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"To 1 who does not work but trusts God who justifies the ungodly their faith is credited as righteousness." Rom4:5 #EnjoyYourDay

I used to have an NY State of Mind. I'm OK now

How come all roads only *lead* to Rome?
Cos there's no two-ways about It.

If you think repentance is a work you offer to God or a religious disposition you summon up: repent.

#1Cor1:2 Dear Christian, you are set apart as special by Jesus Christ and called holy in Him. In other words, You're a saint #EnjoyYourDay

Words Jesus did not use w disciples: Please, Sorry, Thank you.
Words Jesus did use w disciples: Come, Follow, Take up your cross, Well done!

People talk about Jesus as the "fullest" revelation of God who would never dream of calling Him the "best" way 2b saved. Why the disconnect?

Turning over a new leaf? Ur 2000 years too late. A whole new world born from the virgin womb & virgin tomb: yours 4 free #EnjoyYourDay

What this Premier League season teaches: it's where you stand on the Last Day that counts

Inspired by recent tweeting I'll soon be releasing a tangy, wheat-based snack called Cheesy Aphorisms

#Isaiah25 Salvation = shame removed, death swallowed up, tears wiped away & global feasting with Christ #EnjoyYourDay

“The Life has appeared. We have seen it & proclaim 2u the eternal life which was with the Father.” 1John1 #EnjoyYourDay

Everyone wants to take charge. No one wants to take responsibility.
The cross is Jesus taking charge by taking responsibility.

Listened to a lot of Steve Levy in the car: his Armour of God sermon was a favourite: http://www.mountpleasantchurch.org.uk/getfile.php?type=sermons&id=347.mp3

In the battle between Light and darkness, the Light has arrived => No contest! #EnjoyYourDay

The Bible never speaks of discipleSHIP, only disciples. It's not interested in the *art* of following Jesus, just in following Jesus.

Love God. Love neighbour. Love em 4 God's sake & 4 their sake. If "sanctification" is something else, it can only be self-love 4 self's sake

“I’ve seen the misery of my people, heard their cries & am concerned 4 their suffering so I’ve come down 2 rescue them” Ex3 #EnjoyYourDay

"Jesus turned the pose of execution into the pose of everlasting blessing" Gerrit Dawson https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1210961-father-forgive-them-for-they-know-not-what-they-do

Jesus was not a tourist. He took all we are & then all that belongs to us: sin & wrath included. He’s ours: flesh AND blood #EnjoyYourDay

You're so ad hominem I call you the Ad Hominid #checkmate

You know who else loved to cite Godwin's law? The Nazis #checkmate

I'm afraid your argumentum verbosium reveals a superfluum latine #checkmate

 

Though He disgusted many, Jesus was never disgusted. He’s not ashamed to be your Brother and to bring you to His Father #EnjoyYourDay

Systematic theology *does* take priority over biblical theology because no-one reads the meaning of Scripture like a bar code

Was it intentional that "The Future of Protestantism", after some vigorous opening salvos, turned tepid? An allegory perhaps?

Recently preached @ 2 churches within hrs. At 1 they thanked me 4 being 'Faithful' at the other 4 being 'Freeing'. We need double F churches

As Witness He sees yr suffering, as Advocate He sticks up 4u, as Intercessor He prays always, as Friend He sympathises. Job16 #EnjoyYourDay

On Yom Kippur every offering was important but the centre was the High Priest himself. Apply this to atonement debates

Why do sneezers get all the blessings? I'm gonna bless coughs & hiccups too. Burpers get an ironic blessing #HeapingCoals #IronicNotAaronic

"Yeah sure, I'm like totally blessing you or whatever." -- The Ironic Priesthood

What kind of holiness do you want that's not a love of God & neighbour? Oh you'd like a spiritual status to call your own? I see.

So we're all clear: God hates the "holier than thou" types http://kingsenglish.info/2012/06/04/holier-than-thou-2/ Turning goodness into your spiritual Klout score is wicked

Grace alone gives the strongest possible foundation for pastoral rebuke: "You CANNOT do that, you are Christ's" (cf 1Cor6:12-20)

Christ is the only way to the Father. If that were merely a New Testament reality it would be a funny use of "only"

#Ps146 The LORD reigns. How does He reign? He liberates, restores, lifts, loves & watches over. No other King like Jesus. #EnjoyYourDay

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#Ps32 All transgressions forgiven & sins covered. Hidden in Christ. Protected from trouble. Surrounded by songs of deliverance #EnjoyYourDay

Ever noticed how much more courage, wisdom and hope you have for *other* people's struggles? That's why we need each other.

Chief bugbear? Probably the Panda Maggot. No, wait, the Grizzly Weevil. Hang on: The PolarPillar. Yeah, PolarPillar.

