Pastor in NC. Author of the Come Alive series from Invite Resources; other titles from Abingdon. Also: tennis. Tweets my own.
Charlotte, NC
Joined April 2011
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Come Alive Daily for Ephesians 6:1-9 where the lector needs to read the room as he reads the letter: mailchi.mp/908f04290d74/come… @jhaskinscabrera @jonell_shelby
1. I believe Texas real estate law leans on side of congregation. 2. Even if not, the 10% who wanted to #StayUMC cannot be a sustainable congregation on that site. UMC has "we won 35-65!" churches all over, and they are mere shells. This would be worse.
Isn't it amazing? The combination of arrogance and foolishness. Let's say they "win" the church back ... the very definition of a pyrrhic victory trying to maintain that property with less than 10% of the people. The UMC in NC already has plenty of "we won with 35%!" shells.
The intersectionality of hubris and absurdity in my hometown:
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John the Apostle loves to talk about doctrine not to prove that he is smart but to show that God is great.
Come Alive Daily for Ephesians 5:3-20 where the conversation from sex to Spirit, from polyamory to monogamy, and from idolatry to monotheism: mailchi.mp/021b1f74c725/come… @jonell_shelby @jhaskinscabrera
Come Alive Daily for Ephesians 4:29 - 5:2 where we see that biblical love is not always permissive but it is always redemptive: mailchi.mp/8ddc2909208e/come… @jonell_shelby @jhaskinscabrera
Yeah, but you (not "you Drew") but "you UMC hierarchy" don't get to endorse & embody apostate anarchy, call it ecclesiology, and then demand fidelity. Given those circumstances, independent Methodism is indeed a faithful and wise choice.
Talbot Davis retweeted
Governor, you can say "abortion is health care" all day and it won't alter the fact from which you wish to distract us, namely, that abortion is deliberately killing a living member of the human species--a human being and as such a bearer of profound, inherent, and equal dignity.
From Ephesians 1 & 2, plus some seasoning with Romans 1:16:
Diversity is never the cause; it's always the result.
My sense from a few conversations w/ ppl in the leadership orbit there is that decision makers are theologically orthodox and not in line with the sexual revisionism of the UMC, the Horizon Texas Conference, or @PerkinsSMU.
Such a worthy read here, including nugget that Bishop Schol is suing his successor: anselm-project.com/blog/umc-…
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Alignment Overachievers
As we continue through the Come Alive Galatians & Ephesians Workbook (published by @invite_ministry) at Good Shepherd Church, every group in the congregation brainstormed this question:
"Come up with a church marketing plan using Galatians 6:3 as the theme verse. Think of T-shirts, billboards, bumper stickers, and TV ads."
Well, the men's LifeGroup I lead -- but from which I was absent last night! -- went into over-achievers mode.
Check it out:
