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Brannon McAllister

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Managing Director of Media @TGC / Operations & Fellows Program Lead @leafinstitute / Past: Co-Founder of @NoiseTrade / “Grace restores nature.”

Greenville, SC
Joined October 2008
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Brannon McAllister
6 years
John Dowd will be played by Timothy Spall.
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4 years
Trump retweeted a Glenn Beck tweet of Candace Owens tearing into Floyd’s personal character for 2 1/2 minutes. Finishing by her saying that he is representative of blacks. All 3 of them are vile, racist, tone deaf, and incredibly foolish.
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4 years
Being pro-life shouldn’t mean you can put outlawing abortion on one side of the scale and then just pile up every sort of vice, personal cruelty, and wickedness on the other side and somehow your conscience is fine.
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2 years
Who still does Wordle every day (or almost every day) but you just don’t talk about it as much?
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2 years
Hesitate to post this, but do we realize who we are becoming? This is absurd. It’s one thing to say a young man who made foolish decisions should be declared legally innocent. Another to turn him into a traveling folk hero. Not to mention what this will do to him, personally.
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4 years
Steve Bannon arrested on a boat by Postal Service employees for frauding donors out of money from his Build the Wall GoFundMe campaign...sounds like it's straight out of Arrested Development.
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2 years
The Never-Trump center right seems pretty validated by the last couple years’ events. If I do say so.
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5 years
75 years ago exactly right now: 160,000 troops were preparing to go into the abyss.
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3 years
“There became, in 2016, a differentiation between what was pro-Christian...and what was Christ-like.” @BethMooreLPM on @CultivatedPod
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2 years
I’m both pro-life & absolutely Never Trump, and those things go together just fine. It was never OK to compromise to get a president to nominate the justices who would vote this way. And yet the decision is good. We need to step up to serve women & families all the more.
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Brannon McAllister
4 years
Once thought of myself as a Rubio-Sasse-Haley-Scott Republican, but you pushed me away by flushing your credibility down the drain. Indictments of Trump's character meant nothing when faced with a real power crisis. Until another era emerges, I'll be supporting Joe Biden.
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1 year
What would it look like for us to follow in the steps of @timkellernyc ? A few thoughts. (Feel free to add your own.) 1. Live lives of fervent prayer. 2. Be faithful to our spouses. Cultivate deep mutual friendship and collaboration. 3. Take steps of bold faith-filled risk,…
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8 years
Nebraska Senator @BenSasse on the moment in which our country finds itself.
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4 years
Sasse says Alexander's statement "speaks for lots and lots of us." Alexander's statement says what Trump did was "inappropriate." If that's the case, I want the GOP Senators to draft up a statement why and how it was inappropriate.
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4 years
@JonathanMerritt Are you personally concerned that Samaritan's Purse doctors will not treat LGBT people with equal attention and care? I'm not a fan of Graham at all, but this is much bigger than his agenda. They are a professional global relief org w/ expertise & budget of half a billion $.
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It’s just a simple backyard, but sometimes in the late afternoon it looks glorious to me.
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Brannon McAllister
1 year
Broadly speaking, @nytimes is building up quite a stable of thoughtful center-right / left Christians in various roles — @DouthatNYT , @esaumccaulley , Tish Warren, @publicroad , @Peter_Wehner , @DavidAFrench , @nytdavidbrooks , and I’m sure many others.
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Brannon McAllister
3 years
. @drmoore writing on… Mark Driscoll… ah I see what he did there. :) Well said.
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Brannon McAllister
2 years
This is truly toxic.
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1 year
@apbenven My son in Greenpoint at our apartment building 7 years ago today. That was a fantastic snow storm.
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4 years
@jonathanvswan And for the Fox News audience. I think this one will damage him at least a little.
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4 years
Leave the corners of your field unharvested. Leave space for “gleaning”: Margin for helping others flourish. Have room in your schedule to chat in the hallway at work. Introduce friends to each other. Pass on opportunities to new talent. Mentor. Build serendipity into your week.
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4 years
👏🏻 Why 👏🏻 aren't 👏🏻 there 👏🏻 movies 👏🏻 in 👏🏻 the 👏🏻 early 👏🏻 morning? 👏🏻 (I'd totally go to a 7AM showing with a hot cup of coffee in hand.)
