I was so very sorry to hear of Voddie Baucham’s sudden death yesterday. I join so many others in praying for his precious family. Here’s a favorite memory: an interview I did with him back when he was serving in Zambia.
The highlights of today’s Kindle deals are an excellent commentary that is suitable for both preaching and Bible study, along with a new biography of Charles Spurgeon. There are other options as well.
(Yesterday on the blog: How Much Time Should We Spend Reading the Bible?)
The Spreading Darkness of Assisted Suicide
Trevin writes about the spreading darkness of assisted suicide, or what is known in Canada as Medical Assistance in Dying. “America’s neighbor to the north is several years into an experiment with assisted suicide that has shocked its citizens—including many early supporters—with its ghastly consequences. Once a society embraces killing as care, there’s no limit to where that logic will lead.”
What You Owe Your Parents
We know the Bible tells grown children that they still have responsibilities toward their parents. “The real question is what does this proverb have in view when it condemns children spurning their parents? Because of all the complexities and sinful dysfunction that can make up parent-child relationships, it will help to think how this would apply to the most extreme case, then work outward from there.”
2026 Missionary National Conference: The Lord Who Sends
From October 14–16, 2026, Missionary will host its National Conference in Fort Worth, Texas. Together we will search the Scriptures and see how God’s Word shapes our local churches for the glorious and sacrificial work of sending missionaries to reach the remaining unreached languages. Speakers include John Piper, Kevin DeYoung, Mark Dever, Michael Reeves, Brooks Buser, Ian Hamilton, Chad Vegas, Aubrey Sequeira, Jonathan Master, and Paul Schlehlein. Save $150 when you register today. (Sponsored)
What Are the Charismatic Gifts?
Ligonier has a helpful primer on the topic of spiritual gifts. It’s sadly ironic that a topic meant to unite Christians instead so often divides them!
“All Things New,” Not “All New Things”
Tommy Keene makes a necessary distinction between God making all things new and God making all new things. “The ‘newness’ of the New World is not a reboot or a blank slate. It does not begin in the same way as Genesis 1, with Adam and Eve in the garden, new and naked and ignorant, in a wilderness world wild and ready for cultivation. It does not erase what came before; it is not a re-spawn or reset.”
Pray Bigger Prayers
We all need to be challenged from time to time about whether we are praying big enough prayers. “I just wonder what would happen if we committed to meaningfully praying that God would save every person in our area? If we asked him not only believing that he can, but that it is perfectly possible he will. Could it be simply that we don’t have because we do not ask or that we ask in doubt not really believing it is possible?”
The Frequency of the Lord’s Supper
Mitch gives his take on a popular question: What does the Bible say about the frequency with which the local church should celebrate the Lord’s Supper?
Flashback: Idolatry is Futility
We may consider ourselves far too advanced to bow before an idol of wood or stone, to bend the knee to the image of an animal or man. But none of us is immune from bowing before the idols of our dreams and desires, before the idols of our wandering hearts.
…wives can embrace the imperfect ways their husbands lead them now, knowing their leadership is just a taste of the glory to come when we’re with Jesus, our perfect Bridegroom, forever.
—Lauren Washer
