It’s Black Friday which means you’ll find tons of great deals on all sorts of items. I’ve got one huge list of print books (and other items) and another huge list of Kindle deals. Enjoy!
Futureproof Forgiveness
Stephen writes about the uniqueness of Christian forgiveness. “Whatever the post-Christian future looks like, one thing is for certain, it would look less forgiving. Here we were thinking that if we got rid of the vengeful, judgey, judgey God-thing, we would become a culture of harmony and acceptance. Turns out all we did was outsource the vengeance to ourselves.”
How to Make the Best Imperfect Decision
Justin explains how to make the best decisions (even though they’ll also inevitably be imperfect decisions).
Find Incredible Christian Black Friday Deals at 21Five
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The (Unimpressive) Ambassadors of Heaven
“If the King of kings, the eternal ruler of Heaven, put up a job listing to become one of his ambassadors, what requirements would you expect it to include? If the application process was anything like the way our nations work, it would probably have a lot to do with who you know personally, who owes you a favour, and how well-connected your family is.”
4 Emotions That Are Hidden Beneath Your Anger
This is an interesting look at some of the emotions that can hide beneath your expressions of anger.
Low-Tide Evangelism
Glen Scrivener: “In evangelistic terms, low tide means we cannot drift toward faith. Like it or not, when the tide is going out, simply to be a Christian means to go against the flow. And to embrace Christianity becomes a conscious journey. But it’s a journey that makes sense. The connection holds, and as you walk the path you’ll own it for yourself. At that point, you might just say, ‘Jesus is right!’—and mean it in ways that high-tide ‘drifters’ never could.”
The Church as a Community of Gratitude
Here’s a short but powerful reminder that the local church is to be a community of gratitude.
Flashback: I Knew It!
We will know that though we dropped our anchor into the depths of an ocean whose bottom we could not see, it fastened securely to the rock.
We have plenty of troubles and trials, and if we like to fret over them, we can always do that; but, then, we have far more joys than troubles, so our songs should exceed our sighs.
—C.H. Spurgeon
