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Sean McDowell

@Sean_McDowell

6 months

QUESTION: What is more lacking in the church today: compassion or courage?

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Sean McDowell

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4 years

As a Christian, I am more concerned with being on the right side of Scripture than the “right side of history.”

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5 years

My 12-year old daughter watched 50 ⁦ @prageru ⁩ videos this summer and took notes on each one to earn some new shoes. We had a blast discussing them together!

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5 months

Pornhub blocked in two more states:

Pornhub Is Blocked in Two More States - RELEVANT

We all know porn is bad, and in the last year, more and more states have begun doing something about it. This week, Pornhub blocked access to its site in

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4 years

5 Reasons the Bible is reliable in one minute! VIDEO.

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1 year

Christians: Here’s a worthy goal for 2023–Commit to learning your Bible as well as grocery store workers know how to find products in various aisles.

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1 year

Heartbreaking health update from Michael Heiser. We love you, Mike!

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5 years

This summer I am paying my kids a small amount to watch @prageru videos and write short summaries. They get to spend half and then must give the other half away.

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2 years

'The Lowest Odds of Divorce' Are among Religious Young Adults Who Don't Cohabitate: Research

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Sean McDowell

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11 months

TEST. Can you see this tweet?

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Sean McDowell

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7 years

Nabeel Qureshi (1983-2017): - Miss you already my friend. You lived a remarkable life and set an example for us all.

Nabeel Qureshi (1983-2017)

For the first two-thirds of his life, Islam was everything to him. Until Jesus found and rescued him and made him an ambassador of the greatest news in the world.

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Sean McDowell

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4 years

Jesus is Lord today, tomorrow, Tuesday AND Wednesday. No election can change that.

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1 year

The shoutout on the Joe Rogan podcast helped launch Evidence into #1 in evangelism and #6 in apologetics this week. I’ll take it! ⁦ @josh_mcdowell ⁩

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1 year

Tim Keller has passed away. Although we never met, I deeply appreciate his book The Reason for God and how he always aimed to graciously engage others.

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Sean McDowell

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2 years

ROE is overturned. Amazing. I honestly never thought I would live to see the day.

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Sean McDowell

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2 years

We are not saved by faith. We are saved by God’s grace when we exercise faith. Faith is only as good as the object it’s placed in.

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2 years

QUESTION: As a Christian, I believe Jesus was right that the root problem in the world is sin, which manifests itself in sexism, racism, hatred, etc. If you’re not a Christian, what do you think is the ROOT issue of why the world is broken?

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Sean McDowell

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4 years

Oh man, I want this shirt. If I set up a Go Fund me, will anyone pitch in? 😉

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Sean McDowell

@Sean_McDowell

2 years

The NT records Jesus asking 339 questions and Paul asking 262. Is there any better way of influencing people than asking good questions?

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Sean McDowell

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3 years

Be careful not to become the very thing you hate.

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Sean McDowell

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5 years

We can have our own BELIEFS but not our own TRUTH. If something is true, it is true regardless of whether we believe it or not.

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Sean McDowell

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6 years

10 Observations from my recent trip to the Philippines 🇵🇭

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Sean McDowell

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1 year

QUESTION: If you believe in God, and were to point to ONE single fact in support of your beliefs, what would it be?

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Sean McDowell

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2 years

Question for the day: Why do we live in a culture so obsessed with sex and yet so deeply starved for love?

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Sean McDowell

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5 years

You can love someone and disagree with them. In fact, sometimes love requires it.

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Sean McDowell

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6 years

Amazing time tonight at #MoveYDC2018 in the Philippines!

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Sean McDowell

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4 years

The paradox of happiness: If you seek happiness as an end in itself, you will live a self-absorbed life, which (ironically) leads to misery. Happiness is found when we stop looking for it and focus on loving others (Matt 6:33).

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Sean McDowell

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1 year

If you are an ATHEIST or AGNOSTIC, is there anything about the world that gives you pause and makes you wonder if there is a God? If so, what is it?

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6 years

#Apologetics Tip of the Day: Be patient! Got an email from a friend who researched the historical Jesus for 7-8 years and just decided to become a Christian.

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1 year

HUGE day. My daughter turns 16 and my son was baptized by a mentor and coach.

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Sean McDowell

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4 years

Remember, let’s keep the main thing the main thing. The RESURRECTION is the heart of the christian faith. If it happened, Christianity is true. If not, its false (1 Cor 15).

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6 years

My 6-year old drew this for me. Smart kid!

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Sean McDowell

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4 months

At 84, my dad is still sharp, passionate and thoughtful.

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Sean McDowell

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4 years

The unborn is not a potential human being, but a human being with potential. Sperm and egg are potential humans, but at their union, there’s a new human being who has the potential to grow and mature.