I can yabber most infuriatingly

I made an acronym earlier ICYMI

OTOH Outgoing Trinity Originates Handiwork
ISTM Initial Sin Torpedoes Mankind
LOL Lord Offers Life
ICYMI In Christ You're Made Immortal

God’s 7-fold promise to His enslaved people: I will unburden, free, redeem, possess, protect, deliver & lavish you. #Exodus6 #EnjoyYourDay

The exclusivity of Christ means that God is none other than the One who is poured out for the world. #goodnews

grumbling:
glum bring
#anagramoftruth

 

Don't fear: I'm with u. Dont be dismayed: I'm yr God. I'll strengthen&help u; I'll uphold u with my righteous Right Hand #Is41 #EnjoyYourDay

“Whoever comes to me I will NEVER cast away.” #Promise (John 6:37) #EnjoyYourDay

Jesus - self-abasing Slave & sacrificial Lamb - HE reveals the name and nature of God. #nogodlikeHim #Phil2 #EnjoyYourDay

“I will not leave u as orphans, I will come to u.” #John14 The Spirit brings us the presence of Jesus & adoption b4 the Father #EnjoyYourDay

What was the old humanity's preFall work? Naming the old creation. What's the new humanity's work? Naming new creation reality: ie preaching

Through the cross (Ps 22:1-21), Jesus becomes your Priest (v22-31). First He bears yr sin, then He bears u b4 the Father #EnjoyYourDay

Even post-Easter: Jesus' glory is cross-scarred #John20
Even post-Easter: Discipleship is cross-shaped #John21

Job 19: Not a Replacer, a Redeemer. Not in the clouds, on earth. Not as spirit but in my flesh “I will see Him.” #EnjoyYourDay

Stunning lecture on medical ethics by John Wyatt http://www.cis.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/John-Wyatt.mp3 - Takes you down in horror (law!); raises you up in Christ (gospel!)

Note that Paul's answer to the Corinthians' "Everything is permissible for me" was Not "Come on guys, there are limits" #1Corinthians6

Paul's ethics are not driven by the "limits" of the gospel but by the *liberation* of the gospel. "I will not be mastered"

Everything is awefull http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+6%3A3&version=NIVUK

Please Note: Caesar is not the interpretive key to the phrase "Jesus is /Lord/". Moses is.

"Jesus is Lord" has some implications for dealing with the Emporer. It's primarily about how we deal with *Scripture*. #JesusisYAHWEH

Because of resurrection, the worst thing is never the last thing. #EnjoyYourDay

On Julian of Norwich's big day, church history gender check: Julian's a chick, Hilary's a dude & followers of Jean Chauvin are... No, wait

Why did Jesus get a drink at Jacob's Well? Cos the Harvester was plenty full.
#PubThemedJohn4Lolz #epic

God's first move with suffering is not to end it but to enter it. And even when He ends it at last, it's an inside job.

"If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to." Dorothy Parker

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Of course *Britain* needs to be re-evangelized, *I* need to be re-evangelized.

When it comes to the gospel we are supply-side economists

Before you try to act Christianly you need to think Christianly (Rom12:2). A new moral sense without renewed gospel categories won't work

Jesus doesn’t so much make safe passage for us back to heaven. But He has made treacherous passage for Himself down to us. #EnjoyYourDay

- Everything's Greekified these days.
- You mean 'Hellenized'?
- See?!

Radical new evangelism initiative: inviting people to church! http://seasonofinvitation.co.uk/ It's crazy but...

Men aren't inviting men 2 church. But maybe the answer isn't so much making church man-friendly. Maybe the answer is making men man-friendly

The pressure’s off: you don’t need to be right. In fact it’s pretty important that you’re wrong. Tell God and #EnjoyYourDay

 

“Christ has married us, redeemed us from every evil and adorned us with all His goodness.” #Luther #EnjoyYourDay

I'd have thought the last thing bananagrams wants to do is ban anagrams #bananagrams

Sorry, that's probably the whole point. Sorry. SORRY

Just entered a yodelling competition. I'm in with a shout

Subway have a new secret filling - they're keeping it under wraps

Our constant fear: if we're known we won't be loved. But John10:14-15, we are seen to the depths & loved to eternity #EnjoyYourDay

Some put their bios in the third person.
Mine's in the Second Person (Col. 3:3-4)

 

The Word became flesh and remains flesh. He has pledged His life, His future, His very being to us forevermore. #EnjoyYourDay.

Rev is a gentle death, a sugar-coated law w no gospel. Comedies can be law &still funny (Office, Curb, Fawlty) but they must die vigorously

Rev is basically Ross. With no one-liners. Losing Rachel forever. The End.

Twitter is good for 1) incisive cultural analysis and 2) toilet humour. Today I'm doing a number 2.

With a unitarian god there's only 'room for one'.

To enter the kingdom you must become like great warriors? Bible experts? Sinless saints? No - little children. Matt18:3 #EnjoyYourDay

I find "hypocrite" is one of the least understood terms in all evangelistic encounters.

