Greg Mathis
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Husband | Dad | Pastor | @NGreenvilleUniv | @SBTS | PhD Student @MBTS 📚| Rural Church Health | Volunteer Firefighter 🧑🏻🚒 | NC ➡️ SC ➡️ KY
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Day 3 of sending handwritten notes to inactive members, attempting to reestablish contact.
Most haven’t been inside our church in over a decade and have disconnected landline numbers on record here.
Total members: 373.
Avg Attendance: 120.
Praying for fruit.
#revitalization
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A certain percentage of pastoring is feeling like you’re failing all the time, and watching God work anyway.
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Did you know Rick Warren also trained Spurgeon?
As chancellor of 167yr old Spurgeon's College in London I just awarded a Masters of Divinity degree to our founder, Charles Spurgeon, posthumously. His great great granddaughter spoke at graduation & accepted it for Spurgeon's family! Get YOUR degree from this historic school!
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Decisional regeneration caused 90% of our current problems in church.
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Ken Jennings > Mayim Bialik
And it’s not even close.
I can’t stand the gratuitous pause before telling contestants whether they are right or wrong.
It’s like she’s waiting for the judges in her earpiece to tell her what to say.
#jeopardy
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“Yes pastor, I’ve been away for 48 years. I am not a part of another church but i’d like to ‘keep my membership there.’ I’m a ‘lifetime member.’”
What doctrine of the church led to this generational thinking?
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SBC is being protested by both Westboro Baptist Church and full-on Egalitarians outside the convention center.
We must be doing something right.
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Because there are already 9 Marks.
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Let me tell you about my man, Todd.
He’s a church member and has been a deep encouragement to me.
He lost his house in a fire Tuesday. Shows up this morning at 9am to teach Sunday School.
HERO.
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Why I am thankful for
@9Marks
: a 🧵
The last 2 evenings, 9Marks has had a room full of SBC folks. There were at least 1,700, with standing room only.
The time always begins with worship that’s rich, reverent, and unifying.
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Recently finished the reading from the coursework portion of my PhD at
@MBTS
@MBTSDoctoral
Here's a photo of (I believe) all the print monographs.
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You're not ready for where this thread is going...
I've found it very difficult to go to church. Most (and I mean most) of the services I've been to throughout my life had a pastor that either felt like he was selling me something, didn't feel authentic, was seriously boring, or I had no idea what they were talking about.
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I am really thankful for
@bartbarber
.
His job is unenviable in our current moment. But he’s been fair, charitable, humble, and steady.
We aren’t fully together on every upcoming vote, but history will look back and say that he was the kind of guy we needed.
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A 14 year old at my church we’ve been praying for since he was 10 now believes! Has asked for baptism.
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In our little town of 377, there’s another Baptist church. We were recently privileged to sit under the teaching of their pastor, Rev Jones. Thankful for Gospel partners close by.
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The Rick Warren deluge of historical inaccuracies, logical fallacies, and hubris is instructive for one purpose: it shows the traits that can build a huge evangelical empire.
It shows what a large contingent of evangelicalism can find persuasive and appealing in a personality.
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God bless this brother for a valiant stand.
United Methodist bishop from Liberia opposes a vote to redefine marriage, holding his Bible above his head:
"This is the word of God...We have a majority General Conference characterized by liberals + progressives who are doing everything to change the Bible to something else."
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The ecclesiological problem in the SBC relative to female pastors is inflamed by our history of employing extra-biblical terminology.
SBC Churches should only use "pastor" to refer to those qualified by Timothy and Titus.
Eschew "youth pastor" etc verbiage where needed.
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There’s plenty to be discouraged about.
I rejoice today that we had our largest regular Sunday attendance since Covid. Higher than our monthly pre-Covid average too.
It’s not all about numbers. But boy is a full room encouraging to see.
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@garetrobinson
Folks driven out in the 1980s who didn't believe in the Resurrection are to the right of "Moderate" on this chart?
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Observation:
Most of the arguments for the Law Amendment have been convictional ones.
Most arguments against have been pragmatic.
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In the unlikely event that I get a look for a Seminary prez slot, you should know that I use a Keurig and buy my own K-Cups from Sam’s.
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Meeting at my church tonight with anyone who will come to pray for spiritual renewal here.
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Let’s all pray for
@DannyAkin
. Blindside and cheapshot attacks - particularly on the national level - can be disorienting even for the most faithful of leaders. Press on, brother.
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The worst thing that could happen to any revival would have to be real time tweeting and Christian media articles.
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3 Years!
Our family has grown in many ways since we began at Trenton Baptist Church.
We can’t think of a better way to celebrate our anniversary this morning than rejoicing with brand new believers and 3 new church member candidates!
