Today’s Kindle deals include Sighing on Sunday by Megan Hill, Perfect Unity by Ralph Cunningham, and several other good books.
Logos users, March Matchups continues with just a couple of rounds of voting remaining. Be sure to consider the deals that are already available.
(Yesterday on the blog: What’s a Trade War and How Did We End Up In One?)
COVID-19: What Did We Gain and Lose by Livestreaming?
This is a really good article on what we gained and lost when we all made the move to livestreaming. “What began as a temporary necessity has become an expected staple of the church’s ministry. As people began returning to worship, committees and the session debated whether livestreaming should continue. If so, for how long, and for what purpose? Those were difficult questions to weigh at the time, in an unprecedented situation. But now, with five years of experience, what evaluation can we offer about the place of livestreaming in the church’s ministry?”
An Open Letter to the Spouse of an Unbeliever
Emily Van Dixhoorn writes compassionately and biblically to the spouse of an unbeliever. “I heard that you are married to an unbeliever and could use some encouragement. I wish you and I could sit down over coffee together and I could hear about your specific struggles. But for now, I pray that God will graciously use my words here to comfort and strengthen you.”
To the Exhausted…
“It hit me Thursday morning as I pulled into the parking lot for work. Exhaustion is its name and I quickly questioned, ‘How am I going to make it through the next 48 hours…’ I was ready to stay in my car, turn around, and plop myself onto my bed.”
How to Draw Near to God Through Writing
Jana lists several ways that writing has drawn her near to God (which is to say, how it has been spiritually beneficial).
If No One Seeks God, How Is Anyone Saved?
It is good at times to remember truths that some find basic and some consider impossible or even abhorrent. “God overcomes the humanly impossible and brings us decisively to faith and to union with Christ for salvation.”
Shrinking in Shame
“There are certain moments a father never forgets. One of the sweetest memories of my young children occurred when I came home after work. Immediately, my children would drop whatever they were doing and scream ‘Daddy’s home’ while running full speed into my kneecaps. Though I came home every day, they greeted me as if I had been lost at sea for the past year and unexpectedly found my way back.”
Flashback: Is It Unspiritual To Be Depressed?
Is it unspiritual to be depressed? This author answers with a confident “no” (or “no, not necessarily”) and does so in a well-written and helpful little book that I am certain will be a blessing to many.
The more empty I am, the more room is there for my Master. The more I lack, the more He will give me.
—C.H. Spurgeon
