I did not track down any new Kindle deals today, but you can check out all of the ones from earlier this week on the Kindle deals page. Logos users may want to pick up The Basics of the Faith series at 45% off as well as a 5-volume D.A. Carson series at 30% off.
Holiness Is Not Our Goal
Ed Welch makes an important point here: “Obedience, however—our growth in holiness—is not our goal. It is only a means to an end.”
Is Crowdfunding the New Church?
This is an intriguing question. “For every major religion, giving to the poor is a fundamental pillar. And yet it seems like technology, rather than church, is augmenting charitable giving these days.”
Praying for the Police
Karen Swallow Prior shares an experience and a prayer meeting.
How Not To Grow Weary In Doing Good
We all do at times, don’t we? “You would not think that we who believe in Jesus would grow weary of doing good. He’s been so good to us. When we do good it brings him joy and he rewards us. Yet Paul warned the Galatians not to grow weary in well-doing. Why?”
How To Please People Without Pleasing People
There’s a famous saying by the poet John Lydgate: “You can please some of the people all of the time, you can please all of the people some of the time, but you can’t please all of the people all of the time.” What the Bible says about pleasing people is less catchy but far more important.
This Day in 1604. 412 years ago today, John Eliot, “Apostle to the American Indians,” was baptized. He would eventually publish the Bay Psalm Book, the first book ever printed in America. *
No Free Passes
WORLD interviews Rosaria Butterfield about what life has been like after the release of her controversial biography.
Religion and the Olympics
This is a very interesting look at the history of religion at the Olympics as well as the Olympics as a religion of its own.
A 7-Circle Roundabout
This is madness: A 7-circle roundabout. It actually exists!
Flashback:The Complacent Christian
Do not underestimate the value of a few zealous Christians. Do not underestimate their power to stir up a great fire.
Far too much theology operates under the assumption that God is simply a much larger version of ourselves.
—Derek Rishmawy
