My book Pilgrim Prayers releases today! If you haven’t yet bought it, would you at least consider it? Learn more here.
We were spoiled with a massive batch of Kindle deals yesterday and I’m glad to report that it has happened again today. We’ve got several excellent titles on prayer and preaching along with a couple by John MacArthur.
(Yesterday on the blog: Past Them, Through Them, Over Them, Around Them)
Why We Worry When Choosing a Bible Translation
This is a much-needed article on the fear so many people feel when they choose a Bible translation. “By far the most common question I get asked about Bible translation is What’s the best one? What I’ve noticed is that, very often, the question comes with a hint of worry—worry that, depending on my answer, the person may discover they’ve been using a second-best translation. And when it’s God’s word we’re reading, no one wants to settle for second best! The anxiety is understandable.”
Why Christian Parents Should Resist School-Issued Screens
This is an important one for parents. “As a pastor, parent, and taxpaying citizen, I want Christians to recognize what’s happening in school classrooms. I also want you to have credible, secular research to share with school administrations—for the sake of your children and your neighbor’s children. This act of courageous truth-telling may well be one of the most important acts of love our generation will undertake.”
Why Church Membership Matters
Alistair Begg offers a list of reasons why church membership matters. “Certain questions are crucial to the Christian faith: How does someone become a Christian? What do Christians believe? How should Christians behave? The Bible provides clear answers to each. But there’s another question, often overlooked, that’s equally crucial and to which the Bible gives sure guidance. It’s this: Where does a Christian belong? The question raises the issue of church membership.”
Take Your Worst to the Table: Reclaiming the Heart of Communion
Gerrit Dawson considers some questions about communion then says, “this cascade of questions can suck the joy out of this precious sacrament Jesus gave us. But perhaps if we dig under these encrusting controversies, we might once again reach the living heart of Communion. It’s really not that far away. We just return to that momentous night. We consider how Jesus draws humanity at its worst into the triune God at his redemptive best.”
4 Questions a Pastor Should Ask Himself Before and After Giving a Sermon
Pastors will find these questions helpful.
The Quickest to Anger Are Often the Slowest to Forgive
You have probably observed this as well: that the quickest to anger are often the slowest to forgive.
Flashback: The Folly Bound Up in the Heart of a Child
When children eventually profess faith they, like adults, begin the lifelong work of sanctification. They start to put sin to death and come alive to righteousness, and it’s nothing short of remarkable how much work they have to do.
Unholiness in a preacher’s life will either stop his mouth from reproving or the people’s ears from receiving.
—William Gurnall
