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Talbot Davis

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4 years

When she turned 95 in 2010 I got her a 10 year planning calendar as gag gift. Who knew the joke would become reality? Today my mom turns 105. Gulp. Photo taken earlier this week. @ckardon @flabastida

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6 years

One of myths going around in #umc land is the we are undecided on the matter of human sexuality & the definition of marriage. Nope, we're decided -- repeatedly -- it's just that some ppl don't like the decision that's been made. And made. And made.

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Jesus is not our kin and we don't reside in a kin-dom. He is our King and we enjoy his Kingdom.

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@TalbotDavis

4 years

Hey preachers: have you ever noticed that no one ever sends you an unsigned note to tell you what a great job you're doing?

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@TalbotDavis

5 years

When the church modifies the Word to satisfy the world, it doesn't win more converts. It earns more contempt.

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@TalbotDavis

4 months

. @MainstreamUMC touting its "astonishing" legislative victories at #UMCGC is like the Globetrotters celebrating miraculous win over Generals.

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Talbot Davis

@TalbotDavis

3 years

@jhaskinscabrera You know, of course, that the @IvyLeague cancelled all sports, all year? Virtually every other conference in the land figured something out ... except for the one with all the "smart" schools like our alma mater @Princeton

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5 years

Retired #umc pastor to me this week: "when I hear UMC clergy make political statements disguised as 'pastoral prayer' I remember why we have a Book Of Common Prayer."

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Talbot Davis

@TalbotDavis

3 years

By the way, Jesus would rather offend you into the arms of the King than affirm you into the gates of hell.

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Talbot Davis

@TalbotDavis

3 years

My mother, Betty Davis, died yesterday at 106. Here's news clipping of her in 1968 and you'll see why when you read here:

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Talbot Davis

@TalbotDavis

4 years

We really ARE living in surreal times - today I got accused of being a progressive #umc spy trolling page of WNC Evangelical Mvmnt ... an organization of which I am immediate past president.

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Talbot Davis

@TalbotDavis

6 years

Interesting to note that self-control is a biblical virtue and self-expression is not.

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@TalbotDavis

2 years

@SwipeWright The more someone says "right?" after making a point, the less believable their points are.

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Talbot Davis

@TalbotDavis

5 years

So good from @CarolynCMoore : "But before I am a United Methodist, I am a follower of Jesus. I will preach the faith of our fathers – a faith that billions have lived and died for. I will not step back from that Gospel. It is life to me. It is life to us."

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3 years

She's 106 today. Not as spry or as alert as in this 2019 photo but still kicking. @flabastida @Rocknrealty @ckardon

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@TalbotDavis

4 months

EVERYONE should be happy in aftermath of #UMCGC . #BeUMC -ers are taking well-earned victory lap that they got everything they wanted and more. Those of us who left are celebrating that as bad as we thought it could be, it turned out much worse.

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Talbot Davis

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3 years

@AbigailShrier "Conversation" is code for "indoctrination" as anyone on the receiving end of the efforts can attest.

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Talbot Davis

@TalbotDavis

5 years

"All the young people ..." is one of the biggest lies in the #umc today. I say that because my YA LifeGroup tonite was full of "all the young people" who not only GET what happened on the cross, but realize that their sins, even theirs, needed a blood sacrifice. #TheJesusEffect

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Talbot Davis

@TalbotDavis

6 years

Psssst ... the black letters are inspired, too. Pass it on.

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Talbot Davis

@TalbotDavis

4 years

Don't burn a relational bridge over a political belief. #TheThreeDontsOfElection2020

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Talbot Davis

@TalbotDavis

3 years

Got first vaccine today and so far the chip they implanted isn't having any side effects.

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Talbot Davis

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4 years

I WEPT reading this. Maybe you will too. I only know @EricTheStory online but looking forward to meeting him in person soon. #umc @JeffGreenway @JeffKersey3 @jhaskinscabrera

The Reconversion of a Secularized Radical — Firebrand Magazine

I once stood on a Kansas City sidewalk shouting obscenities through a megaphone at total strangers just because they were attending a politically conservative conference. You may be wondering how a...

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Talbot Davis

@TalbotDavis

6 years

In the middle of a desperately sad moment, it's always nice to see the astonishment on people's faces when we tell them there is no fee for having a funeral at Good Shepherd. In a world full of transactions, what an opportunity for the church to be an agent of grace.

