Pastor-Teacher at @DesertHillsPHX in Glendale, AZ. Writer for @cripplegateblog. Occasional articles at Townhall, Christian Post, @foundersmin, and RCR.
Glendale, AZ
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I don't have an issue with churches seeking to raise money, even over $200M, to expand ministry capacity, but it should always be done with full dependence on the Spirit.
Various secular techniques, spiritual manipulation, or sermons written by consultants have no place in the church.
A robust theology of giving that is regularly (not just during a giving campaign) taught from the pulpit, a meaningful prayer life seeking God's provision, and sincere dependence on God will ensure financial needs are met.
We might find out that our building program does not align with God's will. We might find out that God wants to expand ministry more than we planned.
Either way, we know we can stand before His judgment seat having led the church with integrity and faithfulness when we lead by faith rather than having the appearance of spiritual frauds.
Since it seems like it’s time to criticize Paul Washer and John MacArthur again, here’s a Washer/Mac appreciation post.
Their ministries have never for a second dislodged my assurance of faith. Quite the opposite. They’ve pointed out the true fruits of repentance and faith and caused me to examine myself and consider the cross according to the Scriptures, with the result of robust assurance grounded in the truth of the gospel.
I have eternal appreciation for how God has used JMac and Washer in my life. My faith is far richer and deeper because of God’s work through their ministries than it would be without it.
When a Christian calls himself a “person of faith” to lump himself in with other religious people, I immediately assume his profession of faith is suspect at best.
We are not people of faith. We are followers of the Lord Jesus Christ, who is the only Savior for sinners.
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The only thing worse than the Republicans not understanding the repudiation that just occurred is that Democrats actually believe they won based on their policy positions.
Dems are already out announcing with glee they're going to do things most Americans don't want. They think this was a mandate for leftism. They're going to learn the hard way it wasn't.
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Peter is exactly right. Americans don't want Republicans or Democrats, which is why after one party takes control, they are voted out almost immediately in the next election.
The time has never been more ripe for a truly conservative, small-government, third party. Until a seismic shift happens in our two-party system, I think we'll just keep ping-ponging back and forth between Republicans and Democrats, with most people frustrated. And poorer.
The reason most Americans keep getting poorer is that neither party will stop the runaway deficit spending that leads the Fed to create inflation. Frustrated voters blame incumbent presidents for rising prices that keep going higher no matter which party occupies the White House.
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Everyone out there complaining about being broke and the economy but that isn’t stopping them from eating at Cheesecake Factory. $CAKE
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Reminder: The United States survived a Civil War.
These midterm elections are not even close to the worst this country has endured.
The sky isn't falling. America isn't done.
A lot of Californians fled to Texas and Arizona only to wake up tomorrow to find they’re back in Cali but without the weather, mountains, and beaches.
Case in point for my previous tweet.
UPDATE: 62% of voters say the war in Iran was the wrong decison; 74% say it was a "crucial" or "major" factor in their vote.
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The reason Republicans got crushed tonight is not because voters want what the Democrats are promising; it’s because voters want the same thing they wanted in 2024, and the GOP utterly failed to deliver.
The lesson for the GOP is not that they need to adjust their platform. It’s that they need to actually deliver on what their platform promised.
If your convictions are so weak and/or unformed that your vote is swayed even .0000001% by a text message ad, video ad, political sign, robocall, or celebrity endorsement, do the country a favor and sit this election out.
Will not only exposed the TED talk format, but the modern sermon format as well. Far too often, the modern pastor is nothing more than a costume anyone can put on. The sermons are all scripted the same way, the delivery feels familiar because, well, it is, and you leave feeling like you learned something when you learned nothing.
Ten million people have watched a comedian destroy the TED talk format in six minutes.
Will Stephen was invited to give a real TEDx talk in New York in 2014. He had nothing to say, so he decided to prove the whole thing is just a costume anyone can put on.
He did every trick the format uses: opened with a question anyone can answer, told a mildly embarrassing personal story,
pointed to a random scientist on a slide, flashed a chart of meaningless numbers, and gestured with both hands the whole time. There was zero actual content.
Speaking coaches charge thousands to teach people how to do exactly this. Stephen did it on purpose and admitted it on stage.
He later said that if you watched him with the sound off, you would think he was a genius.
The talk is still free on YouTube. Most of the ten million people who watched it still nod along at empty slides.
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