Two recent examples of very different misunderstandings...

Someone told me "I won't try to befriend X cos I don't like em & I don't want to be a hypocrite." They'd rather be authentically unfriendly

Another friend said "I couldn't become a Christian with all the stuff I've done. I'd be a hypocrite." (Thankfully he changed his mind!)

With 'bottom-up' epistemology u still need an "up".
With 'top-down' epistemology u need it to be earthed.
We have the Word become flesh.

 

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I can live with almost Anyone's interpretation of 1 Cor 12-14 (gifts) if we can first agree to 1 Cor 1-2 (a theology of the cross)

In Christ ur members of God's flock, purchased by God's blood, fed by God's word & surrounded by God's grace. Acts20 #EnjoyYourDay

The best reply 2 Rob Bell's Love Wins wd've been The LAMB Wins: blood&wrath included. Stay tuned 4 more up2the-minute theological engagement

"The lot is cast into the lap [it's out of your hands],
but its every decision is from the LORD [it's in Good Hands]"
-- Prov 16:33

It'll be alright in the End. If it's not alright now, it's not the End. #EnjoyYourDay

Stoics want to correct my spelling. They have no affect.

#Exodus12: It's not the quality of your life 'in here' that counts. It's the quality of His death 'out there' that saves #EnjoyYourDay

"Wait, so, mocking's BAD??" - me, after every chapter of Proverbs.

** runs back to Job and 2 Corinthians for solace **

Happy Sunday everyone. Your week begins with rest. Before u've lifted a finger u have a breath-taking Promotion & a stunning Raise

"The LORD’s unfailing love surrounds the one who trusts in Him." (Psalm 32:10) #EnjoyYourDay

"Hosanna" they cry (Ps118:25). Two verses later: "Bind the festal sacrifice up to the horns of the altar" (v27) #PalmSunday

By the Spirit of the Son you have a new spiritual heart-beat: Abba, Father… Abba, Father… Abba, Father… (Gal 4:6) #EnjoyYourDay

- Your pedantry is mute.
- That makes no sense, it's moo...
- I said MUTE

"Supernatural" is a horrible term. We're the "extra" things. We're squatters, the triune God is the Landlord.

Christ crucified IS the proof for God. And it's proof we don't care about proof - we want rid of Him. #1Cor1

It's a shame but, since there are only 22 letters in Hebrew, alphabetizing the pauses in the Psalms will only get you so far. Selah V :(

He didn’t rescue u so He could delight in u. He delighted in u & so rescued u. Ps 18. U’ve been loved at your worst. #EnjoyYourDay

"I could never myself believe in God, if it were not for the cross." (John Stott) Amazing Full Quote

People *crave* Meaning, Freedom & Love. It's found in God's Threeness, the World's Twoness & Our Oneness: Discover @ http://three-two-one.org

At Christmas my feed's full of preachers insisting u gotta keep crib & cross together. Agreed. But it's Easter now & incarnation's forgotten..

...Is it because we're far more interested in the what of the cross than the Who?

Not just net gainers. Even our greatest suffering redeemed 2 greater glory: More than conquerors thru Him who loved us! #EnjoyYourDay

Resurrection: Not "Return of the Mack" but "Break on Through to the Other Side"

"I'll tell you what would be *really* hard to believe: Death holding down the Author of Life!" -- Peter preaching resurrection (Acts 2&3)

What kind of God is broken apart so the wicked can feast on Him? What kind of God is poured out so you can drink? Your God #EnjoyYourDay

Preparing for Sunday & loving Christ's resurrection appearances. The Firstfruits are tasty, the full harvest will be blooming marvellous!

Just did the "Which Good Friday character are you?" quiz. Thought I'd definitely be the crowd. Amazingly I got "Jesus Christ". --Gal 2:20

Even the head-strong have been heart-led.

Our God is none other than the God of the Cross - the God who has pledged His own being for us with every drop of His blood. #EnjoyYourDay

A bishop has called my poem "brap". Everyone's rhyming these days

#TGIGF

Memorialism: the 'hot cross bun' view of communion Good Friday: Proof that God gives not so much *things* as Himself

 

You are God’s possession. There Might be a hostile takeover. But only if they can outbid the blood of God- Acts 20:28 #EnjoyYourDay

Clouds to the left of me, joking to the right. #holySaturday

"Wd it be as believable 2 have a male Ariel sacrifice&leave home all 4the chance of love w a human princess?" FROM. Well...

