GIVEAWAY for Longing to Know turns 20! In preparation for my Subscribers Only (Re)Read With the Author, I’m giving away a signed copy of Longing to Know! (Re)read LTK and join me for an online conversation: Saturday, April 29 or September 30. See comments for how to enter.

🚨Book Giveaway🚨 A super giveaway for Super Bowl week. Follow and RT to win a copy of Five Views of Christ in the OT! Winner announced Monday.

I see some folks debating whether what’s happening at Asbury is real; let me say a few thoughts about that. Wilmore has two institutions—Asbury University and Asbury Seminary. These places have theologians, historians & a sizable Ph.D. student community(I am one of them). (1)

Proverbs 31 isn't about your ideal wife. Take a closer look: it's about a king who does justice & a woman who models generous mercy. Together they're emblematic of the synergistic dynamic between justice & mercy as essential aspects of righteousness. Read it again & see.😉📜

A patient was yelling at someone, then at me. I had a few options. 1) Call security. 2) Keep walking. 3) Go confront him. 4) Go find his nurse. (The RNs love this. But really. They don’t.) 5) Ask him what he needed. You might have guessed I picked 5. Here’s what happened:

Beautiful demonstration of love and humanizing someone others (myself included, if I’m being honest) would readily dismiss (and perhaps with good reason to).

Asbury Outpouring tonight. Just simple devotion to Jesus. Purest thing I've witnessed in a long time. Zero hype, confession, testimonies, reading of scripture and worship.

We who follow Jesus are working in wounds, working with wounds, and working through wounds. ~Willie James Jennings

So many great ideas here!

Last year, a coworker randomly asked me to hand-deliver an antique violin across the country. I said yes, because why not. I had no idea what I was getting into, and now I need your help. A 🧵

Weekends shouldn’t be time to recover. They should be time to rejoice. Burnout cultures exhaust us through the week and force us to recharge on the weekends. Healthy cultures provide daily space to refuel. Places that continually deplete our energy don’t serve our well-being.

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Just another Monday morning in my neighborhood 😍

Women of the faith, you get to have your own relationship with Jesus and love him with your whole MIND as well as your heart and soul and you dang well can study theology without permission from a man. This has gotten so bizarre. Go ahead. Knock yourself out with insulting

This might sound crazy - it is not crazy. Lee Kuan Yew talks at great length throughout his memoirs on building Singapore about trees specifically, trees *as such*, being harbingers and indicators and inspirers of great things:

🚨Book Giveaway🚨 This month we are giving away a copy of Nijay Gupta’s brand new Galatians commentary! Follow and RT to enter. Tag a friend for an extra entry. Read our interview w/ the author everyvoicekingdomdiversity.org/2023/11/05/nov… Sponsored by Zondervan Academic

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It’s really happening! The mail arrived from Brazos Press with stacks of postcards featuring my forthcoming book on *Mary Magdalene* 👏 Ever wonder about her?

No more "movements". No more "mandates". No more predatory leaders drawing a following promising revivals, renewals, or elite status in the Kingdom. Find a community committed to mutual love, humility, and authenticity. Serve Jesus in the normal rhythms, enjoy his presence, enjoy

Disturbing and enlightening at the same time…gosh!