Derek Vreeland
@derekvreeland.bsky.social
✝️ Jesus-follower
⛪️ Pastor
📚 Author of Incarnation, Centering Jesus, & others
🎙️ Host: Peaceable & Kind Podcast
🏃🏻♂️ Runner (26.2, 13.1, 10K)
⛪️ Pastor
📚 Author of Incarnation, Centering Jesus, & others
🎙️ Host: Peaceable & Kind Podcast
🏃🏻♂️ Runner (26.2, 13.1, 10K)
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Derek Vreeland
@derekvreeland.bsky.social
· Jul 21
🚨 Big news! 🚨
All THREE BOOKS in the God in the Neighborhood Bible Study series are now available for preorder!
✅ Book 1: Incarnation | amzn.to/3GPA8VW
✅ Book 2: Crucifixion | amzn.to/459bNUk
✅ Book 3: Resurrection | amzn.to/40T0sp0
#BibleStudy
All THREE BOOKS in the God in the Neighborhood Bible Study series are now available for preorder!
✅ Book 1: Incarnation | amzn.to/3GPA8VW
✅ Book 2: Crucifixion | amzn.to/459bNUk
✅ Book 3: Resurrection | amzn.to/40T0sp0
#BibleStudy
A view from my deck!
#NorthernLights
#NorthernLights
November 12, 2025 at 2:42 AM
A view from my deck!
#NorthernLights
#NorthernLights
You’ve fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous is never get involved in a land war in Asia, but only slightly less well known is this; never go in against a Sicilian, when death is on the line!
#VizzinitheWise
#VizzinitheWise
November 12, 2025 at 1:19 AM
You’ve fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous is never get involved in a land war in Asia, but only slightly less well known is this; never go in against a Sicilian, when death is on the line!
#VizzinitheWise
#VizzinitheWise
The kid is legal!
Congrats Dylan! You worked very hard to get to this point. Rage-baited and all. You are a great driver! I’m so proud of you.
#newdriver
Congrats Dylan! You worked very hard to get to this point. Rage-baited and all. You are a great driver! I’m so proud of you.
#newdriver
November 10, 2025 at 10:43 PM
The kid is legal!
Congrats Dylan! You worked very hard to get to this point. Rage-baited and all. You are a great driver! I’m so proud of you.
#newdriver
Congrats Dylan! You worked very hard to get to this point. Rage-baited and all. You are a great driver! I’m so proud of you.
#newdriver
We have spent so much time asking if we are prospering, productive, and well-protected people that we forgot to ask: Are we becoming good people?
#telos
#telos
November 9, 2025 at 4:34 PM
We have spent so much time asking if we are prospering, productive, and well-protected people that we forgot to ask: Are we becoming good people?
#telos
#telos
We fight against dying by being born again and again and again. Every day presents us with a new opportunity to get busy with the activities that bring us life, new life, born-again life. Without a pursuit of being born we will be overcome with the business of dying.
#chooselife
#chooselife
November 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
We fight against dying by being born again and again and again. Every day presents us with a new opportunity to get busy with the activities that bring us life, new life, born-again life. Without a pursuit of being born we will be overcome with the business of dying.
#chooselife
#chooselife
Perpetual spiritual adolescents who are stuck in the shallow ground of a superficial version of the Chritian faith make a mockery of the redemption offered to us in King Jesus. Shallowness keeps us far away from the transformative power of the Spirit to form us into the image of Jesus.
#amwriting
#amwriting
November 8, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Perpetual spiritual adolescents who are stuck in the shallow ground of a superficial version of the Chritian faith make a mockery of the redemption offered to us in King Jesus. Shallowness keeps us far away from the transformative power of the Spirit to form us into the image of Jesus.
#amwriting
#amwriting
As a pastor, my goal is to embody faithfully the politics of Jesus as summed up in the Sermon on the Mount, highlighted by humility, compassion, gentleness, righteousness, justice, mercy, purity, peace, and faithfulness.