Naturally *our* fairytales are somewhat princess-centric

At the 1st Easter they came to honour a dead Teacher but met a risen Lord. Praying that visitors to church tomorrow will experience the same

“But we had hoped…” (Luke 24:13-35) What have you hoped in? It will be transformed and more than restored by the risen Jesus #EnjoyYourDay

But Peter Pan gags DO get old. They DO

The Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you. Rom8:11 #EnjoyYourDay

Isaiah 60: Now that the Light of the world has risen for you, YOU shine with radiant glory. #passiton #EnjoyYourDay

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Don't feel Jesus in your heart? First know that you are on His. (Ex 28:29; Heb 7:25) #EnjoyYourDay

Nothing a resurrection won’t fix. #EnjoyYourDay

He came to a poor teenager, a northern backwater, a ravaged people. He came to diseased, dying, damned sinners. He’s for you.#EnjoyYourDay

Fig-leaf coverings? The children of Adam have followed suit.

Isaiah’s vision of the future: “On THAT day… On THIS mountain.” (Everywhere, see eg Is 25) Our home is HERE but it’s not NOW.

The Word of God spoke with an accent #incarnation

My future inheritance = Grandpa’s stamp collection. Oh, and the universe. Oh, and GOD! Yes GOD! (Romans 8:17) #EnjoyYourDay

Tempted to correct a friend's spelling of "no affect" when I realised it would neither have effect nor affect.

New life is not a condition of the gospel it's the offer.

'Union with Christ' is not a way of escaping 'discipleship' - it means entering into it truly and deeply

Forget human elections, our Man is on the true seat of power. Just, Gentle, Wiser than Solomon, Beyond reproach & ONE OF US! #EnjoyYourDay.

Did the sun come up this morning? Then God’s not going to break His covenant with your Royal Priest (Jer 33:14-22) #EnjoyYourDay

The Spirit is a deposit, guaranteeing your full redemption. And God aint gonna lose His deposit. #EnjoyYourDay

You might prefer physics to metaphysics, but that's a metaphysical judgement.

God's being in sending => Our character in mission.

#1Sam16: Bad news- u’ve not been chosen as King. Good news- yr Brother has & He shares His royalty & victory with you #1Sam17 #EnjoyYourDay

Just spoke to a bus driver who much prefers driving teenagers. The elderly are far ruder. A reminder: growing old gracefully aint automatic

“You are my Beloved Child, I’m thrilled with you” – the Verdict we all want from the Father we all crave. It’s ours in Jesus #EnjoyYourDay

Only *sinners* love (Luke 7:36-50). Therefore every sin is an opportunity to know yr indebtedness and the forgiveness of Jesus #EnjoyYourDay

I bet the Spanish are constantly overwhelmed by their todo lists :-/

“My child, get up” He will say. And u will rise 2 feasting joy, complete astonishment & face-to-face with Jesus (Luke 8:40-56) #EnjoyYourDay

My hunch: 'Noah' Will get people talking about 'God', but unless ur wise it'll be a 'God' who makes talking about God *more* difficult

<< But, again, by all means see it, enjoy it, engage in conversations - just be aware is all

Easter video taking shape :) pic.twitter.com/sp7aBiGMqt

— Glen Scrivener (@glenscrivener) April 4, 2014

 

Who qualifies 4 Christ’s Kingdom? The powerless, the wicked, the little children: Lk18:1-17. Don’t reach up, receive where u r #EnjoyYourD..

Becoming a Christian doesn't mean throwing away your brain. It does mean crucifying your need to be brainy

In becoming a Christian, don't throw away your brain. You'll need it in order to become consistently and biblically foolish

Paul did not seek credibility from the wise, he sought to shame them - thru the foolishness of the gospel #1Corinthians

You know the tree of life in the garden of God? That’s not just for religious art. That’s for *you* to eat from (Rev 2:7) #EnjoyYourDay

Preaching John 6 this evening. Here's a good reminder of why we need the Bread of Heaven pic.twitter.com/xkklyEahfo

— Glen Scrivener (@glenscrivener) April 6, 2014

 

Your sorrows He carries, your infirmities He takes up, your sins He bears. (Is 53) Your weaknesses only draw Him closer #EnjoyYourDay

He’s the Judge of the world, the Revelation of God and a gentle, lowly Rest-Giver: Matt 11:20-30. #EnjoyYourDay

God is Joy – Ps 45:7; John 15:11; 1 Tim 1:11. #EnjoyYourDay

Illustrations can add colour&warmth to preaching but if they're in to add *interest* it's not illustrations u need but the *gospel*

Be as incarnational as u like but there was 1 unrepeatable incarnation.
Be as pentecostal as u like but there was 1 unrepeatable Pentecost.

