The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you today.
Today’s Kindle deals include a good little selection, highlighted by a Randy Alcorn title that is worth owning. (Update: Clare Morell’s excellent The Tech Exit has been added.)
How to Fight Your Phone Idolatry
“We go through our days with near-constant attachment to these mobile devices. In every in-between moment of waking life—in line for a coffee, sitting in a waiting room, walking from point A to point B, stopped at a red light—we instinctively pull out our phone and scroll, text, check notifications, aimlessly toggle between apps. It’s not just a nervous habit. It’s a liturgical impulse: muscle-memory habits of devotion.”
The Weakness of God
T. M. Suffield: “There is something disturbing to the modern mind in the idea that God, supposedly the strongest being in the universe, could ever be weak. There is something disturbing to the modern mind in the idea that weakness could ever be good, it’s seen as something to fight and overcome. We fear old age because we will weaken and one day experience the cold embrace of the grave.”
Strong and Fearless Faith
Middle-grade readers will encounter 52 short biographies of unsung heroes of the Christian faith—including activists, pastors, and missionaries. Along the way, kids will learn about the trials and triumphs of the Black Americans who shaped our nation’s history. (Sponsored)
Loving Aging Parents Well
John Piper offers some wise counsel on loving aging parents well. What he writes is based on Scripture, of course, but also comes from personal experience.
Changed by Love
“Sometimes we see godly men and women and think they’ve always been that way. When we think this, we make a fundamental error: we attribute their godliness to them rather than to the Lord. True godliness isn’t a matter of personality. True godliness turns sinners into saints. Look at any godly saint and you will learn that they weren’t always that way. God grew them, and it took years, decades, for them to become who they are today.”
The Eve of Five
This is a poignant reflection on a child’s fifth birthday. “I sit here at your resurrection site on the eve of your fifth birthday. Albeit some days it feels more like a grave. Five! My sweet girl, writing that has triggered a gushing of tears. How is it five years hold such joy and anguish of heart?”
Climb the Hill
Andrea considers a scary situation that happened at her home and uses it to illustrate our lack of faith.
Flashback: Delayed Obedience Is Disobedience (Except When It Isn’t)
Acting with wisdom, even in turning away from disobedience to pursue obedience, sometimes takes time—time to listen, time to examine, time to ponder, time to pray.
If we live for the world, it is very likely that our children may die of the world.
—Theodore Cuyler
