Tim Bertolet @timbertolet.bsky.social · 07/04/2026New Substack post. open.substack.com/pub/readings...open.substack.comOur Sufficiency in ChristWhat if your weakness isn’t a problem to fix—but the very thing God intends to use? What if the very weakness you’re trying to hide is actually what God wants to put on display? 000
Tim Bertolet @timbertolet.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Some thoughts on Jesus's cry of dereliction for Good Friday. open.substack.com/pub/readings...open.substack.com"My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?"Did the Father really abandon the Son of the Cross? What does the cry of dereliction say about the Father and human lament? 010
Tim Bertolet @timbertolet.bsky.social · 24/03/2026EXCITING NEWS!! FORTHCOMING by me: "Tears of the Son: How Jesus's Weeping Brings Meaning and Comfort to Our Tears. 130
Tim Bertolet @timbertolet.bsky.social · 27/02/2026I'm posting over at Substack. Yeah! open.substack.com/pub/readings...open.substack.comMinistry Shaped by the CrossGospel ministry is work under the shadow of the Cross. 000
Tim Bertolet @timbertolet.bsky.social · 26/01/2026www.youtube.com/channel/UCIi...youtube.comReading Scripture WellThoughtful Theology for Faithful Understanding. Reading Scripture Well exists to help believers engage the Bible with care, clarity, and theological depth. Through thoughtful teaching rooted in the bi... 000
Tim Bertolet @timbertolet.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Updating my YouTube channel. New and better name. More videos coming at I do stuff for ABWE and the Alexandrian Institute. Link below. 100
Tim Bertolet @timbertolet.bsky.social · 08/11/2025I was told if I didn't vote for Trump, the government would try to stop Christians from gathering.... They were right. 030
Tim Bertolet @timbertolet.bsky.social · 08/11/2025We are past the point where we should be saying "this isn't about grabbing lawbreakers and violent criminals. This is about inflicting cruelty." 030
Tim Bertolet @timbertolet.bsky.social · 08/11/2025Alright my Bible and theology friends. Give me paper & session recommendations for ETS, IBR, and SBL. 010
Reposted by Tim BertoletMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 24/10/2025Here’s the original clip of Ronald Reagan from April 25, 1987, where he delivered a complete and total rebuke against tariffs. Trump's calling Reagan’s words here “FAKE” and “fraudulent.” They’re 100% real. And the original clip is actually far worse for Trump, as much is left out of the ad: 597129735871
Reposted by Tim BertoletKevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Locke, Second Treatise of Government: 391140356
Tim Bertolet @timbertolet.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Psst...there is nothing capitalistic about this... 020
Tim Bertolet @timbertolet.bsky.social · 22/09/2025It wasn't all that long ago that Russell Moore was saying he had people saying to him that Jesus's forgive others didn't work in a modern setting and the usual suspects shot him down as a liar. Now we have the new right leading with a denial of one of Jesus's most basic teachings. 020
Tim Bertolet @timbertolet.bsky.social · 27/08/2025The government had no case; their charges were bologna. 020
Reposted by Tim BertoletJosiah Hawthorne @josiahhawthorne.bsky.social · 17/08/2025“Own it. Own the camera. Now strut it like you mean it — left, right, left, right — yessss, make the beat your catwalk! Think 'Victoria's Secret' meets 'Secret Service.' Beautiful, darlings, absolutely beautiful." 2183
Tim Bertolet @timbertolet.bsky.social · 17/08/2025"I'm too sexy for my tactical gear, too sexy for my tactical gear...." 020
Tim Bertolet @timbertolet.bsky.social · 08/08/2025Here is the link. www.logos.com/product/3699...logos.comThe Obedience of Sonship: Adamic Obedience and the Heavenly Ascension in Hebrews (Studies in Jewish and Christian Literature)A study of the ascension in Hebrews as the Son’s fulfillment of humanity’s destiny and as a revelation of his divine identity. 000
Reposted by Tim BertoletEric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 03/08/2025Summers is not a fire breather or some left winger. He slimmed down Obama’s stimulus and he said Biden’s Covid stimulus would overheat the economy. So him saying this is a big damn deal. 321120294
Tim Bertolet @timbertolet.bsky.social · 29/07/2025That fortune though.media.tenor.coma man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a window with blinds and the words `` nailed it '' .ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a window with blinds and the words `` nailed it '' . 010