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5 years

Come, Thou Fount of every blessing Tune my heart to sing Thy grace Streams of mercy, never ceasing Call for songs of loudest praise Teach me some melodious sonnet Sung by flaming tongues above Praise the mount, I'm fixed upon it Mount of Thy redeeming love

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Talbot Davis

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4 years

Some preachers recite the Creeds with their fingers crossed but others do so with their hands raised.

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Talbot Davis

@TalbotDavis

6 years

When we say the Apostles' Creed in church, we're not reciting poetry; we are declaring history. @revbethanncook @mhartsfield

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3 years

Resilience isn't something you discover in the crisis; it's something you develop in the calm.

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Talbot Davis

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8 years

Mentioned hell in a #umc meeting today and was allowed to remain in the room. Valentine's Day grace.

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Talbot Davis

@TalbotDavis

5 years

Honored to have @RitterChris speak to #WNCC Evangelical Group tonight. "Maybe we #umc started shouting each other down when we stopped shouting Jesus up." Bam. @juliedavis0628 @revtom5

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5 years

"In other words, I don’t get to decide what it means to be #umc . That has already been decided, and my part as an ordained clergy person is to embrace and live it out." Genius from @CarolynCMoore & something @DrewBMcIntyre believes as well.

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5 years

Good Morning, O, to grace, how great a debtor daily I'm constrained to be Let Thy goodness, like a fetter, bind my wandering heart to Thee Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it, prone to leave the God I love Here's my heart, Lord, take and seal it Seal it for Thy courts above.

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Talbot Davis

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1 year

When the postscript of the #umc is written, no sentence will be more poignant than this one by @RevShaneBishop in "That's Good News":

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Talbot Davis

@TalbotDavis

3 years

Of all the false gospels around, none is more seductive or dangerous than "you do you."

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Talbot Davis

@TalbotDavis

3 years

Observation: The most spiritually mature people I know are at the same time the most teachable. They've never arrived at full maturity but continue to move towards it. #ByDesign

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Talbot Davis

@TalbotDavis

4 years

In Christ alone my hope is found, He is my light, my strength, my song This Cornerstone, this solid Ground Firm through the fiercest drought and storm. What heights of love, what depths of peace When fears are stilled, when strivings cease Here in the love of Christ I stand.

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Talbot Davis

@TalbotDavis

5 years

Did you know that Jesus' ministry is always for our benefit but not always to our liking?

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Talbot Davis

@TalbotDavis

2 years

Not a fake smile. Signed w/ with @InviteResources for 3 more Come Alive books in 2023. Philippians & Colossians on 3.23.23, Ecclesiastes on 6.23.23 & Ruth, Jonah, Esther on 9.23.23. All that more ppl will love the Scripture so they can adore the Savior. @juliedavis0628

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@TalbotDavis

2 years

"Arkansas" now a verb in the #umc .

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@TalbotDavis

3 years

If the church modifies the Word to satisfy the world, it doesn't win more converts. It only earns more contempt. #church

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Talbot Davis

@TalbotDavis

6 years

I just broke my arm while patting myself on the back for not entering a discussion on #umc clergy FB page, @CarolynCMoore

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Talbot Davis

@TalbotDavis

1 year

Hey @TsitsipasSZN , our guy #Tsitsipas obviously had a Texan role model for the OHBH. Photo 43 yrs ago today, btw.

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Talbot Davis

@TalbotDavis

3 years

For about the millionth time on #umc social media I had to remember some of the best advice I ever received, courtesy of a former DS: "When you want to get the last word in, DON'T."

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Talbot Davis

@TalbotDavis

4 years

What if one the results of all this is to break us free of the delusion that we're in control and into the delight that he is?

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Talbot Davis

@TalbotDavis

6 years

When it comes to theology, I am less interested in impressing my grandchildren than I am in honoring my grandparents.

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2 years

North Georgia must have been jealous of Arkansas in the #umc .

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Talbot Davis

@TalbotDavis

5 years

Good morning O Lord, my God, when I in awesome wonder Consider all the worlds Thy Hands have made I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder Thy power throughout the universe displayed Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to Thee How great Thou art, how great Thou art Amen

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5 years

If nobody ever thought of it until the last 50 years, it's not a different interpretation; it's a new scripture.

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@TalbotDavis

6 years

It's kind of a miracle that we have a God who demands payment for sins and then decides to foot the bill himself. #ThankGodForScience

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10 months

Them: Do you do expository preaching? Me: What's that? Them: You know, verse by verse. Me: The Bible wasn't originally written with verses. Or chapters. Them:

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2 years

He's not "your God" because you don't own him. But you can be "his person" because he bought you.

