The Kindle deals continue today. You’ll find books on apologetics, suffering, and more. There’s also an extensive list of excellent, best-selling general market titles.
(Yesterday on the blog: Nick Has Been with the Lord for 5 Years)
Sex, Virtue, Technology
This is a really interesting and also concerning article about sex, virtue, and technology. “We don’t live in a sinless paradise. Nor can we pretend to. We carry a sin nature in our hearts that leaves us tempted and tried, that makes lust feel inevitable. But grace restores nature. Through the grace of God, the indwelling of the Holy Spirit and the community of the Church, Christians can reject the dystopian vision of sex as commodity and embrace the ennobling vision of sex as an engine of virtue formation.”
Is It Right for Us to Long for Reunion in Eternity With Our Loved Ones?
Randy Alcorn asks and answers an important question. “Believers periodically tell me versions of the following: ‘We shouldn’t be thinking about reunion with loved ones, or the joys of Heaven. We should only be thinking about being united with Christ, who is our only treasure.’ This sounds spiritual, but is it?”
Not All Reasons for Leaving a Church Are Created Equal
“How do we know when it’s right to leave and when it’s not? As someone who loves the church and believes in her God-given purpose, I want to offer four good reasons to leave a church and four bad ones.”
Quelle Surprise: Le Quiet Revival!
Stephen McAlpine: “Turns out there is something happening. God is doing something. What was seemingly confined to the Anglophone world is now spreading out across the European continent, beginning with that bastion of all lands eminently secular – France.”
Don’t Touch the Tree
I enjoyed this dispatch from the mission field. “For those in full-time ministry, the temptation is great still. Rush on with things. Expect to see growth quickly. Relish the thought of what could be next year. And, like the first priests in the garden, we reach out our hand, and we value the shortcut over the fruit that will be seen in time. Yet it is not just for full-time workers.”
When a Word Changes Everything
Yes, indeed. Sometimes a word changes everything.
Flashback: Why It Matters that We Call the Final Book of the Bible Revelation, not Revelations
The difference is subtle—a single “s.” Yet that little letter, in its own way, changes the very nature of the book. It matters.
I’m not suffering from anything that a good resurrection can’t fix.
—D.A. Carson