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Taste the coming kingdom: A land of wheat, barley, vines, figtrees, pomegranates, oliveoil & honey. U will lack nothing. Deut8 #EnjoyYourDay

Whatever your weakness today, it’s God’s opportunity to work powerfully. 2 Cor 12:9 #EnjoyYourDay

He cleanses lepers, drives out demons, blasts the lofty, lifts the lowly, shoulders shame, conquers death and rules the world #EnjoyYourDay

Even now my Witness & Advocate is on high, my Intercessor is my friend… He pleads with God as a man pleads 4 his friend. #EnjoyYourDay

Fave description of Xian life = Luther's: We live far above ourselves in Christ by faith & far beneath ourselves in our neighbour by love

"Humble minds think alike" Philippians 2:2-3

There’s a Battle-Scarred God who’s gone to hell & back 4 u. He meets u in Scripture to bring Peace and Awe (Jn 20:24-31) #EnjoyYourDay

God is not FatherLY. He’s Father. He’s not Like a Father. He. Is. Your. Father. #EnjoyYourDay

Feeling thirsty? Hungry? Spiritually empty? The sure mercies of Christ are yours: Isaiah 55 #EnjoyYourDay

 

Jesus didn’t use hell to scare religion into people. Most often He used it on the religious, to scare self-confidence out of them.

"I really must be more ruthless." Me after each episode of #HouseofCards

The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet (Rom 16:20). #EnjoyYourDay

God has given u His all – His very Heart – on the cross. He gave it while u were His enemy. What will He now withhold from u? #EnjoyYourDay

The Angel of the LORD is either mad, bad or God #ChristInOT

Does heaven seem closed to you? No, Jesus has torn it open & brought you Home: Luke 3:21; John 1:51; Heb 4:14; 6:19; Rev 4:1.#EnjoyYourDay

Hell is not opposed to a God of love. WE are opposed to a God of love. That's what makes hell HELL

All things are yours – all theology, the whole world, the future – and you are Christ’s and Christ is God’s. 1 Cor 3:21-23 #EnjoyYourDay

God does not treat you as your sins deserve (Ps 103:10). He treats you as Christ’s righteousness deserves. (2 Cor 5:21) #EnjoyYourDay

God's grace is not help to get us across the line. God's grace is when He crossed the line Into our helpless condition 2Cor8:9

"You don't need help, you need helplessness" Jesus (John 6:29, paraphrase)

To the gracious God, the only thing we bring is sin. Hence the upside-down blessing of original sin: it enfranchised the world.

Spring=just a taste of what's coming: "the desert shall blossom abundantly & rejoice with joy & singing." Is35 #EnjoyYourDay

Of course Luther & Calvin believed in Christ's finished work on the Cross but see how they relate the cross to preaching & union w Christ...

“Even if Christ were crucified 1000 times it'd be vain if the Word of God were absent & were not given 2me w the bidding: This is 4u” Luther

"As long as Christ remains outside of us, all He has done 4 the salvation of the human race remains useless & of no value 4 us" (MT Calvin)

 

In the style of Guy Ritchie I'm producing a tacky biopic of Howard Stern's music career: a mocklockstockshockjockschlockrockdoc

Forgot to get wrapping paper 4 Emma's bday presents. Thankfully we have plenty of 'decorated pine tree' paper with added 'birthday reindeer'

Jesus is not nice. He’s ferociously good, fiercely protective, jealously loving. His love is bloody. That’s why u can trust it #EnjoyYourDay

“Who He is, we become. Where He is, we dwell. What He has, we inherit. What He’s done, we possess.” #UnionWithChrist #EnjoyYourDay

The law is all compulsory. The gospel is all-compelling.

ALERT. To convert, don't just assert: subvert.

Monday’s not the 1st day of the week. It’s the day after you’ve received a massive Raise and a stunning Promotion. #EnjoyYourWeek.

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Dad's rich! He has unsearchable riches in Christ – of inheritance, mercy & grace – all ours in Jesus (Eph 1:18,2:4,2:7,3:8) #EnjoyYourDay

Christians don't so much think Supernatural > Natural (as tho those terms were obvious). We do think Personal > Impersonal

Your God has gone to hell and back for you. Do you think He doesn’t love you? Hasn’t forgiven you? Won’t raise you to glory? #EnjoyYourDay

Of course He's the shy member of the Trinity - He's the original Ghost writer. (2 Peter 1:21)

For the Christian, the Holy Ghost gives us our substantial identity. It's the flesh that haunts us.

Life does not grind along according 2 impersonal laws. Yr Father plots, yr Brother reigns, His Spirit moves: minute by minute #EnjoyYourDay

The way of Adam: keep back, fill up, cling on.
The way of Jesus: press in, pour out, give away.

We come to Jesus with failures, fears and futility.
He gives us forgiveness, a Father and a future.

Far and away the most common word to describe Jesus’ feelings in the Gospels = “compassion”. ie gut-wrenching mercy #EnjoyYourDay

The test of an orthodox church: they believe in God's THREEness and salvation's FREEness

You may feel besieged by worries. Give them to your Father and know: it’s His peace that garrisons you (Phil 4:6-7) #EnjoyYourDay

Jesus gives strength to the weary, grace to the guilty, worth to the worthless, hope to the hopeless. #EnjoyYourDay

Probably the most driven animal was the Dodo

Through the Righteous Branch, God never stops doing u good. In fact He rejoices 2do u good with all His heart&soul (Jer32-33) #EnjoyYourDay

Darwin: Death is the engine.
Jesus: Death is the enemy.

