Servant of Christ, wife, mom, Mamie, church, women's discipleship blogger/speaker, @awfspodcast. Stmt of faith: https://xitter.twitterapi.xyz/t.co/zcpLlqU8hR I don't donate $ on X.
Baton Rouge, LA
Joined June 2015
- Tweets105K
- Following545
- Followers26.7K
- Likes104K
Pinned Tweet
Pastors & women's ministry leaders- Need someone to come speak to your ladies' group? Click below for my info. (I'd love to hear from local churches too!)
Podcasters- If you need a guest or a fill-in, please keep me in mind :0)
michellelesley.com/speaking-…
The Great Commission never takes a vacation, and the holiday season provides some unique opportunities for sharing the gospel!
michellelesley.com/2026/11/1…
There’s a fountain free, ’tis for you and me:
Let us haste, O haste to its brink;
’Tis the fount of love from the source above,
And He bids us all freely drink.
Will you come to the fountain free?
Will you come? ’tis for you and me;
Thirsty soul hear the welcome call:
’Tis a fountain opened for all.
169
Michelle Lesley retweeted
It’s easy for the gospel to get lost in the holiday shuffle. But the Great Commission never takes a vacation, and this season provides some unique opportunities for sharing the gospel that we don’t always have during the rest of the year.
wp.me/p1qdEF-aGo
It’s easy for the gospel to get lost in the holiday shuffle. But the Great Commission never takes a vacation, and this season provides some unique opportunities for sharing the gospel that we don’t always have during the rest of the year.
wp.me/p1qdEF-aGo
From 2021 (probably connected to Beth Moore preaching on Mother's Day at his "church" that year, see posts above).
1
144
He didn't just plagiarize Joby Martin, he plagiarized Robert Morris too.
xitter.twitterapi.xyz/ChristandGuitar/status…
I saw the recent sermon comparisons between Josh Howerton and Joby Martin — particularly on the wallet example — and thought, “there couldn’t possibly be more, right?” Well, I was wrong.
Large portions of this same sermon by Josh closely match part 3 of Robert Morris’s "The Blessed Life" series from 2023.
This is a shortened version of my full 11 minute video, which is on Youtube (link below). Both original sermons are ~45 minutes (also linked below).
146
Michelle Lesley retweeted
Sometimes when you raise concerns about a popular teaching that seems a little “off,” you might be told, “We eat the meat and spit out the bones.”
Vanessa Hunt (@meetuatthefence) tackles the absurdity of one of my least favorite phrases: bereanresearch.org/is-chew-t…
Here are ten of my favorite Bible verses about thankfulness. Feel free to share them around on social media or print them out to use in your Thanksgiving decor…
What's your favorite Bible verse about being thankful?
michellelesley.com/2026/11/1…
2
278
Hey, @awfspodcast listeners- Remember our Talk Back: This & That episode from last May (see post/screenshot below)?
Well, we want to record a CHRISTMAS themed TBT&T episode! Send us some Christmas reels, videos, or audio (under 10 minutes long) that we can respond to!
It can be a clip of a pastor or teacher teaching questionable things, some dialog from a Christmas movie that needs some critique, maybe a Christmas carol/hymn whose lyrics you'd like us to review, a news story about, or of interest to Christians, etc.
Just make it short, make it interesting, make it something people can understand just by listening to it, and make it CHRISTMASY!🎄
Comment below or DM us, and please share this around! Thanks!
Here's a new twist on our regular feature -Talk Back! We’re calling it Talk Back: This & That, and we're tackling three shorter videos from different speakers on various topics. Listen in, "talk back" to us, and tell us what you think!
Listen in!
awordfitlyspoken.life/podcas…
Here are 10 of my favorite Bible verses about giving thanks. Feel free to share them around on social media or print them out to use in your Thanksgiving decor…
What's your favorite Bible verse about thankfulness?
michellelesley.com/2026/11/1…
Michelle Lesley retweeted
Hi Phiona- Steve has not been excommunicated, and no one is calling for that that I know of.
He went through the Matthew 18:15-20 process of church discipline and *repented* (seemingly, as far as everyone knows). According to Scripture, people are only to be excommunicated (the final step of church discipline) if they refuse to repent. There isn't a decent church in the world that could or would biblically refuse *church membership* to someone who has sinned, but is genuinely repentant.
What has happened to Steve is that, because of his sin, he has *disqualifed* himself from pastoral ministry (see 1 Timothy 3:1-7 and Titus 1:5-9, and note the requirements that a pastor must be above reproach, manage his household well, be the husband of one wife (i.e. a "one woman man"), and be righteous, holy, and self-controlled).
It is totally fine and absolutely necessary for Steve to be a *member* of a doctrinally sound local church, but he has forfeited the privilege of ever being a *pastor* again.
Does that make sense?♥️
Also, this might be a helpful resource:
youtube.com/watch?v=vUC8ZgE9…
Michelle Lesley retweeted
Offering forgiveness and exercising grace does not wipe the qualification slate clean. Some Christian leaders forget their role as shepherds who should act as protectors when reinstating men to ministry. Steve Lawson is not qualified for leadership in the local church. He isn't even leading his household.