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Brannon McAllister
2 years
Personal news: Tomorrow I start a new full-time role as Managing Director of Media at @TGC (The Gospel Coalition). I’ll be working with the creative team on books, video, conferences, social media and other projects.
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Brannon McAllister
6 years
It was a Tower of Babel day. A day where mankind couldn’t understand one another and couldn’t solve its own problems just by talking about it. Today uniquely revealed our need for outside intervention in the human condition.
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3 years
Hope this isn’t breaking the rules of Twitter but these are my twin girls and I’m so proud of them. Week 2 of K2.
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Brannon McAllister
4 years
@harrisonjaime @LindseyGrahamSC I mean, he was clearly being facetious. The intent was the opposite of what you're making it.
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Brannon McAllister
3 years
@CillizzaCNN I would love to ask @BenSasse why he voted to not allow further witnesses in the impeachment trial. And why he voted to acquit. I'm still very frustrated about all that. But I do like where he's headed and if he can hold this line consistently, I'm with him.
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Brannon McAllister
7 years
@mattklewis One difference being that Obama laughed at himself, while Trump mocks others. A huge distinction, and that’s just touching the surface.
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4 years
Even aside from the Trump supporter shouting “White Power” at the beginning, why would the president post videos of neighbors turned against one another. The response should not be “thank you!”
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Brannon McAllister
7 years
. @SykesCharlie on the moral, intellectual & political dead end of being a party built on trolling.
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Brannon McAllister
6 years
We had a healthy 20-week ultrasound today. Looking forward to welcoming two baby girls in December or January.
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Brannon McAllister
4 years
@dandarling @mattklewis @john_starke @sometimesalight It's fair to point out that the Israel story is buried in a single tiny sentence about 40 stories down on the NY Times home page. In these 4 screenshots (going down the page section by section) it does not appear. I did a search of the page and barely found it, down below these.
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Brannon McAllister
3 years
Thank you to Burr, Cassidy, Collins, Murkowksi, Sasse, Romney, Toomey. 57 wasn't enough but it's meaningful that 7 crossed the line.
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4 years
It might mean taking the longer view and realizing you can choose what kinds of ambassadors are an acceptable face for your cause, recognizing that any win in court that’s powered by a morally bankrupt leader will be discrediting to the movement and a Pyrrhic victory.
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Brannon McAllister
4 years
I’m here for a Twitter where Tim Keller says what’s really on his mind multiple times a day.
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Brannon McAllister
3 years
It's a small turn of phrase, but Biden today spoke the mob being a threat to "the voices of nearly 160 million Americans" whereas Trump & his folks keep talking about "75 million Americans." Biden sees the riots as an attack on every American who voted, not just his own voters.
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4 years
Only the bravest of us would dare post this NY Times Trump tax story on Facebook.
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3 years
Thankful for a pastor and assistant pastor who got up on Sunday in church and denounced Christian nationalism and election conspiracy theories, full stop.
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Brannon McAllister
4 years
Nebuchadnezzar: "I recommend the grass. It's fantastic."
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Donald J. Trump
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I will be leaving the great Walter Reed Medical Center today at 6:30 P.M. Feeling really good! Don’t be afraid of Covid. Don’t let it dominate your life. We have developed, under the Trump Administration, some really great drugs & knowledge. I feel better than I did 20 years ago!
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3 years
I’m sick as of today and likely have COVID (found out about an hour ago that 2 of our kids tested positive w/o symptoms). So it’s particularly galling to see the president give a long speech about his stolen election, paired with all the lack of leadership on the virus.
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4 years
Was it inappropriate in the same way that calling Cruz's wife ugly was inappropriate? Was it more inappropriate or less inappropriate than the Access Hollywood tape? More or less than "very fine people on both sides"? More or less than paying off a porn star to win the election?
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Brannon McAllister
6 years
@JoeNBC Let him keep going, I say. We need to accelerate this whole removal process.
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4 years
Explaining to my son how print newspapers work and he thinks it’s hilarious: “People drive around neighborhoods at 5 in the morning and throw rolled up papers in yards. And that’s how you find out what happened yesterday.”
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Brannon McAllister
3 years
Just saw a new social video from a Trump supporter friend (and very nice person) who says “Consider holding out hope that 0%, none of it, zero, of what you are hearing in the media is true. If something sounds off, it probably is.” This is not discernment. This is brain-washing.
