Good morning from Chicago. I’m at Wheaton College this week to speak at the Write to Publish conference. I speak three times and, as always, prayers are appreciated! (To those readers I met at the airport: I hope you made your connections and had a safe onward journey!)
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The ‘Quiet Revival’ in the UK (and Beyond)
It is always good and exciting to consider that the Lord may be bringing revival. But it’s also important to maintain a note of caution. In that vein, it’s worth reading David Robertson’s thoughts.
The Life We Lose in the Secrets We Keep
Andrew Osenga has been involved in Christian music for a long time and from that perspective writes about the recent revelations about D.C. Talk’s Michael Tait and the industry in general. “Mostly, my experience has been people working their butts off for not a lot of money to make music they really care about, hoping that enough other people will care about it too, so that the music can keep being made for a while longer.”
The Scandal of Compromising Evangelical Elites
Andrew Walker writes about N.T. Wright and Evangelical elites. “The lament that evangelicals have often been anti-intellectual or culturally withdrawn is not wholly unfounded. At the same time, I know many so-called evangelical ‘elites’ in these sectors—whether in business, law, think-tanks, government, or academia. But here is what is worth noticing: None of the evangelicals I am talking about is self-consciously preoccupied with being an ‘elite.’ They are preoccupied with excellence and conviction.”
“Pastors Only Work 30 Minutes a Week”
Michael Krahn explains how that 30 minutes is a very busy 30 minutes.
Baptists, Be Proud of Your Tradition
“A false assumption prevails in the ether that Baptists lack a meaningful history. If you want to be rooted in history, the thinking goes, you would do better embracing Anglicanism, Lutheranism, or Presbyterianism. … In an ahistorical digital age, people are longing for a deep and meaningful connection to tradition.” Baptists are not excluded from having that deep and meaningful connection.
Long-Tempered?
We’ve all known people who are short-tempered, haven’t we? But what about those who are long-tempered? It turns out the Bible speaks about them.
Flashback: When God Interferes With Our Plans
…every Christian owes unending thanks to God for preserving us from what we would otherwise do and who we would otherwise become.
To be amended by a little cross, afraid of a little sin, and affected with a little mercy, is a good evidence of grace in the soul.
—William Plumer
