Elliott Cherry
@elliottcherry
More broken than you know, more redeemed than I know. Pastor, Midtown Fellowship-12 South, Nashville
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"Gratitude is the great secret of the mystics, the solution to all problems. Remembering these things, not just on Thanksgiving but every day, is the way home." ~@ANNELAMOTT
ABSOLUTE CHILLS. Cue up Roundball Rock … the NBA is BACK on NBC and Peacock. 🏀🤩
1/ Re-reading Taylor’s Sources of the Self and struck by this observation: across history, Western Christianity can be characterised as having two streams of arguments for God. (i) From Augustine, abductive arguments based on the inner life (“I can only make sense of my self in
When @TimKellerNYC was 24 years old, he was a new pastor in rural Virginia. Alice was an elderly Christian who had suffered enormously in her life. More than four decades later, Keller still remembered her perspective.
Romans 8, basically.
sam's speech in the two towers gets me every time, without fail
Consider how precious a soul must be, when both God and the devil are after it. — Spurgeon
“Can you spread a table in the wilderness?” (Ps.78) The question is on our hearts every Sunday. We bring our wildness, our weariness, our danger, our solitude to church. If we sing or pray or listen at all it’s out of our own scarcity that we do it. And yet we still find a Table.
“Sin hides us from ourselves… Knowing oneself, after all, is the first step on the road to conversion.” Herman Bavinck (The Kingdom of God, the Highest Good).
Ancient Man v/s Modern Man G.K Chesterton: "Man has always lost his way. He has been a tramp ever since Eden; but he always knew, or thought he knew, what he was looking for. But in the bleak and blinding hail of skepticism to which he has been now so long subjected, he has…
Cauliflower rice is a good way to limit carbs and decrease overall enjoyment of life.
“The gospel… does not say, ‘If you do your best to live a good life, God will fulfill that life,’ or, ‘If you fight on the right side of the issues of your time…’ The gospel says, ‘Because the Crucified lives as Lord, your destiny is good.’” — Robert Jenson
I don’t believe we can improve upon the beauty and theological richness of [traditional hymns]. Their lyrical meatiness and corporate focus (more we’s than me’s) show that my individual emotional response isn’t the point. --Katelyn Beaty
You can't simply pray about a kid being gunned down because he rang the wrong doorbell. It's going to take more than prayer. God doesn't do what he's commissioned us to do. He's entrusted work to us, empowered us for the work, and is with us in the work. But the work to be done -
"Take me to you, imprison me, for I, Except you enthrall me, never shall be free" -John Donne
To be truly free is to embrace what God has already chosen for you. "Necessity is laid upon me..." I Cor 9:16
“Lord, deliver me from the urge to open my mouth when I should shut it. Give me the wisdom to keep silence where silence is wise. Remind me that not everything needs to be said, and that there are very few things that need to be said by me.” Elisabeth Elliot
I hate to tell pastors this, but Easter is also on a Sunday this year.
New Book Giveaway: To celebrate publication day, I'm giving away a copy of "Cursing with God." Like, retweet, and follow for a chance to win. I'll announce the winner at 1pm ET on Friday, November 4.
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