John Starke
@john_starke
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Pastor of @ApostlesUptown , married to @jenastarke , author of “The Possibility of Prayer” (IVP) and “The Secret Place of Thunder”(Zondervan)
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“I became a Christian during the Coronavirus.”
I’m praying millions are able to say that when this is all over.
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It seems like you are just trying to provoke anger and frustration in others with tweets like these.
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Can’t get over that Jesus wanted Peter to pray with him more than fight for him.
Worth thinking about.
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I'm a handful of weeks into preaching Revelation and I still haven't found that passage where Christians should be expecting to win culture wars and gain dominant power in this world. But I'm sure it's in here somewhere.
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My wife and had a debate over dinner: growing up in the 80’s and 90’s the two biggest fears as kids based on TV and public discourse was (1) quicksand and (2) acid rain.
My wife refuses to believe me that acid rain was an actual fear that people articulated. But I remember.
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There’s something about watching suffering or wounded Christians sing hymns with a full voice and tears in corporate worship that gives you more courage. They are a witness and don’t even know it.
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Dear fellow evangelicals and SBC pastors, can we stop using the lazy term “woke” to talk about people you don’t like? Please?
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One of my neighbors wears a mask and has cut a small hole in it so that he can smoke cigarettes through it.
That’s it. That’s the tweet.
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Can I put forward a proposal?
The things we are calling “deconstruction” might actually be what Richard Lovelace called “dis-enculturation.”
What he meant was removing the cultural idolatry (conservative or progressive) from your faith.
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John 14 is basically Jesus saying, while I go and prepare a home for you, the Spirit is preparing you to be a home for me.
That's pretty amazing.
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Today, friends, we measure butter and garlic with our hearts not with measuring cups and spoons.
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Just read a study with a staggering statistic:
70% of pastors do not have someone they consider to be a close friend.
I cannot imagine the sense of loneliness that must feel like.
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When Tim Keller spoke and referenced a dozen different authors that made him interesting. But his secret and experiential life with God made him spiritually electric. His intelligence made him compelling but his inner life was what made his sermons feel like a burning bush.
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Whatever your opinion is about
@CTmagazine
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Chris Pratt’s (
@prattprattpratt
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Treating black brothers and sisters who are working to end racism as if they are working to end the church is not a fruit of the Spirit.
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Make fun of millennials attaching themselves to liturgical communities all you want, but they've watched a Boomer-evangelicalism w/fuzzy theological boundaries & no attached history implode. They've watched their parents grow older w/no deep friendships. Its not attractive.
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This is why we sing.
CHRISTIANITY: Belief that one God created a universe 13.79 billion yrs old, 93 billion light yrs in diameter (1 light yr = approx. 6 trillion miles), consisting of over 200 billion galaxies, each containing ave. of 200 billion stars, only to have a personal relationship with you.
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There are so many Proverbs about not talking and expressing opinions.
A lot.
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Admittedly I’m a young pastor and parent.
But after about a decade of pastoring and 15 years of parenting, this one truth has been proven over and over:
Kindness leads to repentance.
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What if Christian leaders are trying to remedy the church of Critical Race Theory when the church is really plagued with Christian nationalism? What if we are asleep to the cultural idols within and feel more comfortable making statements against the idols without?
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I told my kids if they read The Lord of the Rings, we’ll watch the movies. They did. Tonight is the night!
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Remarkable that in the Sermon on the Mount Jesus doesn't instruct us towards grande and famous acts of faith and courage, just ordinary spiritual obedience done in a hidden way.
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In Eugene Peterson’s bio, I really love how Peterson describes his morning prayer routine as “anticipation of following Jesus for the next 18 hours or so.”
That’s a very simple but important way to put it.
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1/ You will never be conservative or progressive enough to satisfy the crowds. Both sides have moving goal posts and cultural idols to satisfy. You will always need to be listening, repenting, reforming. Following Christ will always be costly.
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This is not difficult. You do not put a sexual predator in a position of power. To do so for political gain is idolatry. This is evil. It’s trusting in Babylon to deliver you from Assyria.
If you haven't seriously considered what
@McAllisterDen
is saying here, you aren't being honest or intellectually rigorous. This is very difficult, but important. Think it through logically, not with your emotions and/or religious self-righteousness.
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Here’s the difference with JI Packer:
He caused you to long for and love holiness.
He didn’t use shame, fear, or guilt. He used love. Weighty love.
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When I was in Highschool, the minister of youth led us through reading Bonhoeffer, Richard Foster, Dallas Willard, & we memorized large portions of the Psalms. We were invited to, not forced.
It’s blessing—honestly—to have a young adult experience you don’t want to deconstruct.
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"I think the greatest miracle of Jesus is that he was a 33 year old man and he had 12 best friends that weren't his wife's best friend's husbands." John Mulaney
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Don’t use Sacred/Secular divide arguments for electing sexual predators of little girls. You can’t say, our political goals are secular, and moral concerns are sacred. If you’re willing to elect a sexual predator for your political goals, your political goals ARE YOUR SACRED.
