I am making my way home from Southern Oregon today after enjoying a wonderful time with a church here.
Today’s Kindle deals include several noteworthy books. We are spoiled for choice!
(Yesterday on the blog: Men in the Image of Women and Women in the Image of Men)
The Rotten Fruit of Obergefell: On the Kelly Loving Act
Jake Meador shows how Obergefell is displaying its rotten fruit in Colorado. “At bottom, the problem here is that given the way our nation currently understands marriage, laws like the one now being debated in Colorado are an obvious extension of the view of marriage our nation already holds.”
The Church and the Embryo
On a somewhat similar note, this article from WORLD is worth a read. “The hard truth is that most evangelical leaders have not done their duty to God, their congregations, and the world around them. IVF implicates matters of life, marriage, and family that the church must speak to, but as Emma Waters reported last year, most theologically conservative Protestant denominations have avoided the issue.”
The King Who Came to Serve
Michael Jensen tells about the king who came to serve. “There’s something deeply appealing about leaders like Charlemagne, even to us today. Troubled times make us long for a leader whom we can get behind—one who will stand up for us and get things done – who won’t be pushed around. We want strength, power, and decisive action. If anything, that’s something that has intensified even in the last decade.”
The Necessity of African Christian Authors and Publications
I was present when Pastor Ronald Kalifungwa delivered this address. Writers in Africa and beyond will benefit from it. “The landscape of Christian literature has long been dominated by Western voices, leaving a noticeable gap in perspectives from other parts of the world. This gap is particularly pronounced in Africa, where despite rapid church growth, indigenous Christian literature remains scarce.”
When A Good Thing Turns Deadly
Wes reminds us that in a world like this good things can turn into deadly things.
Redeeming the Time
Vanessa considers some of her struggles with productivity. “We need not lead lives of quiet desperation. We need only to remember to stop once in a while and reassess why we’re doing what we’re doing and for whom we’re doing it. Following Jesus will always be countercultural, and it is all too easy to get swept up in the world’s current of bigger, faster, more.”
Flashback: The Night Is Far Gone
The gospel calls us to love with all the fervency with which Christ loved us. We are to make it the goal of our lives to bring glory to God by doing good to the people he has made in his image.
Everything that God does to His people is all love. Sometimes the love is a little disguised, but the love is always there.
—C.H. Spurgeon