Your sins call down grace, your sufferings – comfort, your death calls you home. Life’s very worst can only make u better #EnjoyYourDay

Stooping Greatness.
Towering Love.
Jesus.

"Padre, Is God really like Jesus?" The Q of a dying WW2 soldier to Tom Torrance. With eternity beckoning that's the Q! Torrance's answer >>

<<“He is the only God that there is, the God who has come to us in Jesus, shown his face to us and poured out his love to us as our Saviour” You may be in the darkest part of the valley. Even there u r clothed in Christ, filled with His Spirit, adopted by His Father #EnjoyYourDay Though clouds may hide it, the Light of the world has risen, the darkness is defeated, it’s a completely fresh start #EnjoyYourDay Dawkins: "There is, at bottom, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference." Moses: "Underneath are the everlasting arms." His might dwarfs yr problems: they’re a drop in the bucket. His meekness draws u near: like a Shepherd gathering lambs. Is40 #EnjoyYourDay Feeling suitably shriven today? God exalted Jesus to His right hand to *give* you repentance (Acts 5:31) #EnjoyYourDay Forever the Spirit anoints the Son. Now He anoints His Bride. Soon He’ll anoint the earth & the deserts will bloom (Isaiah 35) #EnjoyYourDay We are His children and even Leviathan is His pet (Job41:5). There’s nothing our Father can’t - or won’t! - turn to our good #EnjoyYourDay Augustine on the Donatists: "The clouds roll with thunder, that the House of the Lord shall be built throughout the earth... ... and these frogs sit in their marsh and croak - We are the only Christians!" If u knew Jesus was praying 4u in the next room, what confidence u’d have! Distance makes no difference. He’s still praying.#EnjoyYourDay

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Given freedom and a throne in a world full of trouble.
Grasping ease and control in a me-sized bubble.
#humanity

Our rebellion began with abdication.
Our submission ends in enthronement.

When our champion wins, we celebrate. Thank God we have the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ (1Cor15:57) #EnjoyYourDay

Preachers: Remember Jesus came to set us free. Liberate your people

'Chance would be a fine thing' - Heisenberg.
'Chants'll be a fine thing' - Pope Gregory.
'Chancel be a fine thing' - Christopher Wren

Today the Father & Son are working hard to bring the Spirit's life, hope & dignity to a lost world. (John5:17) #EnjoyYourDay

- Sometimes hindsight is 0-0
- Why?
- No idea

- Sometimes hindsight is O-O
- Why?
- Cos she's doe-eyed

Jesus does not hit “Snooze” on your sins, to revisit them later. He’s hit “Dismiss”, once and for all. #EnjoyYourDay

The 1st rule of Barth Club is: You ought to speak of Barth club. The 2nd rule of Barth club: You are human so u cannot speak of Barth Club

Of course it's tricky getting in touch with Barth Club. There's no point of contact.

All that harms & perverts comes from a defeated enemy. Your victorious Friend brings fullness & life: even through this harm. #EnjoyYourDay

Heard in a prayer meeting this morning: "Release people from thinking they've let You down God. They were never holding you up."

When baking, every Mel needs a Sous. Complements to the chef.

<< Even if you don't understand it, RTs will make you seem clever ;-)

Don't [Google yourself] or u may hear [bloggers] cursing u. For u know in yr heart that many times u have [blogged against] others. Ecc7:21

Father, Son & Spirit means Fullness, Poured-out & Poured-in. Thus Divine Fullness is Poured-out for you and Poured-in to you. #EnjoyYourDay

Just spotted @MichaelVaughan at a train station. My nod perfectly conveyed 12-1. His was a chastened 'fair play'. Or so it seemed to me

Pelagius has all the best tunes

You have nothing to bring God but weakness & failure. But this just what He accepts through Jesus our Saviour. #EnjoyYourDay

That lead to these conversations with atheists...

MT “@amylevy_: At 10:43 this morning I met Elijiah Wood in starbucks in town.” I went too but couldn't see the Wood for the teas :(

@amylevy_ Dont encourage my Elijah Wood punning. It's a bad hobbit

Whatever you’ve done this weekend, whatever you will do this week, God’s love is as free as the sunshine. (Matt 5:45) #EnjoyYourDay

He’s magnetic, heroic & this world’s true Champion. He knows you by name, prays 4u constantly & longs to see you face to face. #EnjoyYourDay

Christians have a major problem with suffering. Rather than solve it, we invite the world to share our problem. After all God did.

“His name is the happy God, and nothing gives him greater happiness than to give happiness to his creatures.” (Spurgeon) #EnjoyYourDay

Available, Life-giving, Devoured by the world, Broken for you: Jesus is the Bread of life. #EnjoyYourDay..