⏩⏩⏩
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Carson has been a faithful traveling companion for these last 46 sermons.
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This just keeps getting more insane!
JUST IN (4:30PM): Miami-Dade Republicans extend their lead into the later afternoon to .13%, growing
🔴 126,312 Republicans
🔵 125,871 Democrats
🚨Statewide, REPs now lead DEMs by 211,417, or 6%
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Now that the dust has settled, can we all agree that in circa 2019, even though you may have had concerns about the tone and personalities of those raising a warning about theological drift, that time has vindicated them on a number of fronts?
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Classical Educators everywhere are screenshooting Rick Warren’s logical fallacies for use in the classroom.
This is an absolute masterclass.
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Judah Paul Mathis was born yesterday to Whitney and me at 4:06pm by the grace of God.
We are immeasurably blessed.
And this Christmas in particular, we are drawn to remember the words recorded in Micah 5:2 and Revelation 5:5.
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@BrnzSerpent
As soon as they've done their due diligence to repent of the sin of leaving them outside of contact and care during a period of pursuit and prayer.
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Ok fellow Complementarians.
Time to pack it in. It was good while it lasted, but I don’t see how we can continue in light of this airtight logic.
Priscilla had a church in her home. How is she not a pastor?
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Pray for Erin, my Uber driver. She grew up around Baptist, Catholic, and Jehovah’s Witness influences. She was very receptive to the gospel.
#sbc24
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I totally get the appeal of theological liberalism.
It would be SO EASY.
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You the guy who tried to end Sunrise Children’s Service’s contract amid an abysmal adoption crisis in the Commonwealth over ideological reasons?
People in Kentucky know there are no Democrat or Republican bridges, that a good job isn’t red or blue. And that the most important thing in a governor is getting things done.
We’re getting the biggest projects done in our history. 🧵
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@JJ_Denhollander
Bad take.
Pre-9/11 world.
Pre- Social media.
No naked men at Pride parades.
No National deficit.
Square body trucks.
The 90s were objectively better.
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@garetrobinson
Full-on Bultmannian seminary professors who taught my grandfather at SEBTS would be a good place to start.
Those who today occupy the CBF and give money to Wake Divinity School? What % of Campbell Divinity faculty affirm a literal resurrection?
I could call and ask.
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🧵🧵 A few Speed-Reading tips and tricks I've learned re: Academic course reading. A Thread:
This journey began during my undergrad days when I read up on some speed-reading techniques. I don't subscribe to "scanning" or "skimming" methods. I am still trying to read everything.
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@Michael_Urwin
Oh wow.
From what midst is the church in Corinth supposed to cast the unrepentant man in 1 Cor 5:13?
Among what flock is the shepherd to minister in 1 Pet 5:2?
What "majority" was able to discipline the man toward repentance in 2 Cor 2?
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If you were able to sit through Warren's passive-aggressive and hubris-laden Anaheim speech, peruse his PAC-like website, or watch him on social media and you still think
@HeathLambert
's call for prayer for him was off base, we have basic perception differences.
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Jude is a really short letter to not have read it.
Sodom and Gomorrah isn’t a condemnation of LGBTQ+ people or relationships.
In Ezekiel 16:49-50, God tells us the sin of Sodom is that they were arrogant, haughty, overfed, and unconcerned. They didn’t help the poor, they didn’t help the needy, and they did detestable things like
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Pastoral fail, recently.
Had a prayer request mentioned for a man with one leg. He had broken his only remaining good leg in a terrible turn of events.
My prayer, out loud, was that God would help him in this trial he is . . . walking through. . .
🤦🏼🤦🏼🤦🏼
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So I'm beginning a doctoral seminar on Ecclesiology and about to begin preaching through Titus next month.
Pray for my congregants.
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We unanimously ordained a new deacon this week. Huge victory for us.
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The
@BaptistReview
has done us all a service by publicizing this argument.
It demonstrates 2 things:
1) The lengths to which some will go to contort themselves over Law.
2) How serious the hermeneutical tendencies are in the Comp/Egal debate *within* SBC.
Russ Barksdale appeals to Greek grammar to defend his case for voting no on the Law Amendment.
@Russ_Barksdale
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Huge shoutout to
@BannerofTruth
. The care they put into their packaging makes a world of difference. It’s a delight to open the shipment of Christmas gifts I’ve purchased for others.
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Is John Fetterman becoming more conservative as he becomes more lucid?
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Yes.
The “silence is violence” and “words are violence” language ends up justifying actual physical violence in demented minds.
If you keep telling mentally ill kids that people disagreeing with them is literal genocide, eventually one of them is going to pick up a weapon.
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Doctoral Syllabi be like:
Here’s a 400pg book, but only read the selections noted!