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In 2000, in a little Sunday school class in our church, we read and discussed 5-6 of @timkellernyc ’s articles that were being passed around in those days. The ideas were paradigm-shifting for me, but I didn’t realize the ways his influence would shape my life and direction. His…
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Brannon McAllister
7 years
@dezlsmith @BenSasse @billmaher I follow him pretty closely and he's the most honorable and least racist Senator I can imagine. Seriously.
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Brannon McAllister
4 years
John Piper has been the same consistent voice for so long. Whether I agree with him or not on certain things, I would want to be the kind of person who writes something like he did and the reaction is "Of course this is what he believes. That's the man I know him to be."
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Brannon McAllister
4 years
I just realized my five-year-old ate 7 ice cream sandwiches he stole while I was napping. Debating between punishing him and giving him a medal.
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Brannon McAllister
3 years
@ostrachan I remember that at one time you were pretty clear-headed about all this. In fact, the media voice you had available, you used vocally. You were yourself a faith leader who used your voice to stop Trump from being elected. Was it “collusion” then, or was it a conscience?
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Brannon McAllister
4 years
Trump secretly paid Stormy Daniels $130,000 in hush money in 2016. To keep evangelical voters and his wife in the dark. Then expensed it and paid $750 in income tax that year. Then lied about it. It’s enough to draw out a little righteous indignation. But we’re past that.
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1 year
Already 1.4 million views in the last 30 minutes since the premiere. Congratulations to ⁦ @AndrewPeterson ⁩ and the crew.
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Brannon McAllister
4 years
I have a hard time understanding why people want to downplay virus numbers. I shared a stat on Facebook and several folks jump in to qualify and minimize it. What’s the incentive? If my car’s gas tank says empty, does it help to claim I have a quarter tank left?
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2 years
@Liz_Cheney @Peter_Wehner He literally called the investigators a “lynch mob.” That takes a lot of nerve.
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4 years
I'm a Biden voter who is also appalled at a lot of the treatment Barrett received this week. You guys don't make this easy.
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5 years
@samhaist Non-denom celebrity pastors
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4 years
The whole thing is kinda angering, honestly. I didn't change a bit. Still pro-life, still like balanced budgets, still support issues of religious conscience, still oppose activist judges. But *you* shape-shifted into sycophants for a very bad man. Clammed up when it mattered.
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Brannon McAllister
1 year
Excited for the launch of The Keller Center for Cultural Apologetics at @TGC . A project in the works for a long time. “Close the back door. Open the front door. Send out the equipped.”
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Brannon McAllister
4 years
I'm supportive of Barrett's competence and faith, but dissonance of GOP senators now appealing to Christian virtue after these last 4-5 years is pretty amazing.
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4 years
Just a normal photo of a study Bible surrounded by ivy and coffee grounds intentionally but casually scattered on the table top
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Brannon McAllister
5 years
My cousin’s wedding rehearsal dinner cake. Yes it is all cake.
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Brannon McAllister
4 years
Chinese house church pastor Wang Yi has been sentenced to 9 years in prison for preaching. Having watched a number of his sermons, he’s a brilliant and brave man. He deeply understands the contrast between Chinese communism and true Christian faith. Here is his response:
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Brannon McAllister
5 years
@MattWalshBlog Maybe take a breath before posting things like this
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Brannon McAllister
2 years
In a very tough season. Could use a lot of prayer right now.
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10 months
Re: SCOTUS decision — Do people realize how invasive and upside down it would be if individual designers, composers, illustrators, freelance writers, and web developers were compelled by law to work on projects they fundamentally disagreed with?
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4 years
Proud to instill good taste in the next generation.
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Brannon McAllister
3 years
This kind of statement from the former President is unconscionable. He pitted us against one another for years, all for self-advancement. May he never get even close to power again. May he be diminished and forgotten as soon as possible.
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11 months
In the past year, I’ve gone from a resting heart rate of 91 beats per minute (not good at all), down to 65 beats per minute. Healthier now than I have been in about 8 years or so.
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Brannon McAllister
3 years
@andrewtwalk What if the question was the seemingly more benign “Was the election stolen from Trump?” I bet much, much, much higher number. People might not know they are believing the lies of Q, but they still absorb the essence of the claims.
