Today’s Kindle deals include so many good picks. There’s my favorite book for public schoolers and several good options for homeschoolers. There’s a great book on knowing God’s will, another on awakening wonder in your children, and a bunch of options by John MacArthur. And that’s only half of it!
Reminder: My new book and documentary From the Rising of the Sun launch today! You can order them now for immediate delivery. (The documentary is free with the book.)
(Yesterday on the blog: To Be Almost Saved Is To Be Completely Lost)
Am I a Missionary Colonizer?
Amy Medina responds to the common charge that missionaries are evil—colonists who import false or condescending ideas from other cultures. “The people who say we shouldn’t impose our beliefs on other people are, in fact, imposing that very belief on other people. They are making personal autonomy the highest value. But who gets to decide that’s the highest value?” (See also: Should Christians STOP Doing Mission Trips?)
The Separation of Church and Home
Jacob explains his concerns with the separation of church and home.
Why We Sing—And Why a Hymnal
Hymns are the heart language of the church, used to sing truth to the Lord and to one another in every season of the soul. This has always been the way. When we look to the Psalms, the great songbook of the Bible, we find God’s blueprint for singing. (Sponsored)
Want People to Go to Church? Invite Them. Want Them to Stay? Invite Them Into Your Life.
“The Church’s task … is not to simply integrate itself with modern American life, marketing itself as one lifestyle choice among many. Nor is it to retreat from the world. The Church’s call is to repair the remains of modern life. The U.S. is aching for a different way of life. Only the Church can offer that alternative.”
The Rare Jewel of Contentment in Childlessness
“Soon after we were married, well-meaning individuals asked us when we were planning on having children. The questions compounded more as each year went by. As the season of our childlessness prolonged, the questions became more difficult and awkward to answer.” This writer offers help and comfort to those who long to have children but remain childless.
When People Are Late to Church
Barbara tells Christians why they ought to be compassionate and optimistic when it comes to those who are late to church. After all, “we just don’t know what it takes for some people to get to church.”
A Misunderstood Grief
“Hope in the truth of our future with Christ does not always lessen the pain we experience today. Rather, hope becomes a companion that walks with us to a greater degree in light of loss. My left hand holds the grief of loss as my right hand holds the hope of Christ. They walk side-by-side with me step-by-step. The heavier the weight of loss, the greater the weight of hope. They compliment one another; co-exist.”
Flashback: Grief Can Be So Lonely
…if even we can’t adequately express or even comprehend our grief, how can others? How can they fully comfort us? More realistically, we will need to expect and be content with comfort that is partial and incomplete.
Most of us go through life worrying people will think too little of us. Paul worried people would think too much of him.
—D.A. Carson