Selections noted: Pp. 1-247; 252-400.
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Rural Pastor Life!
When you absolutely need to read 75 pages, finish the sermon, and produce a Pastors Conference lesson, but it’s 16 ° outside and Volunteer Firefighters 🧯 are always on call.
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For a long time it was "of course if a church has a female pastor, that's beyond the BFM. The issue is really just ambiguous language about 'children's pastors' etc"
But now suddenly we are in this "y'all are waging a war on women" by taking seriously the BFM.
Happened fast.
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A friend just ordered $4k if Chuck Fil A for a church event and now has enough points to eat a sandwich every day for the next 2 months and I’m shook.
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Isn't it clear that they mean by "gender" what everyone else means by "personality" or "feeling"?
"Gender" just carries the intersectional advantages of class.
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My grandfather was a SEBTS MDiv from 1960 who used Tillich as his Systematic Theology text and supported the CBF over the issue of female pastors.
The SBC guys calling some of us fundamentalists for holding to BFM are making the same arguments he did 2 generations ago.
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I'm pretty sure that when I get to heaven, I probably won't think, "man, I wish I had spent more of my money on myself."
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All of this, of course, is not to mention the resources that have shaped a generation and have beaten back the kudzu creep of pragmatism, doctrinal apathy, and an emaciated ecclesiology.
Anyway, just so thankful.
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An entire generation heard this evangelism strategy:
“The reason people aren’t Christians is because the church isn’t loving them enough.”
So naturally, as the culture secularizes, many assume we need to just “love” more.
They redefined love as “affirmation” and here we are.
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Some of these people throwing shade on MBTS need to have some of their work reviewed by Thomas Kidd.
Not a rosy, rubber-stamp endeavor, fam.
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At least 15 people in our first ESL ministry meeting tonight at TBC.
Would you pray for God to send us a Spanish-Speaking Pastor? The need is so great and I believe a ministry here would explode.
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Thank you.
We are so doctrinally insecure it’s not funny. We think that anytime we have to speak a hard truth, it’s somehow spiritual to apologize about it.
I keep seeing people saying things like “though I agree with the reaffirmation of our complementarian theology at the SBC annual meeting, I was concerned with the tone and posture some expressed toward women.” Can someone tell me what they’re talking about? Like specifically? 1/3
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I’m convictionally with the principle of the Law Amendment.
But man I’m not with a whole bunch of pugilistic people on X who are for the Law Amendment.
I think they underestimate the undesirability among many of being associated with them…
Strategic idiocy
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@drantbradley
Unsure how much can be accounted for by this, but vast numbers of churches are now filled with pastors who are culling the rolls of inactive members. Churches who merge are cleansing rolls. One near me with attendance of 17 had a membership of over 700. Cleaned rolls upon merger.
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One reason why the small or “normative” church matters so much is because for those 45 or 80 or so people, their church is the only church they know. It’s both the healthiest and unhealthiest point of reference. And those people need to have good pastors and healthy churches.
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Can I vent for a sec?
Many of the people who frequently talk about God “telling them what to do” really need for God to “tell them” to read the Bible and just do what’s in there.
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Why average pastors should be cautious in emulating big-stage pastors in style, etc.
A thread🧵
Beyond the celebrity issue, preaching to ~120 is totally different from preaching to 1,000.
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The other day I was involved in an explosion along with my deacon and friend, Benn.
Would you pray for his complete healing and that I could be mentally present for my congregation?
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In which Adrian Rogers set forth . . . his own creed.
When a respected Baptist forefather shares a Campbellite sentiment, that doesn't make it suddenly a Baptist sentiment.
“We have no need for a creed. We have the Bible…how can you improve on that?”
—
@AdrianRogers
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@FakeSermon
You’re watching “Whose church is it anyway.” Where everything’s made up and NT Ecclesiology doesn’t matter.
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Whatever “closely identifies” means, surely it can’t mean, even at individual points, “affirms the opposite.”
#SBC
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“God is leading me to ___” is often just another way of saying,
“I want to do something and I need it to be God’s fault.”
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In research, I stumbled upon the 2002 dissertation of a guy born in 1936.
He was an MD, Med School prof, & chair of anesthesiology at the army hospital in Fort Benning, GA b4 deciding in 1992 to get a History degree.
BA 1992.
MA 1995
PhD 2002 w dissertation on the Puritans.
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I still can’t get over how my parents in the 90s were just cool with 7-year-old me singing all the lyrics to Alan Jackson’s “Chattahoochee.”
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Preparing some sermons seems to be like picking ripe apples on the lowest limb while others seem like prying a lego from a 2 year old's clinched hand.
This week's has been the latter. But praise God that he makes you work for them. Because when you do, they are extra sweet!
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