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@TalbotDavis

2 years

After hearing from and about #umc friends this week, I realize that a better name for the our appointment process is the Methodist Transfer Portal. @JeffGreenway @mhumpal @ImLukeMitchell

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@TalbotDavis

5 years

In the church, we believe that the knowledge of God comes not from our intuition but by his revelation.

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3 years

It's almost as if the bible highlights the failures of God's people to spotlight the faithfulness of God himself.

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4 years

According to Revelation 7:9, Jesus' people will kneel at his throne forever, praising him while surrounded by people from every nation, race, color, and language. If that's what we'll do for eternity, why would you expect to arrive without some practice ahead of time?

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Talbot Davis

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8 months

@RitterChris So @WillimonTweets buys the matches, sets the flame, pours the gasoline (remember prayers to "smite everyone" in opposition to him at StL '19?), and it's Donald Trump's dumpster fire.

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Talbot Davis

@TalbotDavis

3 years

This man claimed to love workers but working for him hardly resulted in job security: he had 119 of 139 of his Central Committee members executed in his short tenure.

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Talbot Davis

@TalbotDavis

8 years

Most American Xns would be astounded to learn that self-control is a biblical virtue while self-expression is not. #umc

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Talbot Davis

@TalbotDavis

6 years

Good morning. And can it be that I should gain An int’rest in the Savior’s blood? Died He for me, who caused His pain? For me, who Him to death pursued? Amazing love! how can it be That Thou, my God, shouldst die for me? Amen. @AsburySeminary

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@TalbotDavis

8 years

Sometimes I think the #umc lack robust teaching on 2nd Coming because it doesn't fully appreciate the 1st one. @aaronjmansfield

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@TalbotDavis

4 years

We had new members JOIN church today, via a recorded ZOOM "Next Step" class. Where does that act fall on the spectrum between digital heresy and virtual ingenuity in the #umc world?

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Talbot Davis

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7 years

She is 102 TODAY. That's my mom, Betty X Davis. An aspiring writer she is, @BrianSigmon !

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Talbot Davis

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4 years

The Gospel never gets old. It just gets overlooked.

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Talbot Davis

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5 years

Anyone else out there marvel at the ways your level of blessing far surpasses your level of obedience? #GodWithUs

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Talbot Davis

@TalbotDavis

3 years

Jesus was punished for everything we did wrong. We're rewarded for everything he did right. That is the Gospel. #CrossPurposes Props to @KyleIdleman

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Talbot Davis

@TalbotDavis

4 years

If you follow an eternal King, don't divide over a temporary prince. #TheThreeDontsOfElection2020

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Talbot Davis

@TalbotDavis

2 years

Glory to the newborn King.

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Talbot Davis

@TalbotDavis

6 years

Good morning. Up from the grave He rose again And as He stands in victory Sin's curse has lost its grip on me For I am His and He is mine Bought with the precious blood of Christ. From "In Christ Alone" which is NOT called "In Christ Among." Amen.

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Talbot Davis

@TalbotDavis

2 years

Never mistake strength of opinion for depth of wisdom.

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5 years

Good morning. I heard an old old story How a Savior came from glory How He gave His life on Calvary To save a wretch like me I heard about His groaning Of His precious blood's atoning Then I repented of my sins And won the victory Amen.

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Talbot Davis

@TalbotDavis

7 years

With some frequency, I tell people that God "delays answers so you will prolong communication." I just wish he'd stop doing that with ME.

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5 years

Good morning. God is so good God is so good God is so good He's so good to me Amen.

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@TalbotDavis

3 years

"The more Methodism accommodates to the culture the faster it dies," says @RitterChris .

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3 years

Every biblical "No" is for your protection and not your punishment.

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Talbot Davis

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2 months

In the most unlikely of developments, this little #umc story of promises broken & benefits revoked is most viewed in history of @MinistryWatch with 100k & counting: @mouthofLyons @DrewBMcIntyre

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Talbot Davis

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5 years

And as You speak A hundred billion creatures catch Your breath Evolving in pursuit of what You said If it all reveals Your nature so will I I can see Your heart in everything You say Every painted sky A canvas of Your grace If creation still obeys You so will I Amen.

