Today’s Kindle deals include several books that will lead you to reflect on Scripture.
Is Football Too Violent for Christians?
Though there is no great and satisfying answer at the end of this piece from Desiring God, it is still well worth the read.
Between the Planting and the Reaping
“Perhaps the saddest thing I saw all week: our team in Burundi caring for two little boys, each with one hand amputated as retaliation for supposedly stealing avocados. A hungry ten-year-old picks a fruit which is an abundant and renewable resource and pays with a life-long disability. Shocking.”
16 Days to Christmas: Immanuel
I appreciated this brief, sad reflection.
17 Missing Verses in the NIV? (Video)
“One of the questions out there is why are there 17 verses missing from the NIV, and were they left out for theological reasons? The answer is that while the verses references are not in the text, these verses are in the footnotes.” Bill Mounce explains.
100 Years. 100 Million Lives. Think Twice.
This is important, especially for young people: “Communism cannot be separated from oppression; in fact, it depends upon it. In the communist society, the collective is supreme. Personal autonomy is nonexistent. Human beings are simply cogs in a machine tasked with producing utopia; they have no value of their own.”
The Secret Life of “Um”
“When one person asks another a question, it takes an average of 200 milliseconds for them to respond. This is so fast that we can’t even hear the pause. In fact, it’s faster than our brains actually work. It takes the brain about half a second to retrieve the words to say something, which means that in conversation, one person is gearing up to speak before the other is even finished.” This is an interesting look at language and how it functions even through those little “pause” words.
Brexit for Dummies
David Robertson offers a reader-friendly explanation of Brexit.
Flashback: When God Doesn’t Zap Away Our Sin
God promises grace to battle sin and to overcome sin. We believe that God gives that kind of grace to his people. This is not something we deserve; it is not something he owes us, but he gives it anyway. It is undeserved, the overflow of his love for us.
Don’t dig up in doubt what you planted in faith.
—Elisabeth Elliot