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Sean McDowell

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5 years

Disagreement does not = hate; agreement does not = love

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Sean McDowell

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3 years

I absolutely LOVE this quote by Captain America. Take a minute and read it 👇

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Sean McDowell

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5 years

3 Pro-choice Contradictions Revealed in the movie #Unplanned @AbbyJohnson

3 Pro-Choice Contradictions Revealed in the Film Unplanned

The movie Unplanned tells a powerful story of redemption and transformation. And yet it also reveals three tensions in the pro-choice position.

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Sean McDowell

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4 years

You know someone's character by how they win, but even more so by how they lose.

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Sean McDowell

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2 years

If there is no God, death is greater than love. If there is a God, and Jesus has risen, love is greater than death.

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Sean McDowell

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5 years

One of the most powerful lessons my Father taught me is to not see myself as a victim. His father was a drunk, his sister committed suicide, and he was sexually abused for 7 years. Yet my dad has refused to see himself through the lens of victimhood.

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Sean McDowell

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4 years

This halftime show is an embarrassment to the NFL. Shame on them. No need to go this direction. #SuperBowlLIV

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@Sean_McDowell

4 years

Quick response to CNN anchor who said Jesus was not perfect. @CNN

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Sean McDowell

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4 years

I asked a senior citizen headed to a restaurant if he was aware of the CA quarantine for those over 65. He simply said, “I don’t identify as 65, so it doesn’t apply to me.” And then walked away 🤔.

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Sean McDowell

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5 months

Listening to Jack Hollis, North American CEO of Toyota: “I work for Jesus but I get paid by Toyota.”

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Sean McDowell

@Sean_McDowell

5 years

If you are discouraged about the news of a few well-known Christians who have left the faith, focus instead on those who are faithful, including the apostle Paul (1 Cor. 11:1).

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Sean McDowell

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4 years

Remember, the Bible does not promise Christians won’t suffer, but that God is with us and will ultimately redeem everything in the end.

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Sean McDowell

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6 months

I’m 3 hours into this 11-hour+ video by @MikeWingerii on 1 Tim 2:11-15. It’s fantastic and worth the time. Thanks for your efforts, Mike!

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Sean McDowell

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5 years

The more you get into Scripture through study and reflection, the more scripture will get into YOU .

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Sean McDowell

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6 years

Interviewed Os Guiness this week for our podcast. Asked him off the record about his legacy and he said “legacy” is a secular idea and that Christians should only desire to hear God say, “Well done my good and faithful servant.”

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Sean McDowell

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3 years

If you’re driving through Texas, you just might see this!

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Sean McDowell

@Sean_McDowell

8 months

Surgery today 8:30 am PT. Would covet the prayers. I’m told it’s low-risk and high success. Lord willing, I’m gonna come home, rest, and watch the NBA season kick off.

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Sean McDowell

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5 years

Before speaking this morning, I watched a lifelong critic of Christianity baptized into the faith!

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Sean McDowell

@Sean_McDowell

6 years

To my friends who have left the faith: Have you taken the time to ensure you rejected the ACTUAL faith of Jesus? I’m amazed how many people reject a straw man, bad experience, or poor relationship.

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Sean McDowell

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6 months

Merry Christmas from the McDowells! 🌲 🎁

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6 years

Thanks to #MOVEYDC2018 for an amazing conference. Students were engaged, thoughtful, and ready to make a difference for Christ!

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Sean McDowell

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6 years

Gonna try out next year for America’s Got Talent. There’s never been an apologetics speaker before and I’d definitely bring diversity😉.

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Sean McDowell

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7 months

Health Update (3) Saw my surgeon today and he said all is progressing well. Pain is greatly lessened (1-2 level) and he said it should go away within a few weeks. I’m so RELIEVED. Headed on a 9-day trip with my wife this Friday and gonna enjoy it!

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Sean McDowell

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5 months

It’s here! Gary Habermas’s 1,100 page defense of the resurrection arrived (vol 1). It’s 5 lbs! Posting a 2-hour deep dive with him tomorrow. Stay tuned!

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Sean McDowell

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6 years

Just as a train is meant to stay on the railroad tracks, humans function best when they live within God’s guidelines and design.

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Sean McDowell

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8 months

Health Update (PERSONAL) Some of you have expressed recent concern about my health, so I wanted to give a public update. First, it is not life-threatening. Let me repeat myself for clarity: I am not experiencing anything life-threatening. I do not have cancer.

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Sean McDowell

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5 years

A college student just described me to her friend. She said, “He’s basically the Lady Gaga of apologetics.” I think that was a compliment 🤔

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Sean McDowell

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5 years

If you “win” an argument with someone, but acted without love, then you really lost.

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Sean McDowell

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4 years

Christians, if you’re goal is to be relevant, that is the first sign you will likely be irrelevant to what really matters—the gospel.

