Ryan Thompson — Married to the girl of my dreams - Father to 5 crazy, awesome kids - Pastor @LBCNB - Livin' the dream...
Newport Beach, CA
Joined February 2009
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This Spring, I started posting a couple 🧵s each month on a variety of different topics. Here they are in order of engagement they received.
I'd love to hear any ideas/topics you have for future 🧵s that would interest you and you think would be helpful to others.
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When people leave our churches each Sunday, they shouldn't say "What a preacher!" They should say "What a Savior!"
This is awesome! Happy Annicersary, Tim & Rebecca and the Hillview family. We love you guys.
“You cannot do the work of God without the grace of God. And if you try, you will burn out.” @PaulChappell #SLC26
To stop learning is to effectively stop leading.
Excellence is the long-term goal. Better is this week’s goal.
(Marc Likins)
Busyness does not equal godliness, but idleness often leads to sinfulness.
Let's labor diligently for God while we have the opportunity!
I Tim 5:13
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You know what wrecked me when I was converting to Christianity?
Jihad is literally the gospel in reverse. Once I saw it, I couldn't unsee it.
The gospel says Christ shed His blood for YOU.
Jihad says you shed your blood for ALLAH.
Jesus lays down His life to save His enemies. Jihad calls you to take the lives of enemies in pursuit of God's favor.
Christianity says the Shepherd dies so the sheep can live. Jihad says the sheep die hoping the Shepherd accepts them.
They are mirrors. One is grace, the other is striving.
One says, "It is finished." The other says, "Do more."
Jesus never asked me to earn God's love with my blood, he proved God's love by shedding His own.
That's why the cross changed everything for me. Jesus didn't come to tell us how to die for God.
He came to die for us so we could truly live. PRAISE GOD! I AM FREE! Now, we need to make all the Muslims Christian.
Faithful. Fruitful. Joyful.
What an example to all of us of a life well lived and a race well run. I'm thankful for Dr. Sisk's kindness and investment into my life and ministry. Well done, my friend.
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It was a real blessing to be with @thompsrus and the @LBCNB family last night. A special blessing to see some old friends, and former students, Sam and Cara Eng, and their girls.
When two American pilots were shot down over Iran and subsequently rescued in April, someone told me about this book about a similar story in the 1990s and the story of his rescue behind enemy lines.
Thankful for our our nation and our military! 🇺🇸 #lbcncsreads
We were greatly blessed and helped by @HarleySnode at our Mental Health Weekend at @LBCNB.
"Anxiety feeds on isolation and inactivity."
"The gospel of Jesus is not just to save us from our sins. It's also to save us from our fears."
"In His presence, fears go to die."
I love @JonAcuff’s writing. Always enjoyable and easy to read. His books have helped me and challenged me through the years.
This one was good, not great for me. (Sorry, Jon 😬) Some helpful thoughts but not a ton of takeaways like I’ve had from his other books. #lbcncsreads
Reggie is the male Doris Burke. 🙉🤣
The more @ReggieMillerTNT talks about basketball it makes sense why he never won a ring
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Marcus Aurelius wrote this over 1800 years ago:
“Do not disturb yourself by imagining your whole life at once.”
38 years ago today, my mom and I walked into a Bible-preaching church, and I heard the gospel for the first time.
Jesus changed everything!
I echo the words of an aging John Newton, “I am a great sinner and Christ is a great Savior.”
#livingthedream
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Pastor, tomorrow someone will leave your church because they didn’t get their way or because the mission would not be shaped around their personal values. Shake it off.
You’re not the first church they’ve left, and certainly won’t be the last.
At the same time, someone will walk through your doors for the very first time.
You may not realize it yet, but they will become an incredible blessing — a true keystone family in the life of your church.
You cannot control outcomes!
You can control your attitude, your passion, and your preparation.
Walk in the power of His faithfulness, and be faithful to your calling.
“Faithful is He that calleth you, who also will do it.” — 1 Thessalonians 5:24