November 6, 2025 at 8:27 PM
As a pastor, my goal is to embody faithfully the politics of Jesus as summed up in the Sermon on the Mount, highlighted by humility, compassion, gentleness, righteousness, justice, mercy, purity, peace, and faithfulness.
Christian brothers and sisters, we are not called to “win the culture.” We are called to make disciples. Jesus didn’t call us to be culture-war warriors. He called us to be peacemaking servants.
#NoMoreCultureWars
#NoMoreCultureWars
November 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Christian brothers and sisters, we are not called to “win the culture.” We are called to make disciples. Jesus didn’t call us to be culture-war warriors. He called us to be peacemaking servants.
#NoMoreCultureWars
#NoMoreCultureWars
Today is a good day to recall Jesus’ command to love your neighbor as your self, this includes our Muslim neighbors.
Not all Muslims are jihadists, just like not all Christians are insurrectionists.
Carry on.
#loveyourneighbor
Not all Muslims are jihadists, just like not all Christians are insurrectionists.
Carry on.
#loveyourneighbor
November 6, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Today is a good day to recall Jesus’ command to love your neighbor as your self, this includes our Muslim neighbors.
Not all Muslims are jihadists, just like not all Christians are insurrectionists.
Carry on.
#loveyourneighbor
Not all Muslims are jihadists, just like not all Christians are insurrectionists.
Carry on.
#loveyourneighbor
Today is a good day to recall Jesus’ command to love your neighbor as your self, this includes our Muslim neighbors.
Not all Muslims are jihadists, just like not all Christians are not insurrectionists.
Carry on.
#loveyourneighbor
Not all Muslims are jihadists, just like not all Christians are not insurrectionists.
Carry on.
#loveyourneighbor
November 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Today is a good day to recall Jesus’ command to love your neighbor as your self, this includes our Muslim neighbors.
Not all Muslims are jihadists, just like not all Christians are not insurrectionists.
Carry on.
#loveyourneighbor
Not all Muslims are jihadists, just like not all Christians are not insurrectionists.
Carry on.
#loveyourneighbor
I'm leading an online study of my new book, Incarnation, beginning THIS Thursday, November 6 at 7PM central time. I wrote this Bible study using The Message Bible focused on Advent and Christmas themes.
Wanna join our discussion?
Register here: subspla.sh/n775k7j
Wanna join our discussion?
Register here: subspla.sh/n775k7j
November 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I'm leading an online study of my new book, Incarnation, beginning THIS Thursday, November 6 at 7PM central time. I wrote this Bible study using The Message Bible focused on Advent and Christmas themes.
Wanna join our discussion?
Register here: subspla.sh/n775k7j
Wanna join our discussion?
Register here: subspla.sh/n775k7j
Jesus is the…
–Son of God
–Word of God
–Word of life
–Bread of life
–Bread of heaven
–Hope of heaven
–Hope of Israel
–King of Israel
–King of kings
#Jesus
–Son of God
–Word of God
–Word of life
–Bread of life
–Bread of heaven
–Hope of heaven
–Hope of Israel
–King of Israel
–King of kings
#Jesus
November 2, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Jesus is the…
–Son of God
–Word of God
–Word of life
–Bread of life
–Bread of heaven
–Hope of heaven
–Hope of Israel
–King of Israel
–King of kings
#Jesus
–Son of God
–Word of God
–Word of life
–Bread of life
–Bread of heaven
–Hope of heaven
–Hope of Israel
–King of Israel
–King of kings
#Jesus
I love the Bible! I believe the Bible is true but we cannot defend the veracity of Scripture against modern attacks by using the tools of modernity. It’s like Satan trying to cast out Satan. It’s self-defeating.
