of revival is not the intensity of the moment, but the spiritual fruit that follows. Does it exalt Christ? Does it produce holiness and repentance? Does it deepen love for Scripture? Does humility replace spiritual pride? Are people drawn to prayer, worship, obedience, and the spread of the Gospel? We should neither dismiss what the Holy Spirit may be doing nor accept every manifestation without discernment. In my latest article, I share 10 lessons from Jonathan Edwards on discerning a true revival and why his wisdom remains so relevant for the Church today. 🔗 Read the full article to explore all 10 signs of a genuine move of God josephmattera.org/edwards-di… #revival #holyspirit #discernment #awakening #biblicalworldview
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An apostolic church is more than a church that gathers. It is a church that is sent. This is part of the purpose of Pentecost. The Holy Spirit was not poured out merely so believers could have a spiritual experience or speak in tongues. Jesus said, “You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be My witnesses.” The power of the Spirit was given for mission. An apostolic church understands that we gather to encounter God, be equipped, and be formed in Christ, but then we are sent into our communities, cities, and nations to proclaim the Gospel and advance His Kingdom. Pentecost doesn’t end in the Upper Room. It sends us into the world. #apostolic #pentecost #holyspirit #greatcommission #kingdomofgod
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Joseph Mattera retweeted
“Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy. Its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.” — Winston Churchill
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Perfectionism and success pressure. These issues are also rampant amongst Christian high school and college students. I had student once have a breakdown in my office because he said, “I’m not doing enough for God.” Came from ministry culture focussed on “radical-for-Christ.” (Platt)
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