Michelle Lesley retweeted
At least this gal that contacted me (Whitney Capps - She works/speaks for Lysa TerKeurst/Proverbs 31, and is a platformed author/speaker at Lifeway Women. She was objecting to the fact that I warned against her and the other LW authors/speakers in a recent article.) wasn't misapplying Mt18, because I clarified that with her. Her angle was that "this is not how Christians are supposed to treat each other" and that I should have been kind and extended her the courtesy of contacting her privately.
This has happened to me before with Jennie Allen (IF:Gathering) and a couple of others. I think they think that if they could just talk to me personally/privately, they could persuade me that everything they're doing is perfectly biblical, or at the very least, that it would be grossly mean and unChristlike to say anything about their false teaching publicly. Because this is what they believe and teach - that your personal feelings about, and experience with someone is your authority for what to believe about them and how to deal with them, not Scripture.
Little do they know, this ain't my first rodeo.
My perspective is: Unless you're going to repent and stop doing all the unbiblical things you're doing, there's no point in us talking privately before I publicly warn against you - because I'm *going to do that* whether we talk privately or not.🤷♀️
This is overseer malpractice, and those elders should be ashamed of themselves. (And I am *not* going to argue this painfully obvious point in the comments. If you think he's not permanently disqualified, you're welcome to go elsewhere and embarrass yourself by saying so.)
I would urge and encourage Christians outside Steve's church to repudiate this wrong decision by the elders and to love Steve well by declining to: invite him to speak at events, interview him, buy his books, yoke with him in ministries that give him a position of leadership, or do anything else to "restore" him to any form of leadership, platform, position, or celebrity.
Exclusive: Steve Lawson RESTORED TO MINISTRY Nearly ONE YEAR Ago.
One year, two months, and six days after Trinity Bible Church announced that Steven J. Lawson was disqualified from ministry for having a "sinful relationship" with a woman nearly 45 years his junior, he was restored to ministry by his new church elders, according to documents obtained exclusively by Protestia.
On September 19, 2024, Trinity Bible Church announced the removal of Steve Lawson after discovering he was having an “inappropriate relationship” with a woman he had grown close to over a period of many years and eventually crossed physical boundaries with. Following these revelations, Steve left the state and moved to Nashville, where he began attending Stephens Valley Church.
Lawson, 75, shared in an update letter half a year after his original implosion:
"I have been undergoing extensive counseling for the last five months to face the hard questions I need to address. I have dealt with sin issues that have been painfully exposed in my heart. I have submitted myself in weekly accountability to two pastors and to the elders of a local congregation, who have shepherded my soul. I am also under the oversight of an accountability team who monitor my progress and give me wise counsel in the decisions I have to make.
I am growing in grace, reading and absorbing the Word of God, putting it into practice, praying, and meeting with other believers. I am involved in the life of the church, attending and participating in prayer meetings, Sunday school, the worship service, and taking communion weekly. I am being fed the Word in the mid-week Bible study. Please pray for my spiritual growth into Christlikeness as I follow Him moment by moment during this recovery season."
Seven months later, his elders restored him to ministry.
A letter from the elders given to commend Lawson to any potential churches or Christian organizations and associations that might have him speak, reads:
"We, the Elders of Stephens Valley Church, a Biblical and Reformed congregation, have observed the life of Dr. Steven Lawson for the last 15 months. Several of us have met with him individually on a weekly basis. He has also attended our weekly Elder's prayer meetings.
As a member in good standing of our church, he has been faithfully attending our adult Sunday School classes, worship services, and Wednesday night Bible studies. We have seen him make a positive contribution to the church and the lives of others.
Based upon our direct interaction with him and his own written statements, we believe him to be genuinely repentant and walking in close fellowship with the Lord.
Together we grieve his past sin, as he has and the consequences he has brought upon himself and others. Now however we rejoice in his present repentance and God's work of grace in his life. In particular we applaud his pursuit of and patience toward his loving wife, Anne.
In light of Steve's "broken and contrite heart" and all we have observed these past months we deem him spiritually fit for ministry opportunities that the Lord may open to him.
The Elder Counsel Stephens Valley Church Nashville, TN
Nov. 25, 2025."
Lawson details the journey of repentance in his book Mercy in the Wilderness and will soon release another book based on the life of King David.
According to sources, the Elder Counsel has declined to make this restoration letter and judgment from a year ago public, even though doing so would help Lawson and allow him greater freedom to be publicly promoted and reintegrated into ministry with prospective churches and conferences.
We reached out to Stephens Valley Church but they chose not to comment.
Here are ten of my favorite Bible verses about giving thanks. Feel free to share them around on social media or print them out to use in your Thanksgiving decor…
What's your favorite Bible verse about thankfulness?
michellelesley.com/2026/11/1…
166
Listen and share!
It's time for another Glad You Asked episode! Our Q&A episodes air every month LIVE on YouTube! We hope you'll join us there! But don't worry, you can always watch later on YouTube or listen on your favorite podcast platform as usual.
Listen and share!
awordfitlyspoken.life/podcas…
172