How Love Wins Led to Bell’s Departure [2] - Based on a recent article in The New Yorker, the Christian Post explains how Rob Bell’s book Love Wins led to his departure from Mars Hill.
Visualizing Birth and Death Rates [3] - This is a little bit morbid, I guess, but an interesting look at just how many people are being born and how many people are dying in America.
Fall JBMW [4] - The fall edition of the Journal of Biblical Manhood and Womanhood has just been released (for free online). So too has the new edition of Themelios [5].
Guarding Sabbath for Children [6] - Jen Wilkin writes about the importance of guarding children’s rest. “While I admire the high school guidance counselors’ optimism, age 14 is probably too late to start imposing boundaries on our child’s rest habits and schedule. We need a plan, and we need it early. How will we safeguard for our families the key Sabbath concepts of rest, worship, and community? Here are a few suggestions that have helped our family to honor God in our rest.”
How People Change [7] - J.D. Greear found an interesting article in the New York Times. It discusses how people do and do not change their behavior.
Hope for the Hurting [8] - Here’s a video of John Piper reading his poem The Innkeeper [8].
A wife who is 85% faithful to her husband is not faithful at all. There is no such thing as part-time loyalty to Jesus Christ. —Vance Havner
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[1] http://www.challies.com/a-la-carte/a-la-carte-125-7#disqus_thread
[2] http://www.christianpost.com/news/rob-bell-tells-how-love-wins-led-to-mars-hill-departure-85995/
[3] https://googledrive.com/host/0B2GQktu-wcTiZlAyTTFEaFVuOUk/
[4] http://www.dennyburk.com/fall-issue-of-jbmw/
[5] http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2012/12/05/themelios-37-3/
[6] http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2012/12/04/how-to-guard-sabbath-for-your-children/
[7] http://www.jdgreear.com/my_weblog/2012/12/the-new-york-times-on-how-people-change.html
[8] http://www.desiringgod.org/blog/posts/hope-for-the-hurting-this-christmas-video
[9] http://www.challies.com/print/6437
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[14] http://www.challies.com/printmail/6437