I’m thankful to The Good Book Company for sponsoring the blog this week. They wanted you to know about their excellent Good Book Guides. “Each guide leads groups through a book of the Bible or the Bible’s teaching on a particular topic, asking thought-provoking questions to help you understand the Bible and apply it to everyday life.”
Today’s Kindle deals include many good picks—commentaries, a book on Spurgeon, a book on leadership, and so on. Also, Theo of Golden, a Christian novel I’ve heard many rave about, is discounted today only.
(Yesterday on the blog: A Light on the Hill)
The Easter Reminder of Why Man Needs God
“No matter what forces may align to crush faith in the supernatural, a yearning for God will endure.” Daniel Darling writes about this in a helpful article at National Review.
Pierced for Our Transgressions: Why Nails Matter
Do the nails in the crucifixion narrative have special significance, or are they just an inconsequential detail? Benjamin L. Gladd tells why the former is true.
Picture This…
“I wonder how many children grow up with completely wrong ideas about Scripture simply because of a misleading picture in a story book. I’m not questioning the motives of the illustrators—no doubt they want to produce pictures that are simple and appealing; but how often do they end up distorting what the text actually says?”
MLK’s Famous Letter Changed a DC Church
This is a neat piece of history that tells how MLK’s famous letter changed a church in DC. “Aimed not at staunch segregationists but at well-meaning white moderates, King’s letter sent shock waves through the nation and countless churches. His words still challenge us today—but back then, they forced many to reckon with their own passivity in real time.” You should be able to get around the paywall by having a free account. (You can read more about it in Caleb Morell’s A Light on the Hill.)
How to Mentor
Here is some commonsense counsel on being a mentor (or a discipler—kind of the same thing).
The Hope of a Tearless Eternity
“It took some time for us to come to grips with the reality of what had taken place, but not long after that painful moment, we became part of a grief recovery group sponsored by a neighboring church. Eventually, we embraced the idea that we were to be conduits of comfort flowing out to others and not just containers of recovery for ourselves. That insight shaped the rest of our ministry.”
Flashback: Sorrowful Departures and Joyful Arrivals
Departing is difficult when all the people we love are being left behind, but arriving is easy when we are joining a throng of those we have loved and lost.
To bless God for mercies is the way to increase them; to bless Him for miseries is the way to remove them.
—William Dyer
