By way of update, we have now passed the halfway point of our quarantine and on Friday will have served out our 14 days. For those asking, my son’s funeral will be held on Saturday morning. Details are forthcoming.
There’s a nice little list of Kindle deals to browse through today.
Conflict Grabs Attention, But We Need To Bring Grace Instead
“If we’re not careful, social media can turn our natural desire for attention and approval into an environment where we seek those by being controversial, making extreme statements, stirring up anger, or the ‘playing to our base’ at an individual level.” Ain’t that the truth…
How Were People Saved In The Old Testament? (Video)
To ask the question is really to ask, “are there two gospels, or just one?” Steve Lawson explains here.
False Gospel: “Cut Off Toxic People”
It can sound like wisdom to cut out the toxic people in your life. “Cut-Off-Toxic-People begins with the belief that society has created some people toxic, and others pure. It is embraced by those who believe themselves to be among the pure. According to this false gospel, the Fall happens when the pure allow toxic individuals to negatively influence them. It happens as you’re surrounded by poisonous people. Redemption is found in cutting off toxic people. Ultimate restoration is living a peaceful life.”
The Incoming
Seth Godin reflects on all the “incoming” stuff in our lives.
Why You Need a Heavenly Perspective
It is good to be reminded of the importance of a heavenly perspective. “Hardship in this world should produce a deep longing for Heaven. An inheritance reserved for all those who have been redeemed by the blood of Christ. A place where ‘there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain’ (Rev 21:4).”
8 Ways We Can Pursue Peace
I’m never sure how effective these “X ways” articles really are, but if you’d like to learn about better pursuing peace, this may be helpful.
Giving Is the Greatest Wealth
“The kind of wealth God’s economy produces and the kind of wealth the world’s economies produce are very different. The former makes us ‘enriched in every way to be generous in every way’ (2 Corinthians 9:11), while the latter threatens to pierce us with ‘many pangs’ (1 Timothy 6:10) and even to steal our soul (Matthew 16:26).”
Flashback: A Sober Warning from the Earliest Christians
Where tolerance once called for respect despite disagreement, today it calls for far more. We are considered tolerant only when we advocate and celebrate new understandings of marriage, sexuality, and gender.
The debt of children to a true Christian home, is one that never can be overpaid, or even fully discharged.
—J.R. Miller
