A La Carte (August 5)

I think we’ve come to the end of a nice little streak of daily Kindle deals. We’ll hope for better things tomorrow. On the printed book front, Westminster Books has deals on books about parenting, headlined by a new edition of one of Paul Tripp’s works. Jordan Peterson’s Christian Problem I’m not familiar with Michael Warren Davis and suspect we would disagree on quite a number of matters of theology. But I really did appreciate this expression of his concerns with Jordan Peterson and what he teaches about living a meaningful life (even if that life makes use of the Bible). How regularly do we expect Luthers to pop up in church history? Apparently, a lot! This article isn’t really about Luther but more about some of the challenges pastors face. “We simultaneously complain that our leaders aren’t leading and then get angry when they do because we don’t like the way they’re doing it. People don’t seem to know what they want but they are adamant that whatever it is, it’s not whatever you’re doing!” Rejoicing in the Truth (Even When It’s Taught By Someone Else) “I gasped when I saw the description of the podcast episode. An author was being interviewed about their soon-to-be-released book. Nothing remarkable there. But the subject of the book was a topic I had been thinking, teaching, and writing about for a couple of years. That author stole my book idea!” Well, not really… Why We Sleep (And the God Who Doesn’t) Nick Tucker: “To think about God’s … Continue reading A La Carte (August 5)