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1/ I wish I could get the world to see the folks serving the poor, teaching Bible classes to the homeless, fighting unjust incarcerations, babysitting for homeless single moms so they can work, giving up wealth to be a surgeon for 3rd world communities.
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Here's something interesting:
The Novum Testamentum Graece says that the Book of Revelation contains more than 635 Old Testament references in it's 404 verses.
Stop reading the newspaper to try to figure out Revelation.
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And now these three remain: apple, pumpkin, and pecan. But the greatest of these is pecan.
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Things that have genuinely helped with depression:
Sleeping well
Eating healthy
Exercising
Drinking lots of water (I drink a gallon/day)
The Psalms
Weekly Sabbath keeping
Friends (people not the show)
Contemplative Prayer
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Hey!
Jena and I have been married for 16 years, went through most of college/grad school together. Have moved 13 X, have lived in 4 diff states, 4 kids, all kinds of jobs and stops and starts.
And today, we paid our last school loan payment!! Big deal for us friends!
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1/ Hey just a pastoral reminder, there are many Christians/churches out there who deeply love Jesus, who are easily led to repentance, who labor for the marginalized and the abused, who love the poor, who love orthodox doctrine, who are healthy emotionally and spiritually.
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I am not a legal expert, nor am I an expert in the gun industry. But as a pastor it sure feels like we are willing to sacrifice our children in order to satisfy some cultural idol. Down with all the Molochs.
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A few years ago I was at a retirement party for a friend. He was a happy man. He was surrounded by people who loved him. I asked at the end of the night what has helped him persevere. He said:
“The Lord helped me learn how to welcome the parts of me that were mediocre.”
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I'm a pastor from the reformed/evangelical world, where Grudem has been a prominent voice for 30 years.
Grudem argues not just for a justification of why someone could/should vote for Trump, but that Trump is good.
This is moral relativism and it should sadden us.
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The spiritual discipline of secrecy, doing things quietly rather than performatively, is probably more important than we think.
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Remember that first year seminary student who brought their Greek New Testament to church?
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“He did not call me to provide cover for racial bigotry and child molestation. I will not do that.”
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I’m nearing 40 and almost done with 5th book of Harry Potter
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Richard Foster explains why we do spiritual disciplines:
We do the things we CAN do (like pray, fast, meditate on Scripture) so that we can do the things we CAN’T do (like love our enemies, die to self)
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I’m grateful for when
@JohnPiper
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Dear parents:
Where are you eating your snacks so that your kids don’t hear you and ask for some?
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All the Christians you slander and dismiss on this website will some day be resurrected and it’s gonna be real awkward.
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The review of
@daneortlund
’s Gentle and Lowly is an example of why we needed Gentle and Lowly.
When this book is explained as “near blasphemous” and suborthodox, can we please stop listening to this group as authorities of what is “good theology”?
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A sign that you are maturing spiritually: you understand that those who are in Christ but hold different theological convictions are not your enemy and deserve prayer more than your sarcasm, public take downs, or slander.
I honestly don’t know how to get around that truth.
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We all might need to awkwardly and gently have a public conversation about how many pastors are leaving the pastorate to become coaches and consultants for pastors.
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I pray the Lord gives us 10,000 more
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Pastor, if you have a wife that comes to you saying she’s abused, calling/working with the police and separating her from her abuser is not disrespecting marriage. It’s honoring the image of God and working for justice.
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Annie Dillard on worshipping in her small Northwest town with awkward preaching, embarrassing singing, and experiencing the presence of Christ. Good reminder for today:
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As a slow reader, the habit that I’ve had for 15 years that’s allowed me to read between 225-275 pages a week is my 15-15-15 rule.
I read for 15 minutes:
Morning
Noon
Afternoon
That’s 45 minutes, which depending on the book, I can read about 30-35 pages
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"You cannot stand for “law & order” while waving away lawlessness. You cannot champion the pro-life cause while waving away murder. You cannot support police by the murder of police officers. You cannot support religious liberty by trashing the US Constitution."
@drmoore
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1/ I remember in seminary listening to a speaker respond to someone accusing him of not being loving as a spiritual leader.
His response was that speaking truth is the most loving thing you can do for someone who believes lies.
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I’ve been a pastor in NYC for 10 years. I’m no expert, but from what I can tell, urban ministry is more about a deep vibrant prayer life, a deep grasp of the gospel in order to be yourself in Christ, and perseverance than about how many articles and books you’ve read & can quote.
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Trump wasn’t worth the sacrifice of your moral and spiritual authority.
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Christopher Lasch describing the modern individual:
"He cannot live without an admiring audience."
This is why private spiritual disciplines and virtue formation has no sense of reward for us. Quiet prayer brings no admiration from others.
