Don’t Theologize or Spiritualize Ministry Mediocrity
This is an important challenge to churches that love good preaching. “Why is it that so many churches that profess a commitment to the primacy of expository preaching, settle for mediocrity in so many other facets of the church’s ministry?”
The Most Dangerous Place On Earth
And speaking of preaching, read this one by Steve Lawson. “Satan has no greater strongholds than houses of worship where the truth is suppressed. Nowhere is he more deeply entrenched in the lives of people than among those who are religious but who have no supernatural light of holiness and truth.”
The Deep Space of Digital Reading
This is a good article to read if you are concerned about what digital reading is doing to us. “The history of reading suggests that what we’re presently experiencing is probably not the end times of human thought. It’s more like an interregnum, or the crouch before a leap.”
75 Hobby Ideas for Men
Yes, 75 of them. I approve of reading being at the top.
Why the iPad Is Going Extinct
Here’s why the iPad and other tablets are slowly going extinct. I don’t see them disappearing anytime soon, but they do seem to be in decline. I don’t want to go back to preaching off of paper!
The Blessing of Visiting the Sick
Nick Batzig tells of the unexpected blessing of visiting the sick.
Tomorrow in 1892. 124 years ago tomorrow, extraordinary Baptist preacher Charles Spurgeon died. *
Hearse
I enjoyed this short video on the word “hearse.” It fascinates me to learn how words transform in meaning over time.
Family Worship 101
Westminster Books is offering a deal on Donald Whitney’s book on family worship. It’s a good one to buy in bulk and distribute in your church.
iPhones, Androids, and Your Church
My gratitude goes to Finalweb for sponsoring the blog this week with an article titled “iPhones, Androids, and Your Church.”
We are saved by the gospel of God to worship the God of the gospel.
—Fred Sanders
