Dr. Eric Mason
@pastoremase
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I’ve been a missionary to philly for over 18 yrs on an apostolic journey. Ministering in large transient cities where it is 95%+ unchurched is a monster. Not only unchurched but anti church. Being here we have had to be extremely missiologically flexible. Because of transience,
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Serious post. At the hospital with my son. He has brain surgery today. He has been suffering for years. We haven’t talked much about it. But today we covet your prayers. It’s took a long time to diagnose the problems he had. The Lord blessed it to be revealed. Keep him lifted in
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Thanks for all the prayers. The brain surgery was a success! God is just such a great God! 😩😭🙌🏿p.s. This is a preop pic! #yahwehrapha #jehovahrapha
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My wife Yvette just got the call for a liver transplant transplant in the morning. Please pray! And spread the word.
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He did in 6 hrs what it would have taken us an eternity in hell to pay for.
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He is home! My soldier is home! God is amazing! I’m proud of the way my son trusted God thru all of this and was filled with peace. I didn’t see a moment of fear, only trust. Watching your adult children walk with God is amazing. His mom has showed him all his life how to suffer
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Saints have survived pharaoh, Nebuchadnezzar, Artaxerxes, Caesar, Nero, Diocletian, and others. We’ll be fine folks 🤷🏾♂️.
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I’m bipartisan, but my concern runs deep that church leaders would want a political victory so bad that they resort to false prophecy. Something is really really broken right now.
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The first African American commentary of the whole bible and 1st AA study bible. #kingdomlegacy
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Just hit 40lbs down today. Long way to go. Food is my addiction, but it must be a tool to fuel kingdom building. I want to enjoy it w/o it being my drug of choice. This journey isn’t physical it’s spiritual, mental, and psychological. More pounds to go. “Instead, I discipline my
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Surgery was an extreme success. It took half the time they thought it would and she is in recovery. Thanks for all the prayers and support! Please continue to pray for her full and expeditious recovery. Exodus 15:26 “For I am YHWH who heals you.".
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It’s possible to be a Christian and want prison reform, accessible education and health care, racial justice, immigrant justice and the abolition of abortion.
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I’m bewildered that you have to teach theologically astute Christians to love their neighbor as themselves.
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It’s funny, “liberals” view you as too conservative, and “conservatives” view you as too liberal! The issue is you aren’t shooting to be either!.
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I’m going to say this once. If you are a Christian leader and you remain silent on racial injustice, idk why you are even in ministry! I’ve peaked at some of your timelines. There are posts but not about these matters. .
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So as I’m preaching at a predominantly black and brown event and white brother in Christ came up to me and said, “please forgive me”! I let my views of you be shaped by others view of you, but I now know that I was wrong and (in tears he said) will you please forgive me!” 70x70.
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4 months ago I started taking my mental, emotional, and spiritual health more seriously. That meant dealing with my food addiction. The first pic is February 24th and the second is today May 24th. God is great! My life isn’t the same. Shout out to my coach at empty your bucket
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Thanks to everyone for all the prayers. Because of the weight loss and better healthy lifestyle, my doctor has taken me off of diabetes medicine and said keep up the great work. Thanks for all of the support.
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I’m not democratic because I’m black and I’m not republican because I’ve been identified as evangelical! I’m neither! I’m theocratic! Which means neither category can fully cover what I believe is biblical politics! Blacks and Christians aren’t monolithic and neither Am I!.
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Just because you “feel” bored about where you are, doesn’t mean it’s a sign to seek to transition! Faithfulness is born in the mundane not the spectacular! Jumping from thing to thing isn’t necessarily a sign of promotion, it could be a sign of instability!.
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Don’t fight white supremacy w/ black supremacy, but fight to show the supremacy Christ who died to equally restore the Imago Dei in us all!.
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When I first sensed the call to pastor, one of my greatest fears was whether I would have enough to preach week in and week out! After years of preaching, I have discovered I have to figure out how much to leave out because of the riches and depths of the word. Romans 11:33.
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The most legalistic and judgmental people are the one’s with deep secret sins. Trust me!.
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One concern I have is when young people who are gifted have to present themselves as experts too early but need more time in the crockpot of development.
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BELIEVERS if you aren’t serving, giving, praying for, & in community with a local church, STOP telling the church what it should be doing!.
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One year ago today, wifey finished her last cancer treatment and we deemed cancer free! #GodisaHealer
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If most sermons focus on personal application, you make people think the only thing that matters in the bible is what applies to them! Nothing wrong w/ ministering to people's personal lives, but to make disciples, we have to inform them that the kingdom is bigger than their life.
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A friend of mine just said, “be careful of getting a formal theological education and not knowing what to do with actual people”.
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Liberal and conservative aren’t biblical categories, but cooped terms from unredeemed culture to define sound & loose. Both are categorical ghettos trying to define 2 extremes. I don’t fit neatly into either & refuse to be judged by 1!.