Why Biblical Inerrancy Doesn't Work - Missio Alliance
A couple of years ago, I entered into an interview process to become an adjunct professor at an extension campus of a growing Christian university. ... Read More
www.missioalliance.org
November 1, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I love the Bible! I believe the Bible is true but we cannot defend the veracity of Scripture against modern attacks by using the tools of modernity. It’s like Satan trying to cast out Satan. It’s self-defeating.
For the record, modern Christian fundamentalism is a poor representation of the ancient Christian faith.
The tenets of fundamentalism include:
1. No FUN
2. A lot of DAMN
3. Not much MENTAL
4. All this wrapped in an ISM
#contendforthefaith
The tenets of fundamentalism include:
1. No FUN
2. A lot of DAMN
3. Not much MENTAL
4. All this wrapped in an ISM
#contendforthefaith
October 31, 2025 at 5:52 PM
For the record, modern Christian fundamentalism is a poor representation of the ancient Christian faith.
The tenets of fundamentalism include:
1. No FUN
2. A lot of DAMN
3. Not much MENTAL
4. All this wrapped in an ISM
#contendforthefaith
The tenets of fundamentalism include:
1. No FUN
2. A lot of DAMN
3. Not much MENTAL
4. All this wrapped in an ISM
#contendforthefaith
I loved this conversation with Andrew Arndt on the strangeness and the graciousness of the story of Jesus based on his newish book A Strange and Gracious Light.
Go check it out!
open.spotify.com/episode/1jsm...
#PeaceableandKind
Go check it out!
open.spotify.com/episode/1jsm...
#PeaceableandKind
Episode 74 - A Strange and Gracious Light: A Conversation with Andrew Ardnt
open.spotify.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I loved this conversation with Andrew Arndt on the strangeness and the graciousness of the story of Jesus based on his newish book A Strange and Gracious Light.
Go check it out!
open.spotify.com/episode/1jsm...
#PeaceableandKind
Go check it out!
open.spotify.com/episode/1jsm...
#PeaceableandKind
Eugene the Wise on joy. It's not a requirement. It is a consequence. SO GOOD!
(As quoted by Rich Villodas in his new book Waiting For Jesus.)
#joy
(As quoted by Rich Villodas in his new book Waiting For Jesus.)
#joy
October 29, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Eugene the Wise on joy. It's not a requirement. It is a consequence. SO GOOD!
(As quoted by Rich Villodas in his new book Waiting For Jesus.)
#joy
(As quoted by Rich Villodas in his new book Waiting For Jesus.)
#joy
ADJECTIVE WARS: BIBLICAL OR CHRISTIAN? 🧵
The adjective “biblical” can be problematic. The Bible isn’t a single book. It’s a collection of books, each inspired by the Holy Spirit yet uniquely written in different genres, settings, and historical contexts.
The adjective “biblical” can be problematic. The Bible isn’t a single book. It’s a collection of books, each inspired by the Holy Spirit yet uniquely written in different genres, settings, and historical contexts.
October 29, 2025 at 1:54 PM
ADJECTIVE WARS: BIBLICAL OR CHRISTIAN? 🧵
The adjective “biblical” can be problematic. The Bible isn’t a single book. It’s a collection of books, each inspired by the Holy Spirit yet uniquely written in different genres, settings, and historical contexts.
The adjective “biblical” can be problematic. The Bible isn’t a single book. It’s a collection of books, each inspired by the Holy Spirit yet uniquely written in different genres, settings, and historical contexts.
WOULD YOU GROW UP?!?
The temptation of the people of God from the beginning has been to become well-adjusted to the pagan culture around us. A worldly culture conforms us into its immaturity, but God the Holy Spirit transforms us into maturity—that is, to the full and complete standard of Christ.
The temptation of the people of God from the beginning has been to become well-adjusted to the pagan culture around us. A worldly culture conforms us into its immaturity, but God the Holy Spirit transforms us into maturity—that is, to the full and complete standard of Christ.
October 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM
WOULD YOU GROW UP?!?
