Today’s Kindle deals include some excellent books to consider reading with your children. There are some for you to read for your own purposes as well!
I mentioned before that Westminster Books was planning to move its warehouse. They’ve received unexpected news that they need to do so earlier than expected, so you can do them a favor by shopping their Warehouse Clearance Sale.
(Yesterday on the blog: Performative Grief)
When a Crack Becomes a Chasm
This is an article about those times when a relational crack becomes a chasm, especially between parents and children. “What had begun as a small crack in the relationship and one less call per month had become a chasm filled with anger, bitterness, and now a refusal to be in relationship at all. As heartbreaking as the spiritual wandering of the older kids was, this was something entirely different and so much worse.”
About That Viral AI Article
An article about AI went viral on X, and Samuel James wrote a helpful article about it. “I’m just a normal person who has heard plenty of sales pitches before. And I cannot stop thinking about how much of these ‘purely telling you what’s going to happen’ takes sound like sales pitches. Like any clever sales pitch, the AI stuff pivots quickly whenever people ask to see what’s being promised.”
There Are Some Things Which, If They Are True, Change Everything.
If Jesus really rose from the dead, it would transform what we think of God and how we see ourselves. In this short, evangelistic book, The ‘If’ That Changes Everything, Mike Hood examines how the Resurrection makes sense of our deepest desires and how belief in Jesus is both rational and life-changing. An appendix includes contributions from John Lennox, John Dickson, and Piyush Jani. Use code CHALLIES and receive 30% off at thegoodbook.com, and share with a questioning friend this Easter. (Sponsored)
Artificial Theologians
“In theology, there is always the danger of artificiality. The temptation to be an artificial theologian is not new. An artificial theologian may have conceptual knowledge and insight but does not allow the subject of study (God and the Bible) to fully transform them.” Modern technologies are able to exacerbate this all the more.
Well Our Feeble Frame He Knows
Stephen McAlpine explains why some hymns are too good to change or adapt to the times—and perhaps especially the hymns that offer a strong gospel to weak people.
Christian Witness in a Divided World
“All day yesterday, the debate was about the two halftime shows. But it was not really about musical styles; both shows were problematic. Both were filled with political and social overtones. One was a product of the progressive movement, and the other was a response by the conservative movement. I told a colleague that Karl Marx would be happy today. The whole of our nation seems divided over two competing halftime shows at a football game, fueled by political differences.”
Our Wealth Is a Stewardship, Not Just a Blessing
This is important: The wealth we enjoy is not merely a blessing (though certainly it is a blessing!) but also a stewardship from God.
Flashback: Why Modern Dating Is So Difficult
One matter that constantly perplexes me is just how difficult it is for young Christians today to figure out dating and romantic relationships…But as I study the cultural ethos, it begins to make sense, for in my day the cultural assumptions and the Christian assumptions were quite similar. Today, though, they are worlds apart.
Real spiritual growth is always growth downward so to speak, into profounder humility.
—J.I. Packer