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Dear "small church" pastor. If you are being faithful, then stop apologizing for your church size! You have nothing to be ashamed about!.
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The more I study the Bible, the more I’m confronted with what isn’t biblical in my life.
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Saying “no one is perfect” isn’t a license for us not to pursue holiness.
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Told my son I was going to read my Bible and he was like “can I read with you?” YES! Wifie wanted to capture it.
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ONE OF THE BIGGEST LIFE ASSESSMENT MISTAKES IS TO FIND YOUR IDENTITY IN . •WHAT YOU DO.•YOUR GOALS.•HOW PEOPLE VIEW YOU . IT MUST BE FOUND IN JESUS!!!.
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You don’t need a famous pastor, you need a faithful one!.
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This is in love! Some of my white siblings don’t follow any or many black leaders. Challenge yourself and find some and follow! Look thru those I follow as well! I love you all and look forward to US fighting together. We are better together than apart.
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When the center of your ministry is to critique the ministry of others, you don’t have a ministry!.
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When people talk about church hurt they are often speaking from the perspective of the parishioner, but very few know the years of pain many pastors & their families carry! I know, I know “that’s what they signed up for!” But I’m praying for hurting pastors & families right now!.
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When we came back from the pandemic I was severely depressed. For reasons beyond social media to explain. One of the biggest things I’m comfortable with sharing is that we lost a considerable amount of people. I smiled and lied when people asked how I was doing. But inside I was.
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Man, our marriage turned 25 today. Love is a decision not a feeling. Feelings must follow truth. Love isn’t something you fall into, it something you decide to apply. To God be the glory for our imperfect union in the process of continued growth. #25years
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I deeply empathize w/ people who have had significant church trauma. I would however say people have no idea that MOST pastors & leaders in churches have experienced more trauma than u can imagine from people in the church and are called to remain faithful while hurting deeply 🙏🏿.
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Be careful of idolizing the pastor on podcast who can’t shepherd you and then not appreciate the one that you are under!.
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The Hebrew Israelites came to protest the Woke Church conference and I had to catch a plane but I stopped to engage the brothers real quick! #wokechurch #urbanapologetics
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I’m voting, but no matter who wins Tuesday, God’s throne ain’t in DC!.
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We’ve been murdered:. Eating skittles in FL. Sitting in a church in South CA. Sitting in our car w/ girlfriend and young daughter in MN. Eating Ice Cream in our home in Dallas. Playing video games with nephew in Ft Worth TX. Jogging down the street in GA. Edited from @bcloritts.
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Person: what about the lost books of the Bible?. Me: have you read the 66?. Person:.
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My ultimate birthday gift 🥲😭🙏🏿🙌🏿 God is great! My wife is out of the hospital.
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6 years ago I dealt with a ton of backlash concerning my book Woke Church which was a call to biblical justice in and thru the church. The amount of slander, videos and even whole conferences done, books written against me personally and the issues in this country was staggering.
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SERIOUS POST ALERT: please keep my sweet wife in your prayers. Tomorrow she will be starting her 1st lymphoma chemo therapy session for the 6th time in our marriage. We are encouraged and the Lord has always been faithful. Praise the Lord it was caught in its pre-stage.
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Just because you had a bad experience with someone doesn’t mean some time later they haven’t grown! Give people time & room to grow!.
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My first copy fresh off the press of Urban Apologetics:Restoring Black Dignity with the Gospel
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Pastors never be impressed with someone telling you how much you and the church you pastor are better than their last church experience, because they’ll tell the next church and pastor the same about you!.
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W/ the fam! @Tedashii @lecrae @TripLee @KB_HGA @MrSwoope @mrmedina @AndyMineo #Together2016 #JesusChangesEverything
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We’ve been portrayed as pimps, prostitutes, hustlers, thieves, gangsters, slaves, and much more for so long that when black people see images that shape a redeeming narrative, we are excited. Black people need to see black people shining.
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A church that wants multiethnicity but refuses to visit our divided past will stagger in its gospel efforts!.
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Happy 23yrs of marriage! Our marriage is more than suffering. It is a HUGE TESTAMENT to the grace of the living God!🍾🍾🍾
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In the midst of everything going on, my oldest turned 18 today. My prayer isn’t just that he’d enjoy this day but have a full life! Happy Birthday Immanuel.
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Minorities need spaces to train for ministry where they don’t have to code switch!.
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This is amazing!.
GREAT NEWS: Mississippi has passed a bill banning abortion after a heartbeat can be detected on ultrasound, with no exceptions.
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Someone caught me in sermon prep and spitting old school Christian hip-hop! My folks be spying on the pastor 👀😂!
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Talking about race and injustice does not divide the church, ignoring it does!.
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Marching, protesting is fine! But we have to build institutions for those who need them! Giving out food is cool, paying people’s bills is alright, but all of the above without systemic gospel action will perpetuate continued injustice and keep the marginalized where they are!.
