Justine’s Story – I think it is good for us to read stories like this every now and again, lest we forget the horror and devastation of abortion. “On the 23rd anniversary of her abortion, Justine Kyker warns others of side effects and regrets.”
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Loving Christ…Practically – Erik Kowalker looks to J.C. Ryle to find some practical implications of loving Christ.
The Sermon, One Hour Later – Here is a question I asked Brian Croft, and he was kind enough to answer it at his Practical Shepherding blog: “How does a pastor evaluate his sermon one hour after preaching it?” In other words, if someone comes to me shortly after preaching and says, “How did your sermon go?,” how do I answer?
Electronic Self-Projection – Dane Ortlund asks some good questions about social media and its tendency to make us into self-promoters. “And the amount of self-foregrounding that takes place on these media–by Christians–by pastors–is troubling. Promotion of our own books, letting everyone know where we’ve been and whom we’ve met, drawing attention to what others are saying of us–how easily we Corinthianize and employ the world’s mindset for ostensibly kingdom purposes.”
9/11’s Spiritual Impact – Just about everyone is looking back to 9/11 and trying to understand its impact, 10 years later. Here is one of many attempts to guage its spiritual impact.
Astronomy Picture of the Day – This is a fascinating picture if, for no other reason, simply because there is so much going on at once.
What fools are they who, for a drop of pleasure, drink a sea of wrath. –Thomas Watson