I love Jesus, my wife, Janna, our kids, James, Nicole, son-in-law, Jared & Grandchild, Deborah. Associate Pastor Calvary Baptist Church/ ASU Alum
San Angelo, TX
Joined May 2014
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The Arcane Texas Fact of the Day: Historians agree that it was Bartholomew DeWitt who founded the town of San Angelo. What's not known is who he named it after.
What's clear: In 1868, not long after Fort Concho was established, Bartholomew J. “Bart” DeWitt, the man who would go down in history as the founder of San Angelo, bought 320 acres of land from Granville Sherwood for the princely sum of one dollar an acre. On the opposite side of the river from the fort, Bart established a trading post that eventually grew into a little settlement which was originally called "Over the River" but came to be called Santa Angela. Just who Angela was has been the subject of some historical head-scratching ever since. One story holds that the town was named for Bart's sister-in-law, a nun living in San Antonio. But a local historian later uncovered evidence suggesting that Bart named the place in memory of his beloved wife, Carolina Angela de la Garza Dewitt, who had died in 1866. This is the story that, in my hopelessly romantic Texas heart, I want to believe.
By 1883, the settlement had become known as San Angela, and its citizens decided it was high time they had a post office. There was just one problem: Washington didn't much care for the name. Apparently, the grammatical guardians of the U.S. Post Office objected to the marriage of the masculine Spanish "San" with the feminine "Angela." It would have to be either Santa Angela or San Angelo. The latter won out, and thus one of West Texas's most important cities owes its present name, at least in part, to a nineteenth-century bureaucrat with a keen eye for Spanish grammar.
Shown here: a drawing of Carolina Angela de la Garza Dewitt, wife of Bartholomew Dewitt, and possibly/probably the namesake of San Angelo.
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The single greatest event in all of human history was the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
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I watched @CBS @60Minutes tonight, and Ross Douthat interviewed President @realDonaldTrump. Toward the end of the interview, they talked about something far more important than politics. He asked the President, at 80 years of age and after surviving multiple assassination attempts, what he thinks will happen when he dies. President Trump said he wants to go to Heaven and not to Hell. Most people, if asked, I believe would say the same. But Heaven has borders. Heaven has unique and very strict entrance requirements. To enter Heaven, the Bible tells us that you must acknowledge your sins, turn from them in repentance, and receive Jesus Christ by faith. That means, believe that Jesus Christ is God’s Son, that He paid the penalty for your sins by dying on a cross, was buried in a tomb, raised to life on the third day, and walked out of that tomb. He’s alive! If you put your trust in Jesus Christ, you will be in God’s presence for eternity. Religion can’t save you—only a relationship with the Savior, Jesus Christ, can save you. Do you have that assurance?
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I’ve read the Bible my ENTIRE LIFE… and I just discovered this hidden detail that will blow your mind.
We all know about John the Baptist and how he was a peculiar guy.
Well, in Matthew 3:4 … we get a very interesting description about John the Baptist. We learn that “he wore a garment of *camel’s hair* and a *leather belt* around his waist.”
Now, why would Matthew bother to give us this detail?
Here’s where it gets crazy.
400 years before John the Baptist, the prophet Malachi said that one day, God “would send the prophet *Elijah* before the great and dreadful day of the Lord” (Malachi 4:5)
In other words, before the coming of the Messiah, one like the prophet Elijah would come.
Now fast forward to the New Testament, here comes Matthew saying “oh yeah, John the Baptist… yeah, he was dressed with camel’s hair and a leather belt.”
Why?
Because guess who else in history was dressed this way?
In 2 Kings 1:8, the messengers of King Ahaziah’s describe an encounter with a mysterious prophet… and say “He wore a *garment of hair*, with a *belt of leather* around his waist.” And the king said, “Oh… It is Elijah the Tishbite.”
John is wearing the same thing as Elijah.
Matthew’s point in telling us what John wore… is that John the Baptist is that new “Elijah” preparing the way for the coming of the Messiah. So if John is the new Elijah, and John points to Jesus… then Jesus is the Messiah.
But wait there’s more.
Elijah calls the nation of Israel to repentance.
John the Baptist calls the people of God to repentance.
Both prophets BOLDLY confront the wicked political power of their time.. and BOTH are HATED for it.
Elijah confronts King Ahab, and King Ahab’s wife, Jezabel, wants Elijah dead. (1 Kings 19:2).
John confronts Herod Antipas, and Herod’s wife, Herodias wants John dead. (Mark 6:19).
New days. Same demons. (that’s the Jezabel spirit)
Elijah crosses the Jordan river before he went up to heaven.