The blood of Jesus turns away wrath, purifies from sin, cleanses yr conscience, brings u near 2 God & speaks in yr defence #EnjoyYourDay

The Lord says “Come!” Your only qualification is thirst. Isaiah 55:1-3; John 7:37-38; Rev 22:17 #EnjoyYourDay

Why has Christ been appointed Head over everything? For the church. For you! (Eph 1:22) #EnjoyYourDay

Which led to this interaction with an atheist...

Jesus doesn’t just give u a fresh start. He IS the Beginning (Col 1:18) All things are eternally new in Him. U especially. #EnjoyYourDay

Do not forget to wrestle strangers for by so doing some have wrestled angels unawares. #ScriptureInterpretsScripture

God's salvation is not "beam me up." It's "share and share alike".

Through Jesus your sins are covered, carried and cancelled (Psalm 32:1-2). #EnjoyYourDay

Anger is about exclusion & exposure. I hate to be blocked & I hate to be bared. Anger says "Don't stand against me" & "Don't stare at me"

All anger is righteous. But most is self-righteous.

“I am among you as one who serves” (Luke 22:27). By His Spirit He is still among us. By His Spirit He still serves. #EnjoyYourDay

The greatest saint needs the blood of God. The worst sinner can claim the blood of God. We all stand forgiven at the cross #EnjoyYourDay

I don't have it in me to be a Christian. Thank God Christ has it in Him.

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Habittualy-Twitter-WallpaperWe like to keep our sins private and our righteousness public. Jesus said, Do the opposite: #Matthew6

Christian: Christ lives in you. #EnjoyYourDay

God does not dish out grace with a teaspoon. Your Father is a Fountain of life. #EnjoyYourDay

Soon your eyes will behold the King in His beauty, they will see a land that stretches afar. Isaiah 33:17 #EnjoyYourDay

In Christ you are not only blameless in God’s sight (Col 1:22), you are unblameable (KJV). #EnjoyYourDay

#1Samuel1 We think our spirits will lift when God gives us what we want. Hannah's spirits lifted when she gave God what she wanted.

A student just asked me to speak at her uni on the theme YOLO. Because I'm 1000 years old she added: It's an anagram of You Only Live Once

Resisting the urge to write back: No THESE are anagrams of you only live once:
Cue, yon evil loony
Venue: oily colony
Colon Envy: You Lie!

Jesus encamps around you (Ps 34:7). Before anything gets to you today, it has to go through Him. #EnjoyYourDay

A Judge saying "You may go" would mean relief. But the gospel is much deeper. In it a Father says "You may come" and it means rejoicing

Is physicalism true? I haven't made up my mind.

Today you're probably ambivalent about artificial intelligence, but one day it'll be make your mind up time.

It’s just as “finished” today as it was 2000 years ago. #EnjoyYourDay

- Folks must trust Jesus
- Amen
- So we must demand faith
- Wait, how do u /demand/ faith?
- Tell em 2 make a decision!
- Funny kinda faith

Faith is pulled out of us by the gospel, not pushed out of us by our resolve.

If you’re a Christian you are “in Christ”. And you can’t get closer than “in”. #EnjoyYourDay

Its name is its unofficial motto: B right on

Here is tweet number 10000! Who said twitter was a colossal waste of time? For one thing it's taught me to clearly and briefly express mysel

Christian: even if He wanted to send you away, God would have to un-knit His own being to do so. #EnjoyYourDay

Just started a job-share as a GP. Everyone thinks it's comedic

True story from 18 yrs ago:
Her: Hi, I'm Haydee
Me: If there were 2 of u it'd be hell! :)
Her: Why?!
Me: Well, cos, Hades
Her: What's Hades?

<< I guess you could say, the young me was a real hell-raiser

 

#RichardDawkinsChatUpLines There's your genome with all those double-helix curves and here's me with no brakes.

#RichardDawkinsChatUpLines Get your coat love, our genes have pooled.

#RichardDawkinsChatUpLines Get outta my memes and into my life

#RichardDawkinsChatUpLines Your daddy must have been a thief? Why? Selfish genes.

#RichardDawkinsChatUpLines Girl, when billions of years of death, pain and mindless struggle made you, they were showing off.

 

Jesus encamps around you, the Spirit fills you, the Father beams at you. #EnjoyYourDay

Gen27: Rachel's role=key. Like H Spirit she initiates, makes pleasing offering (meal) & clothes Jacob in his elder bro. Jake brings only sin

 

Contradictory Celebs: Matt Gloss, Time Waits, Demi More, Bleak Lively #ContradictoryCelebs

The Risen Lord cooks breakfast for total failures (Jn 21). He hasnt changed in 2000 years. He loves u just the same. #EnjoyYourDay

If "Praying in the Spirit" is taught as something quite different from "Praying in the Son" might it betray a latent tritheism?

