My new book Eric’s Greatest Race, a graphic novel that tells the life of Eric Liddell, will be released in just two weeks. Please pre-order it at Amazon or Westminster Books! I’m pretty sure your children and/or grandchildren will enjoy it.
Today’s Kindle deals include the new book The Art of Disagreeing, a book for teens, and an especially good book about avoiding burnout. Also, if you missed James White’s The Forgotten Trinity yesterday, I fixed the link and it’s now available. You’ll find some excellent general market deals as well.
(Yesterday on the blog: They Won’t Because They Can’t)
Every Vibe Shift Is in the Lord’s Hand
This is a really interesting perspective on the much-discussed “vibe shift.” “We must grapple with the vibe shift’s moral orientation and impetus. We’re seeing neither a turn from darkness to light nor a regression to the Dark Ages. Instead, we’re seeing rebellion against what I’d call ‘schoolmarming anarchy.’”
The Jurassic Park Principle of Christian Freedom
Stephen explains what he calls the Jurrasic Park principle of Christian freedom. “Christian freedom isn’t about asserting your rights. Nor is it about restrictive rules. It’s about the glory of God. We glorify God when we enjoy his good gifts, when we obey him and when we love others well. The key is knowing when to enjoy our freedom, when God limits our freedom himself and when it is best to limit our freedom ourselves out of love for others.”
This Is What Power Looks Like
Eddie looks at Palm Sunday and Good Friday to show what power looks like. “One of the problems that we face in reading the Bible is that we become so familiar with some passages and what they mean to us, that we no longer try to get to grips with what is really going on. In particular, we have a tendency to look at the Bible as if it were written today in a modern religious, cultural and political context.”
Pelagius
Michael Jensen shows how the ancient heresy of Pelagianism is still alive today.
The Awkwardness of Easter
“To the unspiritual mind, believing in and celebrating a dead man’s coming back to life is pure fantasy. It is the height of foolishness. But to the spiritual mind, it is of first importance…”
Don’t Stay in the Puddles
As Brianna explains, the Internet has given us a lot of great benefits. “Yet, as we become a community saturated with the democratization of ideas and information we also must look at what these wins have lost us: one of which is depth.”
Flashback: It’s Okay To Be a Two-Talent Christian
…the person of little ability can be every bit as successful in the eyes of God as the person of outsized ability. And that’s because you are responsible before the Lord for what he has given to you, not what he has given to another.
The fellow that has no money is poor. The fellow that has nothing but money is poorer still.
—Billy Sunday