When Jesus shows up, John the Baptist is at the… Jordan river. And that’s where Jesus’ public ministry begins.
Elijah's ministry was followed by Elisha, who received a double portion of his spirit (2 Kings 2:9–15) and had a greater ministry.
John's ministry prepared the way for Jesus, who obviously had an *infinitely* greater ministry.
Here’s the point.
John wore Elijah's clothes, carried Elijah's message, and came in Elijah's spirit and power because he was pointing to the Messiah…
And his name is JESUS.
Jamie Rouse retweeted
Jonathan Cahn’s Prophetic Warning [First Given in 2024]
“If we change the government, but not the people,
Then the unchanged people will change the government back.
If we turn laws, but not hearts, then the unturned hearts
will turn the laws back again.
And if we drive out an agenda of darkness, but don’t replace it with the light of God, then what was driven out will come back in and with a vengeance.
The only thing that can save America is revival, a return to God.
Without that, America is gone.”
#Prophetic #jonathancahn #Election #Midterms2026
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We'll have full election results breakdown / reaction on next Live Free episode, but some quick thoughts...
1) The Sovereignty of God over all things is a deep comfort. As the old Christian saying goes, "I don't know what tomorrow holds, but I know Who holds tomorrow."
“For God is the King of all the earth; sing praises with a psalm! God reigns over the nations; God sits on his holy throne.” (Psalm 47)
2) It is sad and grievous. Romans 1 says God’s “passive wrath” is when he “gives them up” to their sin and evil desires – when He stops restraining a people from destroying themselves and lets them have the evil things they want.
The United States intentionally chose things like max-boosting infant murder up to the moment of birth, legislated sexual perversion that will wreak havoc on a rising generation, the expansion of Islamic influence on our nation, elected leaders openly hostile to Christianity, and in at least 2 cases (TX and Kansas) chose what the New Testamant would define as (and I do not say this lightly or flippantly) demonic, apostate false teachers to lead them.
This is an example of Romans 1 playing out before your eyes.
3) There is no political solution to a spiritual problem. Politics cannot fix what politics did not break, and Mankind was broken long before any political system.
The hope of the world has been and remains Jesus Christ, reformation and revival in our nation that has the ability to reach inside the chests of men and women and make them new men and women who want (and vote for) new things.
Christ is the only way out of the chaos.
4) Important lessons to be learned for conservatives. Wisdom would not be to blame *everything* on "dumb / evil voters."
Basic leadership: "Face the brutal facts (learn and adjust), maintain unwavering faith."
5) Sadness is ok, but despair is a sin. "Therefore, we DO NOT lose heart" (2 Cor 4:16).
Head up, chest out, knees down, glory up... do not grow weary in doing good, we build and fight (Nehemiah).
What are we going to do? Get up with joy in our eyes, love in our hearts, steel in our spines and keep assaulting heaven for an outpouring of God's Spirit, sharing Christ, planting churches, making disciples and deploying them in all areas of society in eager anticipation of the next Great Awakening in our land.
Tomb's still empty, y'all :)
6) We do what the people of God have always done in time of need: WE PRAY.
See you at Encounter tonight at all Lakepointe campuses at 7pm, doors open early for you to come and "pray for the prayer meeting."
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🚨 BREAKING: One day the sky will open, the trumpet will sound, and Jesus Christ will return. Be ready.
Great article on how America came to be a people with a constitutional right to vote by William Federer americanminute.com/blogs/tod…
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In 1832, Noah Webster wrote in his History of the United States:"When you become entitled to exercise the right of voting for public officers, let it be impressed on your mind that God commands you to choose for rulers 'just men who will rule in the fear of God.'
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Jamie Rouse retweeted
Trump won Texas easily three times
Talafreako can only win if people don’t vote
Get out and vote Texas!
We cannot have a gender confused creepy retard in the Senate
#polypartner
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"You two are living together. Tell me more about that," I said in my office.
"We already know it's not Biblical," the bride-to-be said.
"Okay. Say more."
"What do you mean? I'm saying we know cohabitation isn't Biblical."
"Yeah that's what's confusing me. When you asked to meet, you told me you wanted a pastor who shares your Biblical values to do your wedding, but now you're telling me you knowing don't live according to Biblical values? Tell me about how you decided to cohabitate."
"Well, we know what the Bible says about marriage and sex, but my lease was up and if I moved in with my parents it'd be a 45 minute drive and if I got my own place again, it'd be a waste of thousands of dollars."
"Ah. So time and money are your gods."
"No they aren't, we're Christians."
"Maybe. But it seems like you're not - a god is what tells you how to live. You chose to listen to time and money on sex and cohabitation instead of Jesus. Which is your god?"
