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The Quiet Judgement
David writes about God’s judgment on the UK. “God’s anger against sin can be seen in different ways, and for different purposes. Sometimes he acts directly – to correct and rebuke. Sometimes he gives us our just desserts. But the worst kind of punishment is that inflicted on the UK this past week. His greatest punishment is to give us what we say we want – autonomy. He lets us have it our way.”
The Death Culture
Stephen McAlpine writes about the same fact—that in the past few days, UK legislators have passed permissive laws for both abortion and euthanasia. “The centre to the story is that when you have swum all of your life in the waters of extreme expressive individualism, it’s not simply the absence of imago Dei that is the problem, it’s the presence of an idea that any restriction of someone’s freedom to do what they wish with their bodies, is violence towards their agency.”
Exhaustion: Good and Bad
Wyatt describes two different forms of exhaustion, one of them a good outcome and the other a bad outcome.
The Danger of Prosperity
Though we all wish we had a little bit more prosperity, we need to be aware that it comes with dangers.
Your Sermon Doesn’t Need AI
Andrew is not interested in forbidding the use of AI among pastors. However, “you should limit its use in sermon preparation for these four reasons.”
Why Do You Think You Can Do Better?
“Do better” is one of the mantras of our age. “If we are discontent with our performance? Do better. Unhappy with our lack of spiritual progress? Do better. Stuck in addiction or bad habits? Always late? Disappointing your spouse? Lackluster performance at work? ‘I need to do better.’ If there are failures and shortcomings, then the most plausible formulaic response is to do better.”
Flashback: The Best Way To Teach
…as important as it is to know and define the word inerrancy, it is far more important to see it. When we preach the Bible as inerrant, we teach people to understand that it is inerrant.
Dying is easy work compared with living. Dying is a moment’s transition; living, a transaction of years.
—Maltbie Davenport Babcock
