Today’s Kindle deals include some great choices like James White’s The Forgotten Trinity, Counterfeit Kingdom (which deals with a major challenge to orthodoxy in our day), and several others.
Westminster Books is offering a deep discount on the new volume Tim Keller on the Christian Life.
Joy and Weeping
Kirsten tries to explain how Christians can be both joyful and weeping. “Joy is a conscious and intentional, oftentimes daily decision about how I am living as I choose to believe the promises of God, not despite what is going on in my life, but because of it. It’s an intentional redirecting of my gaze from what is seen to what is unseen.”
Is the Resurrection of Jesus Likely or Unlikely?
“Well, we are coming up on Easter. And while Christians will be celebrating the resurrection, others will doubt it. Our world’s skepticism over miracles is nothing new. Ever since David Hume, philosophers and scholars have been making the case against the possibility of miracles.” Today, though, there is a new variation of the challenge of miracles.
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Sullivan’s Kidnapping and a Lesson on Risk
Paul Schlehlein writes about the recent kidnapping of Josh Sullivan and expresses a warning about how the church may respond wrongly.
Only One Question Solves the Mystery of the Sin of Sodom
What was the sin of Sodom? Not surprisingly, some people have been trying to propose an answer different from the one Christians have always believed.
John Piper’s Framework for a Biblically Informed Retirement Plan
This is a very helpful perspective on John Piper’s framework for a biblically-informed retirement plan. “Piper’s biblical counsel focuses on three guiding principles: the Self-Sustaining Principle, the Caregiving Principle, and the Ministry Principle. Each one challenges cultural assumptions and reorients our thinking toward a God-honoring vision of life’s later years.”
Eagles, Fowl, and a Savior with Wings
This is a sweet celebration of God’s care for his people.
Flashback: Trusting God with Creation But Not Providence
How often do we grumble and complain against God’s will? How often in prayer do we attempt to direct God according to our own limited knowledge, our own limited wisdom?
Make the victorious Christ, not the “victorious Christian life,” your preoccupation. He’s still Victor even when we’re not.
—Scotty Smith
