May the Lord be with you and bless you today.
Today’s Kindle deals include some excellent picks from The Good Book Co. Among them are Alistair Begg’s Christian Manifesto and both volumes of Tim Keller’s Romans for You. You can’t go wrong!
Book Brief: The Wager by David Grann narrates one of history’s most famous (or perhaps infamous) shipwreck and castaway stories. It’s a fascinating bit of history and Grann tells it well. I read it over the course of a weekend and enjoyed every page. It’s perfect summer reading.
(Yesterday on the blog: Protecting the Family Name)
Does Christian Sex Need Rescuing?
Writing for TGC Australia, Izaac Cowling has a helpful review of Sheila Wray Gregoire’s influential The Great Sex Rescue. “The Great Sex Rescue is, at heart, a protest book: ‘What if our evangelical ‘treatments’ for sex issues make things worse?’. It’s a response to perceived flaws in teaching about sex by popular Christian books and arising from the purity culture of nineties American evangelicalism.” But it has some significant flaws.
15 Resolves for Maintaining Spiritual Balance in Severe Interpersonal Conflicts
Imagine how we, our families, and our churches would be different if we all abided by these 15 resolves.
How Sweet!
Ashley Kim celebrates her favorite Greek word and the joy of sweetness—especially the sweetness of knowing God. “A full response to the Word, then, is more than mere affirmation or belief in propositional truth, more than acquisition of knowledge, and more than conviction and trembling before the Lord.” A full response is to savor its sweetness.
What Can Senior Pastors Do to Help Associate Pastors? (Video)
In this video, several associate pastors discuss things that senior pastors can do to make their calling easier. There’s lots of help to be had there.
It’s OK to Be OK
We live at a time when authenticity is equated with struggle. Does this mean it’s not okay to be okay? “Everyone’s doing it. People type their diagnoses on their social media bio lines. If you don’t struggle with something, you’re the problem. You’re not authentic. We’ve gone from saying, ‘It’s OK to not be OK’ to needing to say, ‘“’It’s OK to be OK.’”
Don’t Be Proud of What You Had No Say In
That’s sound advice, isn’t it? Don’t be proud of what you had no say in.
Flashback: An Army Without Supplies
Behind those missionaries are support-raisers, graphic designers, videographers, accountants, and a host of others. Though these people have far less contact with the “enemy,” they are still crucial.
Nothing built for the glory of man will survive God’s scrutiny. But what is done for His glory will endure forever.
—R.C. Sproul