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6 years

When the church modifies the word to satisfy the world, it doesn't win more converts. It just earns more contempt. @RitterChris @CarolynCMoore @jamesmichael7

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@TalbotDavis

3 months

Ivory Coast formerly UMCers pulling no punches in their rationale for leaving. @revtom5 @RobRenfroe1

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@TalbotDavis

2 years

6.9.84. The 38th today for me and @juliedavis0628 .

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@TalbotDavis

9 months

Satan knows your name but calls you by your sin. Jesus knows your sin but calls you by your name. #thepromiseofchristmas

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Talbot Davis

@TalbotDavis

5 years

Um, "United Methodist Church" is trending. Anything happen this morning?

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@TalbotDavis

3 years

Leaders: the price you pay for a platform is that someone is always grumbling. If it was good enough for Moses, it's good enough for you.

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@TalbotDavis

6 years

Good morning. The resurrected King is resurrecting me. Amen.

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Talbot Davis

@TalbotDavis

2 years

I know nothing about guns, less about Mennonites, a lot about #umc , and through it all this is perfect.

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The Denominations Go Shooting

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5 years

"Preachers, no one wants to hear a sermon YOU'RE not excited about." Truth from Kenneth Levingston at @wesleyancov breakfast today in WNCC

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5 years

Can anything good out of Indianapolis? Apparently, #umc , the answer is yes. @jhaskinscabrera @charleskyker

Group drafts separation plan for denomination

Citing irreconcilable differences over homosexuality, a theologically diverse team of 12 envisions ʻnew expressions’ of United Methodism in a plan for the church’s future.

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Talbot Davis

@TalbotDavis

2 years

Christians need to hear the Gospel more. Why? Because if you don't have a regular diet of Gospel you get distracted & forgetful. Soon, you have substituted a false gospel for the one you've forgotten. You can never hear it, cherish it, celebrate it enough. @GlobalMChurch

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2 years

I am thankful for the Gospel that defines me. I am thankful for the Son who rescues me. I am thankful for the Father who pursues me. I am thankful for the Spirit who inhabits me. I am thankful for the church that surrounds me. I am thankful for the Scriptures that shape me.

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@TalbotDavis

8 years

There's nothing a pastor can do that is more important than helping ppl fall more deeply in love with Jesus. Only Jesus. #GodDrops

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4 years

It turns out that the greatest evidence of Spirit-filling isn't miracle-working or sermon-preaching. It's commandment-keeping.

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9 months

He invaded earth so you could inhabit heaven. #thepromiseofchristmas

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Talbot Davis

@TalbotDavis

8 years

My mom turns 101 in 3 weeks, born before 19th Amendment, and voted early today in Texas. @juliedavis0628 @rileytdavis3

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@TalbotDavis

3 years

My goodness, this is good from @CarolynCMoore : #umc @JeffGreenway @RitterChris

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@TalbotDavis

5 years

Good morning. Great is Thy faithfulness Great is Thy faithfulness Morning by morning new mercies I see And all I have needed Thy hand hath provided Great is Thy faithfulness Lord unto me. Amen.

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Talbot Davis

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5 years

Public speakers everywhere: Please remind yourself not to end sentences with a rhetoric "right?" at the end. It's a nervous habit that patronizes your audiences and doesn't get people on board with you.

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Talbot Davis

@TalbotDavis

2 years

If @AbigailShrier 's work doesn't alarm you already, @roddreher 's piece here might. Er, should:

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Talbot Davis

@TalbotDavis

5 years

Good morning. O for a thousand tongues to sing My great Redeemer's praise The glories of my God and King The triumphs of His grace My gracious Master and my God Assist me to proclaim To spread through all the earth abroad The honors of Thy name. Amen.

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Talbot Davis

@TalbotDavis

4 years

Excellent press piece here introducing the emerging @MethodistGlobal : @methodistmonk @YoungMethodist

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Talbot Davis

@TalbotDavis

4 years

Good morning. I raise a hallelujah, in the presence of my enemies I raise a hallelujah, louder than the unbelief I raise a hallelujah, my weapon is a melody I raise a hallelujah, Heaven comes to fight for me. Amen.

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@TalbotDavis

2 years

I am always glad to have studied for ministry at @AsburySeminary & to be part of the entire Asbury family and its enduring legacy, but never moreso than this week.

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Talbot Davis

@TalbotDavis

7 years

If you spent 1/2 the day answering texts from colleagues about #umc future, is that considered work? Friend wants to know.

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