"Does this mean you won't do our wedding?"
"I didn't say that. But, you did say you wanted a pastor. That's why we're here. I'm a pastor, not a hireling wedding officiant. Do you want a pastor or a vender for your wedding?"
"A pastor."
"Okay, great. Then here's my concern for you: you've developed a habit of hardening your hearts against the authority of Scripture and the conviction of the Holy Spirit. Today, if you hear his voice, don't harden your hearts as they did in the rebellion. You said your Christians, I'll take your word for it right now, but you need to repent and move out until your wedding night. Jesus will certainly forgive if you repent and he'll cleanse you from all unrighteousness."
"Okay. So, if we don't do this then you won't do our wedding?"
"You're missing the point here. You're not even close to worried enough about what God thinks or says. My job as a pastor is to help you care about what God says, not get you to care about what I say.”
“Okay.”
“Do you have anything to say?” I said to the Groom-To-Be.
“No.”
“That’s a bummer. You’re not going to lead this family if you have nothing to say.”
“Okay.”
“Alright. Well, you have a lot to think about. If you want a pastor, I’d be happy to be a part of your wedding. If you want a vendor, let me know. More important than your wedding is your relationship with Jesus. Is He your God or not? Think and pray together.”
*an email three days later*
“We’ve decided to go a different direction.”
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Some thoughts:
1. My heart breaks for those who make time and money their god. This idolatry is oppressive.
2. I’d for sure officiate the wedding of two non-Christians. As long as they’re okay with me telling the truth about what marriage is and who and what it’s for, I’m in. This is a 10/10 evangelism opportunity straight out of Eph 5:32.
3. But, two professing Christians who are sinning highhandedly? No. “For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Is it not those inside the church whom you are to judge? God judges those outside.” 1 Co 5:12–13).
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There’s a man in Genesis who never died. And the Bible gives him one sentence.
Genesis 5 is the chapter most people skip. A list of names. Ages. Sons and daughters. And over and over, like a funeral bell, the same three words:
“...and he died.”
Adam lived 930 years, and he died. Seth, and he died. Enosh, and he died. Eight times the bell rings.
And then, in the middle of the list, it doesn’t:
“Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him.” - Genesis 5:24
No death. No burial. No explanation. He was just... gone.
The book of Hebrews confirms what it means: “By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and he was not found, because God had taken him” (Hebrews 11:5).
One man in the whole ancient world skipped the grave. Only one other in all of Scripture shares that: Elijah, carried up in the whirlwind.
So what was so special about Enoch?
The Bible tells us exactly one thing about his life. Twice. He walked with God.
That’s it. No miracles. No kingdom. No great battles. Just a walk.
And the details are surprising.
It started late. Verse 22 says Enoch walked with God after he became the father of Methuselah, when he was 65. Something changed when that child was born. Whatever his life was before, it turned there.
It was ordinary. He walked with God for 300 years, and the same verse says he “had other sons and daughters.” Enoch wasn’t a hermit on a mountain. He was a father. He raised kids, worked, ate, slept. He walked with God in the middle of an ordinary, busy, family life.
It was constant. The Hebrew verb is a special form, hithallek, meaning to walk about, to go to and fro, a continuous, ongoing walk. It’s the same form used in Genesis 3:8 of God Himself walking in the garden in the cool of the day. Enoch got back what Adam lost: walking with God, side by side.
So what does walking with God actually mean?
It’s not a feeling. It’s not a single dramatic moment. It’s a direction. Every day, going the same way He’s going.
The prophet Amos asks: “Do two walk together, unless they have agreed to meet?” (Amos 3:3). Walking with God means agreement. His way becomes your way. His pace becomes your pace. You stop running ahead and stop dragging behind.
And Hebrews tells us what made it possible: “Before he was taken he was commended as having pleased God. And without faith it is impossible to please him” (Hebrews 11:5–6). Not perfection. Faith. Trusting the One walking beside you.
There’s an old saying about this verse. Enoch and God walked together every day, and they talked, and they walked a little further each time. And one day they walked so far that God said, “Enoch, we’re closer to my house than yours. Why don’t you come home with me?”
That’s the end of every true walk with God.
For Enoch, it came without death. For us, Jesus has gone through death first so that it can never be the end of the road. “I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also” (John 14:3).
He took Enoch.
He will take you too.
Just keep walking.
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Once upon a time, Billy Graham got a speeding ticket.
He showed up to court and experienced the most unexpected lesson that mirrors the gospel.
(Shout out to my friend Pastor @Ed_Newton who I heard this illustration from last week!)