Good morning! Grace and peace to you. Today’s Kindle deals include a nice little collection from Crossway. (Yesterday on the blog: Tell God the Unvarnished Story) Four Compelling Reasons I Am Pro-Life “While much more could be said, these four reasons I am pro-life are reasons that I want to be on the tip of my tongue and that I hope will be on yours, also.” Let the Little Children Come This one from Madelyn is one the same theme of abortion. How can I grow in my experiential knowledge of God? How can we grow in our experiential knowledge of God? Here’s an answer from several theologians. Josef Tson: What His Suffering for Christ in Communist Romania Taught Him, and Can Teach Us Randy Alcorn: “God convicted Josef. As a pastor he refused to glorify communist leaders and started to speak out boldly for Christ. Interrogators threatened him with death every day for six months. Finally he told them, ‘Your supreme weapon is killing. My supreme weapon is dying. My preaching will speak ten times louder after you kill me.’” How to Patiently Prepare for Missionary Work Among the Unreached and Unengaged How can someone prepare to serve among the unreached and unengaged? This article offers some wisdom. The Case for (Slightly) Shorter Sermons I don’t agree with everything here, but I do think he’s on to something when he points out that it’s much easier to write a long, bad sermon than a short, good one. Concision has a way of keeping us … Continue reading A La Carte (June 27)