This is my daughter, Amy.
This picture was taken about 3 years ago.
She turned 36 a few days ago.
Due to terminal illness, she is not long for this world.
Prayers for her and her family are much appreciated.
HERO. TRUE PATRIOT. EUGENE GOODMAN
The man who saved the Senate
Officer Goodman stopped a mob of white rioters from entering the chambers of the US Senate.
At this perilous moment in our nation’s history, he was the one person standing between democracy & rule of tyrants
Good/bad/dark morning, fellow Christ-followers,
I feel so broken and helpless, facing my daughter's deteriorating health while at the same time enduring disappointing, hurtful comments or silence from those I thought were true friends in the Lord.
Prayers appreciated!!!!
My beautiful wife, the greatest mom imaginable to our daughter every moment throughout my daughter's battle with cancer. Wow!
I always knew I married up, but did not realize how much. Love you, Patti.
Picture taken during better times.
My precious daughter, Amy, will be coming home with us in a couple of days.
I am so thankful for her faithful and loving friends, especially Jenna, Molly, and Jodie.
Prayers are much appreciated.
How I feel after receiving the worse news in my entire life.
I thank you, my fellow divine image-bearers and fellow Christ-followers, for your love, support, and continued prayers.
In His hands,
Pastor Don
@PeterHotez
@donlemon
@CNNTonight
FYI, Hotez responded to one of my Tweets and after checking out my profile, said he was glad my studies were in ethics because "we need that." What someone thinks about ethics speaks volumes of where they are. Someone who is only into $$$ would think ethics to be a waste of time.
@PeterHotez
Thanks for not giving up, Dr. Hotez. I know it must be frustrating to work so hard to help people only to run into walls of misinformation from so many different sources. I and many others really appreciate your hard work :-) Wish I could do more to help you.
@ananavarro
Ana, I sure love your enthusiasm and your firey "tell it like it is" attitude. It always makes me and my wife smile. I never have to wonder how you really feel. Keep up the good work:-) Thanks for keeping it REAL!
Thanks for the prayers for our precious daughter.
They checked her out last night (brain scan) and it was not what we most feared. Continuing prayers appreciated :-)!
@jt_english
I am not making a comment on those pastors. But regarding the slide below, it would be nice if the last item was not needed, at least concerning his own congregation. In my experience, if the pastor does not go along with some cultural form of Christianity, he will get hammered!
Goodnight folks,
What Bryan says is as undeniable as it is lamentable. But who gives a flip as long as it works for us?
Bryan Stevenson is a wonderful gift to the body of Christ and the world.
I thank God for Bryan and his kingdom work of justice.
@gtconway3d
@DrCraigMalkin
I am no doctor, but I saw this and pointed it out to my family and friends back in 2016. Most did not believe me, some even disowned me & left my church for raising the issue of his mental and psychological competence. Regardless of his future, I hope many divisions can be healed
Discipleship to Christ in the Kingdom of God: Shining a Light on Political Idolatry and Blasphemy in America--and among many so-called Christians 🙁
A billboard in Georgia.
About my daughter.
I thank God for the many prayers for my daughter. She is amazingly better. We thank God for every good day we have with her.
Yesterday she went shopping with her mom, Patti. Here is a post from her--the best wife and mom in the world.
When early church celebrated the Lord's SUPPER, it was a full meal.
It was not a cracker and a thimble of juice.
It was not a snack.
It was not a nibble.
It was a full meal for the family of God that crossed socio-economic lines.
Hargrove family is out tonight to see Hamilton. Thanks for all of your prayers for our precious daughter.
Left to right: Me, wife, daughter, daughter-in-law, son.
@CarlosHappyNPO
Sad but true. Republicans did it to themselves by backing Trump--same with evangelicals by getting in bed with Trump for political power. But Christ's church and kingdom are undeterred and will march on without "Greco-Roman Christianity"
@kkdumez
@BethMooreLPM
As a pastor of a small congregation, I lost many friends and parishioners because of not supporting Trump. The hardest thing is feeling like a failure for not teaching them well enough over the years so that they would not be prone to fanatically support such a person.
Hate is taught in families & daily in partisan politics
Not only do some Christians learn to hate from partisan politics, they are also guilty of bearing false witness as they repeat the lies and half-truths of their favorite networks.
May the Lord have mercy on their souls.
1/ The ending of Jesus' ethical book (Mt 7), the Sermon on the Mount, speaks of His evaluation/judgment of man based on works, not theological beliefs--the same is true of all judgment references in the Bible.
My most beloved wife of 41 years. What a fabulous wife and mother of my children.
She is now over 1,000 miles away from me, taking care of our ailing daughter.
Prayers are appreciated.
Two beautiful truths of Christianity.
1) God is with us in our suffering, as demonstrated by incarnate God's suffering on the cross.
2) Death does not have the last word. Jesus conquered death as per the resurrection.
1/ Nicene Creed: The good and the missing/bad/inadequate.
I believe in the propositions contained in the Nicene Creed entirely and without reservation.
However, its inadequacies have proved to be disastrous for the church through the centuries.
@scott_m_coley
Interesting, I was just reading Jacques Ellul who noted, "we have the evaluation of the kings of Israel and Samaria in Kings where the kings who were great from a worldly standpoint--who are victorious, magnificient, and wealthy--are constantly said to be bad kings before God."
The Church was never designed to be a place where people go, hear a message, then leave, not knowing over 90% of the people
The Church is to be a family that interacts and grows socially and spiritually into maturity, Eph 4:16, so it can better share love of Christ to the world
My love for over 40 years--fantastic wife and mother of my children.
We first met in a nightclub. I was a bouncer and disco Don and she was a cocktail waitress.
At the club, they said that barroom romances never last. Well, ours did. And it gets better and better every year.
1/ Power of the Sermon on the Mount.
Bonhoeffer in a letter to his brother Karl-Friedrich, wrote the following:
“I believe I know that inwardly I shall be clear and honestly with myself only if I truly begin to take seriously the Sermon on the Mount.
I’m always willing to make myself available in order to speak with the Senator or his staff. I believe the lives of thousands in the state of Kentucky depend on receiving accurate public health information and direction
2/ The creed proposes that Jesus was the divinely begotten Son of God, the risen Christ, true God and true man. However, the message of Jesus and His Kingdom are entirely missing as it skips without pause from His miraculous birth to His death by crucifixion.
When Republicans only/mainly associate with Republicans, and Democrats with Democrats, they will continue to misunderstand and mischaracterize each other.
My wife of 40+ years (no, this is not our anniversary) posted this on FB.
She is a wonderful lady.
She is a wonderful wife.
She is a wonderful mother to our 2 children.
I AM SUCH A BLESSED MAN!