Good morning. Grace and peace to you.
Logos users, you may want to check out the Pre-Black Friday deals and get your free and nearly-free books. The monthly deals have some good options as well.
Today’s Kindle deals will hopefully include several great books from Crossway, like Confronting Christianity and Paul Tripp’s book on suffering. Alisa Childers’ Live Your Truth and Other Lies is also worth a look.
The Idol in the Mirror
“I used to think that young women who were obsessed with their beauty and their sex appeal were the real idolaters. But as I’ve grown older, I’ve realized that the true temptation to idolatry is not when you like what you see in the mirror. It’s when you don’t like what you see. No one is more obsessed than a woman who feels unattractive.”
Why the Leaves Fall (Video)
We are just now coming to the end of dazzling fall colors in my part of the world. That means this video from the John 10:10 Project is well-timed.
Tickets and Teaching: Fencing the Table
This is an interesting look at how Charles Spurgeon and his church fenced the table for the Lord’s Supper. “Discerning members raised a serious concern: some visitors who didn’t belong to any church were participating in the Lord’s Supper. They were partaking in an ‘unworthy’ and ‘disorderly’ manner. Apart from the examination and ongoing discipline of a local church, one’s profession of faith is entirely private and unaccountable. As an ordinance of the church, the church has a responsibility to fence the Table, examine those who come, and teach its significance.”
The Tragedy of Artificially Intelligent Pastors
Erik Raymond expresses some of what will prove tragic if pastors give too much of their work to AI. “I think it’s important for us to have some core categories settled, especially as AI’s accessibility and perceived utility continue to expand. Core convictions keep us steady; they calibrate and counsel. This is helpful as technology speeds ahead with cries for efficiency, threatening to drown out your conscience.”
Walking With God Through Memory Loss
Vanessa writes movingly for or about those who suffer from memory loss due to aging.
5 Myths About the Book of Romans
Here are five myths you may have heard about the book of Romans.
Flashback: Educated, Free, Wealthy, and Privileged
…while it is right that we enjoy all our privileges and all our liberties, they may foster a kind of spiritual laziness in which we consider the Bible on our shelves as good as the Bible in our mind.
There is not a child of God in this world who is strong enough to stand the strain of today’s duties and all the load of tomorrow’s anxieties piled upon the top of them.
—Theodore Cuyler
