The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
I continue to add Kindle deals most days. We are spoiled to have access to so many good books at so low a cost! Be sure to consider David Gibson’s Living Life Backward.
(Yesterday on the blog: Do You Envy the Wicked?)
How to Support the Caregivers in Your Church
Simonetta Carr offers some helpful words on supporting the caregivers in your church. “Mine is just one of many stories of caregivers looking for support in their churches. Their needs are as varied as their circumstances, but they all long for lasting encouragement and true understanding.”
The Man Who Introduced American Evangelicals to C. S. Lewis
Justin Taylor doesn’t update his blog all that often, but when he does he always has something good to say. In this article, he introduces the man who was responsible for introducing American Evangelicals to C.S. Lewis.
The Cost of Discipleship Pales in Comparison to What We Gain in Following Jesus
Jesus tells his followers to take up their cross and follow him. Randy Alcorn says, “This is arguably the single greatest—and hardest—passage on self-denial in all of Scripture. Jesus tells us to lose our lives for His sake. He commands us to deny ourselves.”
The Way We Feel Is Not Necessarily the Way It Is
“There might be days when you feel that you are so close to Jesus. You cannot help but sing as you walk along, and you love to pray and read the Bible. Yet there are other days that this is not the case. It feels like your prayers are bouncing back off the ceiling and you lose the motivation to serve that you had at previous times.”
The Power and Danger of Habit
Chris writes about the power and the danger of habit. “Have you noticed this? It’s so much easier to build a bad habit than a good one, and so much easier to break a good habit than a bad one. Why is it easier to pick up bad words than to delete them from your vocabulary? Why is it easier to become a pessimist than an optimist? Why is it so easy to break your habit of daily Bible reading but so hard to put down your phone?”
Introducing Eikon 6.1 (Spring 2024)
If you’re interested in doing some slightly more academic reading, you may want to consider the new issue of CBMW’s journal Eikon. It offers a wide variety of articles, reviews, and other material.
Flashback: Before You Pack Up and Leave…
What should you do when you begin feeling discontent at your church? … I’d like to offer just a few suggestions that I hope you’ll consider and put into practice.
We are saved by the gospel of God to worship the God of the gospel.
—Fred Sanders
