Good morning. Grace and peace to you.
Just a reminder that From the Rising of the Sun is out and available now. Buy the book and you’ll get the whole documentary series for free!
Today’s Kindle deals include a substantial collection of good deals. There are several by Paul Tripp, a fairly new one by J. Warner Wallace, and a massive collection of C.S. Lewis’s works that are usually priced about 40x higher.
Encouragement in a World of Opinions
“As Christians, we are told to be light in this world. How can we share the truth of the gospel if we are busy spreading negativity through our ever-important opinions? I have never criticized another person and felt good about it. I always wish that I had kept my opinions to myself, that I had prayed for the person and situation instead of talking about it. But I have never sought to encourage someone and wished I hadn’t.”
Don’t Hand Education Over to AI
Tom Stoner provides an educator’s perspective on the growing use of AI—a few principles that can help us think wisely about technology.
A Reflexive Fear of AI Doesn’t Serve Christ
Meanwhile, Isaac Willour wants us to know that a reflexive fear of AI doesn’t serve Christ. “If God means for us to exercise dominion & stewardship in the realm of artificial intelligence, then we ought to be just as unapologetic about the doing of good as we are unafraid to combat the doing of evil. The church believes this in every other arena where Christians live and work. To half-hide our convictions when it comes to AI is not a move that serves the church or the productive creators who uphold its mission.”
The Hidden Blessing of Being a Single Parent
I appreciate this article about the hidden blessing of being a single parent. It occurred as I read it that the majority of articles about single parenting are written by moms. This one, though, is from a dad.
Two Mistakes the Disciples Made—and We Still Make—About the Kingdom of God
Iain Duguid considers two of the mistakes that Jesus’s disciples make—and we can still make today—in our thinking about the Kingdom of God.
Beware Christian Fiction: 3 Things to Avoid in Christian Bookstores
Chloe Ann offers three things you ought to avoid in Christian bookstores (whether you’re shopping for yourself or someone else).
Flashback: In the Beginning There Were No Canyons
…the brightest of the blooms grow only in the places that have been prepared by the heavy hand of the Master.
Jesus was engaging, but he never entertained; there is a huge difference, one that is lost on the modern church.
—J. Mack Stiles
