Good morning. Grace and peace to you.
Today’s Kindle deals include a collection of interesting titles. I’ve also bumped up some books whose sale price will be expiring at the end of the day.
Thank You
This is a helpful word on gratitude—both spontaneous and deliberate.
‘Adolescence’ Isn’t Daring Enough
Bethel McGrew writes about Adolescence, a show that a lot of people are talking about. She is especially fascinated by what the show does not cover to any significant degree.
How One Gen Zer Is Gaining Biblical Literacy the Old-Fashioned Way
“As a member of Gen Z—the generation that grew up with smartphones—I didn’t realize how my phone was degrading my spiritual life until I had to give it up.”
I Believe in Miracles
Michael Jensen explains why he believes in miracles. “Since that great intellectual movement called the Enlightenment in the 18th century, miracles have been increasingly thought of as an embarrassment to Christian faith. This embarrassment has not decreased.”
Christian Artists Are Not Priests
Alan Noble: “The following might get me into trouble with some readers, but I think it’s worth saying because it’s true: Christian artists are not priests. They don’t belong to some special class of holy people set apart by God (as we see under the Old Covenant) from other believers to proclaim spiritual truths. They aren’t a higher form of Christian given unique insight into beauty and the calling to save the world through beauty.”
Seven Points on The Careful Justice of Hell
This writer explains how he has come “to both believe and feel more deeply that the justice of hell is a fitting, careful justice. I, like many, am tempted to feel that an eternal hell is a careless kind of ‘justice,’ a broad-brushed thing involving so much eternal collateral damage. This couldn’t be further from the truth.”
Flashback: Why Are We Often So Boring?
…he wants to see pastors become committed, faithful, engaging expositors of the Word. Such preaching, while perhaps not fitting any definition of entertainment, will be interesting and effective.
Daniel among the lions is happier than Darius on his throne.
—DeWitt Talmage