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If 2016-20 has taught us anything it’s that we (evangelicals) have often put too much trust in leaders who convincingly speak against the idols of those outside the camp, but rarely (only when politically advantageous) against the idols within the camp.
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“It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.” Martin Luther King Jr.
The only cure for the racism in America is a changed heart that comes from trusting in Jesus Christ. To try and heal racial divisions without that changed heart is like trying to cure cancer with a Band-Aid.
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6/ An older Christian once encouraged me, if you can't engage in a theological debate without being mean-spirited or without using sarcasm then you probably aren't wise and mature enough to participate.
James 3:17-18
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Honestly having
@BethMooreLPM
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@JohnPiper
today call out Trumpism as cultural idolatry feels like I’m sitting at Passion Oneday as a young 20 year old again.
I’m grateful for when
@JohnPiper
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Christianity is not fundamentally a performative faith. So don’t work to be seen by others, even if the goal is to give Christianity and Christ a better public name. Work for the Father who sees in secret.
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My son got a big perfect attendance award today and was celebrated as I picked him up from school and I am personally struggling with the fact that I am the one who deserves the award and to be celebrated with getting him to school every day.
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You gotta chuckle a little… people on the left taking the opportunity to remind us that Keller’s theology was dangerous and unworthy of honor and ppl on the right questioning whether he was a real Christian.
It’s like the younger and older brother having one more say.
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Tim Keller taught many of us how to preach, read the Bible, and understand the culture around us.
But Tim taught me how to pray and long for revival. Many of us are beginning to see that what has made him so compelling publicly came from what he did privately towards Christ.
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So thankful for all the hymns and songs that don’t sound superficial when singing them in a plague.
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Evangelicals are behaving in ways about Trump they would’ve never imagined any person with any theological conviction would behave 5-20 yrs ago.
We know it’s true.
It’s lamentable.
It’s so sad that we can’t simply say “No” & trust God with what it costs politically.
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Listen, I'm being serious. That picture you're about to post with the Bernie Sanders in it, don't do it. Stop. Go back to work.
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Here’s what I do know. No one has ever been shamed into repentance. Shame only provokes a performance.
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Newsflash: Turkish delight is not good enough to sell your soul over.
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Twitter can be a wild place but I don’t know how you guys do Facebook. That place feels like 3 billion people having an anxiety attacks all at once in comments sections.
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The thing I love most about
@daneortlund
’s book Gentle and Lowly is that it’s less about the perseverance of saints towards Christ and more about the perseverance of Christ’s heart towards us. Thanks, Dane. I needed it.
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No one has recognized Coronavirus for launching the largest and most successful home-church network in American history.
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I’ve learned a lot from folks on Twitter by not following everybody who *seems* important to follow but by following those who seem wise and able to speak truth with a great deal of love.
There’s many who are popular to follow who are just cynics and seeking for attention.
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Look this isn’t hard.
If you feel like you need to wash the dishes before you put them in the dishwasher then you are the dishwasher.
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The energy against
@R_Denhollander
‘s claim of David and Bathsheba as rape is weird. This is a pretty basic understanding of the text and how human sin works in structures of power.
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2/ The Christians who slander publicly, give themselves over to political idolatry, give misogynistic sermons, and decry racial justice as Marxism/CRT are the least interesting people.
But the people who actually do the work of ministry do it often in secret.
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Part of the reason there’s a resurgence of interest in the Enneagram (it’s not new) among evangelicals is because while we have been great at theological depth/missions advancement, we’ve been terrible at emotional health.
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Eating these Trader Joe’s dark chocolate peanut butter cups makes me nostalgic ... for yesterday when I was eating Trader Joe’s dark chocolate peanut butter cups.
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Hey! In April I turned in a manuscript to
@Zondervan
and here’s the cover. Due out February 2023.
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A long time ago, I read Henri Nouwen say somewhere: “It takes a lot of humiliation for just a little bit of humility.”
Since then, I think I’ve come to the conclusion that “being embarrassed” is part of spiritual formation. It’s just not the exciting part.
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"I use to wish I had the congregation that some of my friends bragged that they had. I later found out they lied a lot." Eugene Peterson
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I have an old 35 mm film camera from my father in law and I caught this shot of Noelle. Felt like a gift.
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This statement from Hunter Baker is commendable. I wish more evangelical leaders could express this form of spiritual maturity.
"I was wrong in my assessment of Donald Trump. The friends of mine who perceived a greater threat from him than I did were correct."
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One of our elders, Jamie Leahey, preached today and helped us see Christ healing the ear that Peter wounded as confidence in Christ healing those the church has wounded.
And that’s something.
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2021 is the year to treasure character over gifting; humility over power, love over platform. It’s just not worth it to do anything else.
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I love books and I love reading but there is a wonderful joy when you are reading a book on your Kindle and you’re 76% of the way through and you turn the page, realizing the rest of the book is footnotes and suddenly you’re like, “I’m done!”
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