Westminster Books is offering a discount on Joel Beeke’s new book How To Lead Your Family. It’s worth a look!
Once again you’ll find a strong collection of Kindle deals today. As far as I remember, many of them have never been on sale before.
Could Scrolling Become the New Smoking?
I would say it’s possible that one day scrolling will be regarded like smoking. “The smoking revolution makes me wonder, What else might our society radically rethink over the next century?”
Are Children a Blessing? A Response to Declining Birthrates and a Crisis of Meaning
This is helpful. “We cannot bring heaven to earth. But we can begin, in our pews and homes, to live like citizens of the world to come. We can honor childhood, protect children, cherish family, comfort the barren, and rest our identities, not in what we produce or whom we raise—but in the one who calls us his children.”
Expository Preaching—The New Golden Calf
I really appreciate this article. It encapsulates some things I have been thinking about for a while now. “We have corrected the sentimentalism of evangelical preaching by replacing it with exegesis—but in doing so, we have too often stopped there. We have taught our men to expound the Word but not necessarily to preach it. We have trained them to analyze the text, but not to apply it with urgency. And so, we have traded emotionalism for sterility. We have insisted on doctrinal depth but have neglected the spiritual burden that must accompany it.”
Behold, Your Mother
“I am one very lucky 28-year-old child to have so many adopted mothers and grandmothers! And beyond just these wonderful women in my church, the Church in a very real sense fulfills the role of a mother.”
A Tale of Two Prayers
Joshua Budimlic considers Scripture, his life, and a tale of two prayers.
How Moms Can Care for Women Experiencing Infertility
Emily Ibrahim: “As I walked through infertility, I found, unsurprisingly, that those most ready to comfort me were women who had experienced reproductive loss themselves. While some precious friends who haven’t shared that experience ministered to me, many mothers of living children may be hesitant to reach out to a woman experiencing infertility for fear of pouring salt on a wound.”
Flashback: The Path to Glory
The road is narrow and perilous, often rough underfoot and steeply inclined. But if we are in Christ, we have the assurance that none of the struggles along the way are meaningless, that none of the trials are wasted and none of them unseen by God.
The best earthly staff that a father has to lean on is a good son, and the strongest arm a mother has to help her down the steps of years is that of a grateful child.
—De Witt Talmage
