pastor, author & speaker, crazy about connections over coffee
Joined March 2013
- Tweets6.2K
- Following114
- Followers367
- Likes9.6K
Who else feels like THE LORD OF THE RINGS provides a great outdoor playlist for Halloween night, as kiddos arrive for candy? 🧙♂️🐺🧙♂️🎃🧙♂️Mildly haunting.
John Elton Pletcher retweeted
This is one of the GOAT promises in Scripture: "If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it WILL be given to you!" (James 1:5)
John Elton Pletcher retweeted
"Whatever our occupation, every Christian is in the business of peacebuilding and conflict transformation... We pursue peace through our individual actions, but also through the ways we live and work together."
Check out my reflection for CPCT that combines my work on vocation with what it means to be a peacebuilder. ⬇️
cpct.substack.com/p/blessed-…
John Elton Pletcher retweeted
I once asked Dallas: “What’s the main reason why we should go to church?” I thought he’d have some deep answer about corporate worship or the importance of biblical preaching. But no. He said the main reason to go to church was to find people to bless. We can worship on our own. We can learn on our own. But we cannot bless others on our own.
ALT Smiling older man in glasses beside text about church's disciple-making task.
John Elton Pletcher retweeted
Finding your calling in life isn’t always about knowing exactly where you’re going. Sometimes, it’s about being willing to move forward without having all the answers.
You can spend years trying to figure out what you’re meant to do, but clarity often comes through action, reflection, and being open to possibilities you hadn’t considered.
John Elton Pletcher retweeted
This week my guest will be Kentucky @GovAndyBeshear. He is a principled leader and I'm really looking forward to hearing from him about what it's like to govern at a time when there is so much division in America.
The John Kasich Show on @SiriusXM POTUS Ch 124 this Saturday at 11AM ET with replays on Sunday at 9AM and 1PM ET!
John Elton Pletcher retweeted
Among the tales of sorrow and of ruin that came down to us from the darkness of those days there are yet some in which amid weeping there is joy and under the shadow of death light that endures. — J.R.R. Tolkien
John Elton Pletcher retweeted
If you think the hope of Christmas began in Matthew, you missed it by 39 books. The Old Testament is full of patterns and prophecies of the Christ. Genesis prophesies joy for the world, because a promised son would bring blessing and salvation to the nations.
One of the most glorious aspects of the Old Testament is how much it pictures the person and work of the Lord Jesus.
This Advent season, why not spend time seeing the ways that the Old Testament is full of Christ?
My book There Shone a Holy Light: Beholding Christ and Christmas in the Old Testament (published by @Christian_Focus) is a 25-day devotional book that guides you through the season of Advent.
Looking for a devotional to use with your family? Wanting to hand out Advent materials to your church or small group? Consider There Shone a Holy Light. And now is the time to plan, because we’re still in the first half of October. Advent begins November 29th this year.
At the Westminster Bookstore online, you can get copies (and use “CHASE” as a promo code for your total to go even lower). They’re available on Amazon too.
If you know someone looking for a resource like this, I hope you’ll point them to it.
“Desperation without hope is despair.
But desperation with hope keeps us moving by faith.” @stevecusswords
A prodigious portion of any beach vacation involves dads and granddads serving as pack mules. This is love.
Humans fell. The one-of-a-kind Human was raised. By grace through faith, we have rock-solid hope. We will rise! #Jesus #Resurrection
As I age, more of my family history emerges from the shadows. Deep flaws, abject fractures, diabolical dysfunction, pervasive frailty. I cringe and shudder in my soul. But then I recall God’s big story, including family trees like Matthew 1 and Luke 3. His grace is stronger!
John Elton Pletcher retweeted
An excerpt from our conversation with Kara Powell on the latest episode of the Formation Podcast.
“We don’t just think our way into behaving differently; we also behave our way into thinking differently.” @MarkBatterson
“The fruit of the Spirit is love . . .”
When praising true, Jesus-centered productivity, love leads the list!
John Elton Pletcher retweeted
July 29 - 1954 :
The Lord of the Rings was published in three volumes - instead of one, as Tolkien originally intended.
The Fellowship of the Ring
The Two Towers
The Return of the King
It became one of the most influential fantasy stories - ever written.
John Elton Pletcher retweeted
“Gandalf! I thought you were dead! But then I thought I was dead myself. Is everything sad going to come untrue? What's happened to the world?"
A great Shadow has departed," said Gandalf...”
— J.R.R. Tolkien
John Elton Pletcher retweeted
“Examples of sacrificial lambs are replete throughout the Old Testament, and every single one of them foreshadows what Christ would do on Good Friday.” Read more from @Jacque_Isaacs institutefc.org/the-lambship…