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4 months

Taking my wife to dinner for Valentine’s Day. Oh wait, that was 30 years ago (HS senior, ‘94)!

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Sean McDowell

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4 years

Regardless of where you are on the political or religious landscape, can we agree that we should resist the urge to define an entire group by what a small number of that group has done? Trying to get better at this myself.

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5 years

#Apologetics Tip of the Day: If you engage in the public conversation, and defend Christ, you will be ridiculed. But don’t return the favor or become callous. The only response must be LOVE.

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Sean McDowell

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2 months

Wearing my favorite shirt for Easter: “Jesus: The Ultimate Dead-lifter.” Happy Resurrection Day!

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Sean McDowell

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3 years

Sin is not just breaking a rule. It is breaking a relationship.

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Sean McDowell

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3 years

Happy 50th anniversary to my parents! (Big party tomorrow!) @josh_mcdowell

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Sean McDowell

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8 months

What’s your favorite dramatic moment in the Bible? One of mine is the Father running to embrace the prodigal son and embracing him. Countercultural and beautiful.

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3 years

Christians, let's all pray for the new administration today. Regardless of your political position, it seems we can all agree on that, right? 1 Timothy 2:2

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3 years

Silencing the expression of opinion is evil because it robs the human race of the chance to exchange error for truth, or if the view is wrong, gain greater clarity of truth (JS Mill, On Liberty, 1859)

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Sean McDowell

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1 year

To the crew of @thechosentv who defend the Pride flag on set:

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Sean McDowell

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2 years

My 100k subscriber YouTube plaque showed up. Let’s GOOO!

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3 years

Happy birthday to my bride of over 21 years!

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Sean McDowell

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5 years

The daughter of Bertrand Russell, on her atheist father: “Somewhere at the back of my father’s MIND at the bottom of his HEART, in the depths of his SOUL, there’s an empty space that had once been filled by God, and he never found anything else to put in it.”

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Sean McDowell

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4 years

Ironies of our time: We are more digitally connected, and yet more lonely. We have endless information, but little wisdom. We have more time-saving devices, but are busier than ever. We have more abundance, but less happiness. Did I miss any?

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Sean McDowell

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3 years

Don’t shop when you are hungry. Don’t drive when you’re tired. And don’t tweet when you’re angry.

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3 years

The tomb is empty. Happy Resurrection Day!

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Sean McDowell

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6 years

5 Implications If There Is No God #Apologetics

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5 years

Met this high school student who wrote an apologetics book for his senior project. An amazing light to his generation!

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Sean McDowell

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8 months

SECOND Health Update: Just met with another specialist, (one of the best in OC), and he’s confident he can help with surgery next week. It’s low risk & high success rate. Pain has become manageable the past few days. Thanks to ALL for prayers and encouragement. Getting there!

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3 years

“Satan knows your name, but calls you by your sin. God knows your sin, but calls you by your name.” (My friend, Andre)

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4 years

Some say the way we treat someone online is not who we “really” are. I disagree. How we treat people online REVEALS our true character.

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2 years

The Bible has shaped us more deeply than we realize. Even common phrases like these testify to its impact: “salt of the earth,” “going the extra mile,” “scapegoat,” and “Good Samaritan.”

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6 years

5 Reasons the Bible is Reliable | #Apologetics

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4 years

Is abortion moral because it’s legal? No way. “Don’t confuse legality with morality.”

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3 years

A destructive message we tell boys is that real men don't cry. Jesus wept over Jerusalem (Luke 19) and at the death of Lazarus (John 11). Like Jesus, real men cry at the right things.

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6 years

5 Reasons God Exists | #Apologetics

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3 years

Friday fun. This is the OLDEST photo I have with my wife at her 8th grade graduation (1991).

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3 years

We can’t control what people say about us or how they treat us. But we can control how we process it and how we respond.

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7 years

I never realized the Hippocratic Oath (1948), which med grads recite, emphasizes valuing all human life from conception.

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7 years

My newest superhero shirt!

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4 years

3 signs you have won an argument: (1) The person attacks you personally, (2) changes the subject, or (3) appeals to emotion.

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4 years

Be gracious. Be kind. Assume the best in others.

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1 year

True or false? Understanding a Belief ≠ Affirming a Belief

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2 years

Christianity is about power. Not the power of strength, but weakness. Not the power of control, but letting go. The power of serving people, not using them.

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Health Update (3): Surgery is set for Tuesday Oct 24, 10:30 am PT. Two surgeons have said it’s low-risk, high-success, and I should be back at it within a few days. Would covet the prayers 🙏! My pain has dropped from brutal (at times) to manageable.

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2 months

Genuine Question: Why is there a cultural debate about what is a woman, but not a cultural debate about what is a man?

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Sean McDowell

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4 years

Starting a new series on misunderstood and misused Bible verses. Any suggestions for those I should tackle?

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