By grace alone I follow Christ. Husband, father, papa, pastor, mediocre endurance cyclist. I prefer outside. https://xitter.cf/t.co/T58sKxfMG6

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Joined January 2016
A simple criterion for a follower of Christ on social media: Would I post this if I knew it would be shown on the screen at my church this Sunday morning?
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Steve Bateman retweeted
Putin doesn’t want peace. Putin wants Ukraine. Enough is enough. President Trump should rescind the diesel deal with Russia and use the Lindsey Graham Sanctioning Russia Act to impose harsh sanctions on nations purchasing Russian energy, work with our allies to ensure Ukraine has the military support it needs to repel and defeat this Russian invasion once and for all. Slava Ukraini🇺🇸🇺🇦
Moments ago, Russian forces bombed a residential neighborhood in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, hitting a grocery store. Three people lost their lives, and nine others, including two children, sustained injuries.
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Steve Bateman retweeted
Non-denominational churches are the fastest growing churches in America, but man, they are all over the map in what they believe and teach, and some of them are just plain weird. More importantly, many of them are sub-Christian. All of this is confusing to skeptics and those inquiring about the Christian faith. Here's why and what to do about it. I talk about some of the work from @ryanburge and this helpful chart from The Church History Project in this week's article: shorturl.at/qIjui
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Non-denominational churches are the fastest growing churches in America, but man, they are all over the map in what they believe and teach, and some of them are just plain weird. More importantly, many of them are sub-Christian. All of this is confusing to skeptics and those inquiring about the Christian faith. Here's why and what to do about it. I talk about some of the work from @ryanburge and this helpful chart from The Church History Project in this week's article: shorturl.at/qIjui
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I’ll never forget it.
34 years ago today.. Where were you watching this game at?
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Steve Bateman retweeted
Extraordinarily proud of Brian @kilmeade … Moral clarity.
A must-watch exchange between Brian @kilmeade and Rachel Campos-Duffy on FOX & Friends about Ukraine and Trump’s Russian diesel deal. Here’s the full transcript: CAMPOS-DUFFY: I know you're a big fan of Zelensky, but yesterday President Trump said maybe it's time for an election and a new leader in Ukraine because Zelensky keeps blowing up these refineries after the president said, "Please don't do that," especially before the midterms. He keeps doing it, and it's hurting President Trump and the administration, who's been very generous toward him and his war effort. KILMEADE: The president got ticked off because Zelensky came out and said, "Do not buy 5 million tons of diesel," which is in violation, I thought, of the bill they just signed, Lindsey Graham's bill, that says if you buy any energy from Russia, you're going to get sanctioned with tariffs. Are we going to tariff ourselves? So I have no idea. Zelensky's frustrated because now all this money is going to flow into Russia, which started this whole war unprovoked. They are the bad guys, and there is no way Zelensky turned down any plausible deal. In fact, since that time, when they told him he was going to lose the Donbas, he has gained back portions of the Donbas. CAMPOS-DUFFY: Are you saying that there were no peace efforts? KILMEADE: There was no plausible, practical peace effort that Vladimir Putin would participate in effectively that would end this war. There's one person who is responsible: Vladimir Putin. That is it. And he gets his ass kicked. CAMPOS-DUFFY: There was a peace deal that—I think Turkey was trying to broker it, and Boris Johnson advised Zelensky not to take that deal. KILMEADE: It doesn't matter. I don't know what Boris Johnson's doing now. Is he in a retirement home? CAMPOS-DUFFY: I think there's a reason why the president is buying diesel from Russia, and that's because Zelensky keeps blowing up the refineries. KILMEADE: Can you blame him? That's the war machine that's killing his people, that bombs apartment buildings. CAMPOS-DUFFY: But he's dependent on us, and the president said, "Don't do this." Are you for America or for Ukraine? KILMEADE: The diesel fuel got stopped because Iran was blowing up the Gulf states' oil and their refineries, and now all of a sudden there's a new emphasis on Russia. But for me, the way Ukraine innovated drone technology in order to take out what's fueling the Russian war machine is phenomenal. They'll be writing about this in war journals forever. The Ukrainians have modernized modern war before our very eyes. CAMPOS-DUFFY: I'm not so sure that's a positive, Brian. I mean, there are 30,000 young men on each side who are dying every single month. KILMEADE: Vladimir Putin. CAMPOS-DUFFY: Every single month. We should not be practicing drone technology and using these kids as guinea pigs. KILMEADE: What kids? CAMPOS-DUFFY: The soldiers. These are young men… KILMEADE: Rachel, these are in response to attacks. They're getting rocketed, so they found a way… CAMPOS-DUFFY: The president said he wanted peace in Ukraine, and he said he was going to do that. KILMEADE: Tell Vladimir Putin. CAMPOS-DUFFY: Well, now, because of what Zelensky is doing, we're probably going to get peace there because President Trump is now working with Russia, because Zelensky is so arrogant. KILMEADE: It would be the biggest mistake of his administration to work with Russia. That is the modern Hitler of our generation. He is the cause of all the problems in the region, and now he's helping Iran kill our guys and blow up our bases. And now, yeah, the story you pointed out to me today in The Wall Street Journal—you see that they and China are providing drones to the Houthis. China and Russia are the problem.