 

Porn: Zwinglian sex

Adoption into the life of God! Through the blood of the Son! What kind of God do we have? One who gave everything to have us! #EnjoyYourDay

The Good Shepherd has not retired. The One who gave His life for you watches over, guides, feeds and protects you right now. #EnjoyYourDay

Law: “If you… Then He’ll…”
Gospel: “Since He… We are…”

Good news: God has prepared good works for you to walk in today. (Try to look surprised when it happens). #EnjoyYourDay

 

 

The Father IS Love, the Son IS Grace, the Spirit IS Fellowship (2 Cor 13:14). You have everything you could ever need or want. #EnjoyYourDay

As surely as Christ saved you Apart from goodness, He saved you Into it.

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Habittualy-Twitter-WallpaperBorn ever-hungry, hating our need
Despising dependence, demanding our feed
Starving/stuffing
All/nothing
Since Adam&Eve
We cannot receive

Your Father is Saving Mercy personified, Jesus is Kindness on legs, the Spirit showers u with renewal & rebirth (Titus 3) #EnjoyYourDay

"All the theology of the councils is found in this statement: Christ shows us what it is 2b God by the way He dies as a human being." J Behr

"In our culture we try to live as Hedonists then die as Platonists." John Behr

Jesus is not just the start or the finish. He’s the Way. He comprehends you & the Father and all distance between you #EnjoyYourDay

“Fear not little flock, it’s your Father’s good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.” (Luke 12:32)

The Brazilian authorities R simply reminding protestors of the good manners 4 which their premier city is famous. IOW reading the "Rio Tact"

When it came to the crunch the disciples didn’t seek 1st the Kingdom, they fled the King. Yet the King pursued them thru death 2 say “Peace”

To cover, cleanse and cry
To purge & purchase, pacify.
To cover, cleanse, set free
His blood availed for me.

Be aware. My imaginary teddy will mentally undress you.
IOW: Bear in mind my bear in mind will bare in mind.

#FilmPrequels Penultimate Tango in Paris,
Ar-Get-Ready-Get-Set,
Soon-to-Be-Hur,
Old Men Ask For Country But Don't Say Please

#filmprequels Scrooging

 

<< Conclusion: Maybe we're not the rational, truth-seekers we think we are.

<< Good on him :) (@DerrenBrown) It's worth thinking about why we all fall for hoaxes - even @DerrenBrown. None of us are as sceptical/rational as we'd like to think we are

 

In Christ, all mistakes are redeemed. All sins forgiven. All sacrifices repaid 100-fold. So what do u want 2 do today? #EnjoyYourDay

Dear Christian, your sins and lawless acts I will remember no more. Love, your Father. (Heb 10:17) #EnjoyYourDay..

You know that death you fear? You died it 2000 years ago. Now you are raised, vindicated and reigning. #ChristIsYourLife #EnjoyYourDay..

 

Christ loves us and has freed us from our sins by His blood. (Rev 1:5) #EnjoyYourDay

God gives faith because God gives promises. IOW God's promises create our faith.

"Faith is a gift" does not mean God is grudging or partial. He freely gives the faith-creating-gospel.

"Faith is a gift" means God's determined always 2b the Faithful One towards us: always the One eliciting our trust by His own grace&goodness

Mind palace = mind dungeon RT @PLeithart: "Every shutting up of the creature within the dungeon of its own mind is in the end Hell." CSLewis

Feeling empty, dry, hungry? You’re meant to be. But Jesus is your Fulness, Fountain and Food. #EnjoyYourDay

Apparently no roads lead From Rome. There's no two-ways about It.

I know it's odd to carry my teddy around but bear with me.

In Genesis 1&2 we go from the simple to the complex: seeds=>plants=>fish=> animals=>Adam=>EVE. Where's it heading? To her. It's a love story

Your Brother rules the world, forgives all yr sins, redeems all yr mistakes & continues 2 speak kindly 2u (Gen 50:14-21). #EnjoyYourDay

A god of the gaps aint really God. And a naturalism of the whole aint really naturalism.

It's not simply that 'Jesus is God'. Far deeper and far more wonderfully it's that 'God is the Jesus-God'

Luther prayed: “O Lord, deliver me from Christian churches with nothing but Christian saints in them..." >>

"I want a little flock of faint-hearted people, weak people, who know&feel their sin, their poverty&they believe in the forgiveness of God”

The temple drummer refused to accompany the service but I had him bang to rites.

Phwoar, that binary code! That's a noughty one

I've invented an abbreviated form of morse code - for when you just want to dash something off.

For linguists, translating the Bible for the blind is the Holy Braille. (It's the weekend, cut me some slack)

The gift of tongues: an acquired taste

My favourite fish opera is the one with "O For Tuna": Carmena Piranha -- Shut up, the morse code one was Brilliant.

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