Tim Bertolet @timbertolet.bsky.social · 23/07/2025Also there are cautions and circumstances too. I pastored a church with some widows who were my parents or grandparents age, so I would often do home visits. If it was a young women, I might suggest alternatives or pray with her in the foyer not my office. It all depends. 020
Tim Bertolet @timbertolet.bsky.social · 23/07/2025Well assuming that there aren't mitigating circumstances and the details are simply as straightforward as you lay out, you welcome prayer with her. If there is some reason you can't have her stop by, certainly pray over the phone & schedule a visitation or something. 120
Reposted by Tim BertoletAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 07/07/2025NEW: the Trump admin has moved to terminate TPS for Honduras and Nicaragua, covering over 50,000 people Both of these designations date back to 1999, meaning Trump wants to strip legal status from people here legally who have had a background check every 18 months for the last 26 years. 9128121514
Tim Bertolet @timbertolet.bsky.social · 25/06/2025If you don't like Maxism and you don't like liberal democracy... what else is left remains? 010
Tim Bertolet @timbertolet.bsky.social · 25/06/2025This is weird on multiple levels. (1) The guy has been in the US since he was 7 and is a naturalized citizen; (2) what exactly is the alternative to liberal democracy? These guys just don't like that people are choosing differently so they want to shut it down. 120
Tim Bertolet @timbertolet.bsky.social · 19/06/2025media.tenor.coma close up of a man 's face with the word interesting written below himALT: a close up of a man 's face with the word interesting written below him 010
Tim Bertolet @timbertolet.bsky.social · 17/06/2025It's a funny sign. I don't know why people on the right would get so triggered "this is why they loose." If you can't chuckle at it, maybe you have a problem. People need to lighten up. 020
Tim Bertolet @timbertolet.bsky.social · 17/06/2025My daughter started a tradition last year for Father's Day of getting me a gag gift coffee mug. 120
Reposted by Tim BertoletEvan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 13/06/2025This guy is just posted up outside of Congress and I’m honestly not sure what his political views are but I agree 215210422864
Tim Bertolet @timbertolet.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Years ago, Carl Trueman wrote this when Ted Haggard was trying "return," I occasionally think about the counter example of Profumo and the nature of understanding our wrongdoings & proper shame (i.e. not seeking limelight again) www.reformation21.org/mos/postcard...reformation21.orgProfumo, Haggard, and Real ShamePerhaps only a few American readers will know the name of John Profumo. He was a British conservative MP, and married the actress, Valerie Hobson (Dennis Price's love interest in Kind Hearts and Coro... 000
Tim Bertolet @timbertolet.bsky.social · 13/06/2025"Trump card, now with implant chip and tattoo barcode! Never leave home without it." 020
Tim Bertolet @timbertolet.bsky.social · 13/06/2025I regret to inform you that there are no post anesthesia videos after my collar bone surgery this morning. Also, so far so good but I also have a local anesthestic that will wear off soon. 020
Reposted by Tim BertoletAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 08/06/2025This story exemplifies the reason people are outraged at ICE. This guy did nothing wrong. He broke not a single law. He was a guard at a base that housed US troops. He came here legally through humanitarian parole. He had an asylum application pending. Yet the Trump admin had ICE grab him anyway. 371509658
Tim Bertolet @timbertolet.bsky.social · 08/06/2025But ironic coming from guys who love to pull out the doctrine of lesser magistrates and the right to secede. 111
Tim Bertolet @timbertolet.bsky.social · 07/06/2025Here's my shocked face. 🤣media.tenor.coma man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a computerALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a computer 010
Tim Bertolet @timbertolet.bsky.social · 07/06/2025The bike salesman texted me today. 🤣🤣 Should I tell him? 🤣 The bike is great, the rider needs work. 000
Tim Bertolet @timbertolet.bsky.social · 05/06/2025I have to have surgery on June 12. I also have to cancel a trip to Zambia where I was going to teach Romans. 120
Tim Bertolet @timbertolet.bsky.social · 04/06/2025Games: "Ok kids, in this activity we'll run while we karate chop the air."media.tenor.coma man in a suit and white shirt is running in a dark roomALT: a man in a suit and white shirt is running in a dark room 010