Good morning. Grace and peace to you. Today’s Kindle deals include a long list of good books. Logos is kicking off a new month with a sale on many of the best commentaries you can get. (Also, use the code EXTRASAVINGS to get $10 off a purchase of $100, $25 off $200, $45 off $300, or $75 off $500.) (Yesterday on the blog: Fourteen Signs That You Might Be Legalistic) Supreme Court Issues Ruling Protecting Religious Free Speech Joe Carter explains an important Supreme Court decision. (See also CBMW) Money Makes a Horrible Master and a Valuable Servant Randy Alcorn: “Money has social and economic benefits that can be used for the betterment of people. As a plow can be used for honest labor and a sack of grain for feeding a family, so money, which simply represents their value, can be used for good.” The Story of Us Shane Rosenthal writes about words and stories and other important things. Yearning for Oneness: A John 17 Meditation What does it look like to yearn for oneness with God, and how do we get there? That’s the topic of this article. Why Is it Better That Jesus Went Away? “God never leaves his people. If the Holy Spirit has been God’s tangible presence among his people throughout their history, surely the Spirit’s descending on Jesus at his baptism and the pouring out of the Spirit at Pentecost are continuations of the same story. We see this promise coming to fruition in John 14–16.” Not THAT Kind … Continue reading A La Carte (July 3)