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Steve Bateman retweeted
President Trump’s decision to lift sanctions on Russian fuel amidst Putin’s ongoing and brutal attacks on civilian targets in Ukraine makes no sense and is a betrayal of the legacy and leadership of the late Senator Lindsey Graham. While Ukraine fights for its survival, Putin’s war machine continues to prosecute his terrorist war on civilian populations and innocent Ukrainians are dying every day. Now, Instead of implementing the tough sanctions Lindsey Graham fought to his last breath to enact, President Trump has announced the United States is lifting sanctions on Russian energy, fueling the Putin’s war machine. As I saw firsthand in Ukraine last month, Putin is losing this war. Ukraine has fought the Russian military to a standstill and reinvented warfare with drones taking the fight into the heart of Russia. America should not be throwing a lifeline to Putin’s war machine. Now is the time to stand strong against Russian aggression as we did during the first Trump administration. Putin doesn’t want peace. Putin wants Ukraine. I have no doubt that if Putin overruns Ukraine, it will only be a matter of time until Russia’s military crosses a border that our troops will have to deal with him. America is the Leader of the Free World. For our National Security, for the security of our Allies in Europe including Ukraine, President Trump should rescind this deal immediately and return to the strong policies of our four years in the White House; impose harsh sanctions on any nation purchasing Russian energy and work with our allies to ensure Ukraine has the military support it needs to repel and defeat this Russian invasion once and for all. Slava Ukraini🇺🇸🇺🇦
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In private conversations over a cup of good coffee, I actually enjoy it when someone tries to persuade me to come to their side of some political issue. I love the back and forth of civil and respectful debate. But in public speaking and writing, pastors will be criticized whether they say something or nothing about political issues. For forty years I've been saying something because my calling requires it. But the something I say must always be submitted to the priorities of Scripture. In this week's article, I have something to say... Click here: shorturl.at/NKhv0
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Bullpen management won the day. Go Braves!
LET’S HEAD BACK TO ATLANTA! #LetItFly
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October is the harmonic convergence of all that is good: falling temperatures, college football, hunting season, and postseason baseball... My latest article here: shorturl.at/nRaLO
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Yep
Brb gonna go watch this over and over again #LetItFly
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I'm really looking forward to this one-day event and I hope you can join us!
If you're anywhere near here on November 2, get there. I truly can't wait to spend the day sitting under the ministry of @daneortlund and @SteveBatemanFBC. We're going to pray, and think, and sing a bunch of rowdy gospel hymns like the mighty men of God we were created to be! eventbrite.com/e/feed-my-she…
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Steve Bateman retweeted
Justin Verlander says goodbye to his teammates And then holds his daughter’s hand as he leaves the mound 🥹
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Prayers continue. If Putin stops fighting there will be peace. If Zelenskyy stops fighting Ukraine dies. This informs my prayers.
Let’s join together in prayer for an end to the war between Russia and Ukraine. This conflict has been going on for more than four years, with estimates of over 2 million deaths and injuries—that’s nearly as long as World War I and longer than U.S. involvement in WWII. This week, President @realDonaldTrump said that 25,000 lives—mostly military—are being lost every month. So tragic. He’s right: “It’s time to stop the killing.” Pray that God will work in the hearts of President Putin and President Zelenskyy to bring peace, and give President Trump the wisdom he needs. cnbc.com/2026/09/23/ukraine-…
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Good art is meant to move us. There is a sorrow in the lamb’s surrender, palpable to all who view the work. Bound by his captors, the Agnus Dei has resigned himself to the suffering that will surely come. He is painfully alone. Brutally abandoned. Cruelly forsaken. No one is coming to his rescue. To see the picture is to feel the passion. It weighs on the heart. My latest article is here: shorturl.at/3DxOv
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Steve Bateman retweeted
We reached out to some teaching pastors in The Gospel Coalition’s network and asked them to share advice on how they put together a preaching plan. Here’s what they said: thegospelcoalition.org/artic…
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"Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see that the fields are white for harvest." –John 4:35
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"Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see that the fields are white for harvest." –John 4:35
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Steve Bateman retweeted
Yesterday I was asked about a grant that TGC received from FLI related to our work on AI and Christianity. I think it could be helpful for me to take a moment to separate fact from fiction and speculation.
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