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If God has given you a talent, skill, or gift, we owe it to Him & those who would benefit from it or pay for its service to nurture it, grow it, develop it, invest in it, and develop a level of expertise and mastery of it!.
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You can’t sin against someone publicly and then repent in the DM’s.
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Been mandated by my family accountability, and church to take a break! Gonna rest up from the grind and Lord say the same, I will return next month. My team will be making posts on my behalf. See you in July! #wokechurch
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I dislike the narrative that the church is full of hypocrites, blah blah blah! I’ve been a believer a long time and I’ve experienced the greatest encouragement, love, rebukes, challenges, and investment in the Church of Jesus Christ! #Ilovethechurch.
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48 and counting, Lord say the same! Yeshua has made me wealthy with family, friends, and fruit! Couldn’t ask for more! Thankful for another year of life.
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An arrest isn’t a conviction, so let’s keep working and praying!.
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We live in a day of political party centered Christianity vs Christ centered Christianity. These days have exposed loyalties like no other time and the world is watching.
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In 2022 let’s stop asking people who are dealing with hard times “Let me know if you need something?” FAM THEY DO! Rephrase with, “How can I help you with ______?” And do it! Or just send meal gift cards or just lovingly assume and say “I’m doing _______ if you don’t mind!”.
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People are talking about church attendance being down. I’m like disciple making, evangelism, holiness, biblical literacy, and seriousness about the faith is extremely low. We are more concerned about keeping people’s attention rather than growing their souls.
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My spiritual father trained us to give our congregations a balanced diet. Sermon series should vary. Books of the Bible, a doctrine, topical exposition, current event, theological issue, and felt need. Right now I’m taking my people through Hebrews. Exegetically it has to be the
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Let me tell you how I’m not going to spend my gospel energy in the race & justice dialogue, on people who refuse to be learners! Giving pushback from a privileged position will get shut down! I’m building w/ those from now on who know the problem didn’t start from a mutual point!.
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Just b/c a church is big doesn't mean it's qualified to be the small church's mentor. Size doesn't always equate to incarnational influence & disciple making or mission. I appreciate churches of all sizes, but I know small & medium churches w/ beastly leadership & impact.
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Headed out for daddy daughter time and she was like “daddy we need a picture first”! #daddydaughtertime
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Today was a day of days. 80 of the sons of ministry of @OCBFChurch came back to celebrate our spiritual father and his 74th birthday. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY! I’ve only seen him cry maybe 3 x’s in 30yrs. And he cried his eyes out! We are glad this was a SUPER surprise
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The enemy wants us to lose hope! I REFUSE TO! Romans 15:13 “Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.”.Romans 15:13 CSB.
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There are friendships & people you fellowshipped w/ for a season that circumstances & life may cause to transition or even be distanced. When God is moving the relationship on you don’t have to demonize the person to justify the transition. Thank God for the season & move on.
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Oh and if you still don’t believe that this country doesn’t have racist systems, blacks protest peacefully and the national guard shows up, white people climb walls and burst in rooms and no guards? P. S. Breaking perimeter on fed building calls for kill shot, but yeah I’m CRT 🤷🏾♂️.
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Disagreeing with conservative ideologies ≠ liberal automatically!.
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No matter how young, hip, cool, and relevant your church is, you have to have a significant contingent of wise, godly, older folks who have seen God work through all types of seasons.
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It’s time to put this uninformed “social justice” document by certain conservative evangelicals to rest! This is why so many of us are done with evangelicalism and not Jesus and the Bible and the gospel but the false orthodoxy/praxy of western Christianity!.
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Someone in our church got miraculously healed recently of a disturbing illness! God still heals. Wanted to give out some good news I’m these bad news times 🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿 Matthew 8:14-17.
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People don’t need a flashy church, they need a healthy church!.
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If another healthy ministry starts up in your city or has been in the city, that is something to be celebrated, not jealous of. Saying there are no solid churches (but yours) in a city is an issue of insecurity! No one church can save a city! (Luke 9:50).
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There are a slew of black millennials that grew up in Christian homes going into African spiritualities, Hebrew Israelitism, atheism, neo-new agism, kemetic spiritualities, Nation of Islam, etc. b/c of many reasons! 1. 1Timothy 4:1-2, 2. Christianity in the west refuses to see.
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Being a bad parent tonight! Letting them drinking soda, eat junk, and watch shows really late tonight! #quarantine
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Saying “nobody’s perfect” isn’t an invitation to remain the same.
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It literally bewilders me that someone can just start doing posts and videoing on line and then be viewed as a spiritual leader with no accountability or local affirmation from any biblical spiritual authority. I remember people were telling years ago to “do my own thing”.
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Jesus doesn’t fill the hole in our hearts, He replaces the whole heart! Ezekiel 36:25-27.
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