Good morning from California. I made the long journey here from Zambia and look forward to joining the Biblical Counseling Coalition’s Global Summit.
Today’s Kindle deals include a good selection of books from Christian Focus and other publishers.
Doug Wilson vs. Public Schools: On the Freedom of the Gospel
I appreciate the care Owen Strachan takes here as he writes about public schools. “The conversation over childhood education reminds us: today, we need a recovery of the gospel. This may sound rather basic. But it actually goes against the grain of our age. In our time, it seems common to call for the recovery of the law. This is true theonomistically, as some seek to put society under the old covenant law, and it is spiritually, as leaders promote their own opinions as authoritative for all God’s people.”
Your Church Needs You to Sing, and So Do You
“Singing is, mysteriously, quite different than speaking. … When we sing in church we confront deep truths. We proclaim these truths. And as our brains process the words and pass along the relevant commands to our mouths and vocal cords, we’re forced to reckon with each claim. Do I really believe this?“
The Quest for the Best
Middle-grade readers will join Millie and her unruly entourage of REAL BAD GUYS on a search for the most superb, soul-satisfying thing of all—our Savior, Jesus Christ! (Sponsored)
What Wicca’s Origins Teach Us About Christian Nationalism
Joe Carter explains how Wicca’s origins can teach us something important about the rise of Christian Nationalism.
Out of Season
Darryl writes about his reluctance to follow the theological crowds. “I don’t trust the crowds; they’re usually wrong. I don’t want to follow them, because they’re fickle. If you follow what’s trendy now, you will exhaust yourself, and your ministry will lack depth. To be faithful means learning to be out of season a good deal of the time.”
Two Wedding Aisles To Walk Down
Stephen writes to young men here and asks them to consider two wedding aisles.
Amish Millionaires and the One ‘Yes’
Those who grapple with their fixation on technology may benefit from reading this one. “It’s a little easier to accept the concept of Amish millionaires when we consider farm ownership in light of rising real estate values. But Amish cell-phone use is harder, and more disturbing: if even the Amish can’t resist the modernizing pull of cell phones, what hope is there for the rest of us to manage our phones in a healthy way?”
Flashback: Much Will Be Required
As we encounter times of pain and illness, times of sorrow and loss, times of poverty and want, we should not merely ask, “How can I endure this?” or “How can I get out from under this?”, though certainly those questions may be appropriate. We should also ask, “How can I steward this?”
Here are you, worshiping in a well manned and affluent church. Yonder is a feeble one struggling for existence. Divide your forces with them, and make both churches the richer; one by what it gives, and the other by what it gets.
—Theodore Cuyler
