The God of love and peace be with you today.
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(Yesterday on the blog: What Makes Heaven Happy)
Your Son Got in Trouble at School: A Case Study of Tribalism
“In the social media era, too many people view themselves as de facto journalists, where even friendships and memberships are little more than ‘sources’ we can leverage for our own personal brand. I’ve seen too many people become distrustful too quickly of friends and teachers that have a proven track record of faithfulness. Why? Because the digital ecosystem is constantly pressing on them.” I appreciate what Samuel says here about tribalism in the modern world.
What Does the Bible Say About Women Pastors?
What does the Bible say about women pastors? Guy Waters gives an overview.
Daughter or Daughter-in-law
This is a sweet article by a mother-in-law to her daughter-in-law. That can be such a precious relationship (though it can also be such a tough one)!
I Have Set Before You Life and Death
“Every day that we wake up, there are two paths before us. These two paths go by various names. We could call them the paths of wisdom and folly. Or the paths of blessing and curse. Or the paths of good and evil. Or the paths of God-exaltation and self-exaltation.” This is what the Bible refers to as life and death.
I Never Felt Like God’s Enemy — Was I?
For those who came to Christ early in life, it can be difficult to feel like they were ever an enemy of God. John Piper addresses this issue and does so well. “The basic issue we face is this: Are we going to learn our true condition before Christ and outside Christ from our memory and our experience, or are we going to learn it from the word of God? Are we going to feel it because it’s in the word of God and the Spirit applies it to us? Or are we going to try to dredge up some memory that may not exist at all and try to feel that? I don’t think that’s going to work — and even if it did work, it would be inadequate.”
For God & Country
“In the hustle and bustle of our daily lives, it can become easy to lose sight of why we do the things we do. I think that, in order to regain a proper Biblical perspective in the midst of the mundane, we must first narrow our focus before broadening it again. That is, before setting our sights to the plethora of issues abroad, let us take stock of our own hearts, homes, families, and church community. There is a real sense in which our pursuit of ‘God and country’ must begin at ‘hearth and home.’”
Flashback: We Who Are So Ordinary
God’s plan all along has been to use ordinary leaders to accomplish extraordinary things. His plan has been to use people of average ability to accomplish matters of eternal significance.
Legalism is simply separating the law of God from the person of God.
—Sinclair Ferguson