The temptation of the people of God from the beginning has been to become well-adjusted to the pagan culture around us. A worldly culture conforms us into its immaturity, but God the Holy Spirit transforms us into maturity—that is, to the full and complete standard of Christ.
The temptation of the people of God from the beginning has been to become well-adjusted to the pagan culture around us. A worldly culture conforms us into its immaturity, but God the Holy Spirit transforms us into maturity—that is, to the full and complete standard of Christ.
Jesus is the new and more glorious Temple where divinity and humanity meet, the place where peace is found.
#JesusIntheOldTestament
#JesusIntheOldTestament
October 26, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Jesus is the new and more glorious Temple where divinity and humanity meet, the place where peace is found.
#JesusIntheOldTestament
#JesusIntheOldTestament
Jesus is the new and more glorious Temple where divinity and humanity meet, the place where peace is found (Haggai 2:9).
#JesusIntheOldTestament
#JesusIntheOldTestament
October 26, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Jesus is the new and more glorious Temple where divinity and humanity meet, the place where peace is found (Haggai 2:9).
#JesusIntheOldTestament
#JesusIntheOldTestament
The loss of the value of character, moral integrity, and virtue is at the root of a number of cultural ailments..
I'm advocating for Christians to resume a holy quest for virtue. C.S. Lewis said the same thing 70 years ago and it is MORE true today.
#CharacterMatters
I'm advocating for Christians to resume a holy quest for virtue. C.S. Lewis said the same thing 70 years ago and it is MORE true today.
#CharacterMatters
October 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The loss of the value of character, moral integrity, and virtue is at the root of a number of cultural ailments..
I'm advocating for Christians to resume a holy quest for virtue. C.S. Lewis said the same thing 70 years ago and it is MORE true today.
#CharacterMatters
I'm advocating for Christians to resume a holy quest for virtue. C.S. Lewis said the same thing 70 years ago and it is MORE true today.
#CharacterMatters
While neither Jesus nor the apostles specifically called for the abolition of slavery, I believe Philemon 1:16 is a seed planted that would flourish into the end of slavery. You cannot own as property him you love as a brother.
#dailyoffice #lectionary #BibleReading
#dailyoffice #lectionary #BibleReading
October 25, 2025 at 1:20 PM
While neither Jesus nor the apostles specifically called for the abolition of slavery, I believe Philemon 1:16 is a seed planted that would flourish into the end of slavery. You cannot own as property him you love as a brother.
#dailyoffice #lectionary #BibleReading
#dailyoffice #lectionary #BibleReading
October 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
The Missio Alliance editorial director and I sat down for a Q&A to talk more about the shared falsehoods of both of these popular, and yet deeply flawed, movements.
Read more here: www.missioalliance.org/a-needed-con...
#RejectChristianNationalism
#RejectProsperityGospel
Read more here: www.missioalliance.org/a-needed-con...
#RejectChristianNationalism
#RejectProsperityGospel
A (Needed) Conversation on Christian Nationalism and the Prosperity Gospel - Missio Alliance
"Christian nationalism baptizes the American ethos of superiority, imagining that God’s purposes are uniquely tethered to one single nation’s flourishing on the global stage. The prosperity gospel bap...
www.missioalliance.org
October 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The Missio Alliance editorial director and I sat down for a Q&A to talk more about the shared falsehoods of both of these popular, and yet deeply flawed, movements.
Read more here: www.missioalliance.org/a-needed-con...
#RejectChristianNationalism
#RejectProsperityGospel
Read more here: www.missioalliance.org/a-needed-con...
#RejectChristianNationalism
#RejectProsperityGospel
Praying for an end to the government shutdown in part because it affect the least of these. Over a half million people in Missouri depend on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
www.kq2.com/news/second-...
www.kq2.com/news/second-...
www.kq2.com
October 23, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Praying for an end to the government shutdown in part because it affect the least of these. Over a half million people in Missouri depend on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
www.kq2.com/news/second-...
www.kq2.com/news/second-...