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2 years
Last night we lost our long-time companion, Lindy. I took her to ER late last night and found that she had liver failure. There was nothing we could do. She would have been 15 next month. 2007-2022.
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3 years
Seriously, I bet everyday Americans would be honored to host these folks for dinner and put them up in their guest rooms and extra bedrooms. I would be more than glad to.
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3 years
Raise your hand if you want this plane landing in your town? America paid unimaginable costs in Afghanistan because of uniparty globalists who dominated the Bush & Obama administrations. No more…
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If you ever want to hear what classic, centered, heart + head Christian teaching sounds like, there are over 600 sermons from the late John Stott on the All Souls Langham Place website. From the 1950s to the early 2000s.
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After seeing Tim Scott hold his own on The View today, I can see him doing *very* well on the debate stage and maybe even pulling to the front of the pack. Unlike Trump and DeSantis, he’s normal and empathetic, endearing and engaging. Not a weirdo.
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3 years
I wrote NRB a short note in support of @dandarling who was fired as VP for speaking in support of vaccinations on Morning Joe @JoeNBC . Consider doing the same.
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3 years
If he ever gets anywhere close to the GOP nomination or presidency again, let’s all together say a big emphatic NO.
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3 years
Seeing a lot of photos of the rainbow in NYC right now.
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Brannon McAllister
5 years
Is it called sleeping through the night if my twins made it from 9:30pm to 5:15am? Huge step forward
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2 years
Surely we could figure out a bi-partisan gun control bill. Something has to change.
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Brannon McAllister
2 years
Don't let others require you to have the same enemies they do as a prerequisite for being friends.
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5 months
10 years ago yesterday. Had a late afternoon meeting at Macmillan in the Flatiron Building and snuck a shot out the front window.
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1 year
“There really is a tree.”
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4 years
We interrupt your regularly scheduled doomscrolling to bring you more photos my twins, Clara and Jane.
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3 years
Friend, husband, and father of three daughters passed away of COVID yesterday. From normal life to now gone in about 2 weeks time. Not even 40 years old. I grieve with hope with his family.
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My brother, @mathewbryansims , is with Jesus. I will miss him dearly.
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Those who make a big deal about Columbia U protests should make a big deal about January 6. And those who make a big deal about January 6 should make a big deal about Columbia U. (Ducks for cover)
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@brianmwang Sleep deprivation in the early weeks will make you feel crazy, and possibly even angry, and imposed upon. But this is not how it is forever. You get into a new rhythm and eventually the baby sleeps longer too. Also: when you can sleep, sleep. Take melatonin if it helps.
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@DavidJollyFL Personal opinion: Democrats are going to have to essentially overlook this fact if they want to successfully remove Trump. If GOP gets 1 year of Pence, that is plausible. Making Pelosi President is a non-starter.
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2 years
Visited Senator Sasse’s office today and thought it was great that among other photos of freedom around the world there’s a photo of Officer Eugene Goodman on the wall.
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Brannon McAllister
3 years
I remember watching this live on TV. It was revolting at a different level than anything I'd seen before in politics. Violently dispersing a crowd to hold a Bible before a camera.
@BeschlossDC
Michael Beschloss
3 years
A year ago this week: #SemanskyAP
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3 years
I know this sounds crazy but I feel more hope for the country than I have in a while. The fever really did start to break today. At least among those who know better.
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6 years
Circle the good band name ideas.
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4 years
Wait...so Trump had already seen the complaint when he told Sondland “no quid pro quo”? Of course that’s why he used that exact phrase.
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Brannon McAllister
4 months
I’ll try to slow down the political posts, but wow, after all that’s happened, after all we know about the man, this is really hard to watch.
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Brannon McAllister
4 years
In light of CT’s pieces and @michaelluo ’s piece in @NewYorker , I was thinking this model that we talk about in Gotham Fellowship is what American evangelicalism needs more of—a theology of exile rather than expectation of dominance and triumphalism (“Jerusalem”).
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6 years
This was the day I found out we are having twins.
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6 years
Today changed everything.
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8 years
@AriFleischer another one bites the dust.
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3 years
The most difficult task Biden has will be to measure his words, stay at the table with those who hate him, and work for shared understanding and reasonable compromises with those that try to destroy him.
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