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Today’s Kindle deals include a really good collection as Saturdays go. My Seasons of Sorrow is back on the list, as are lots of other titles that may interest you.
(Yesterday on the blog: Books to Help Parents With Tech)
Recovering the Mind of Christ: Why the Church Must Prioritize Theological Maturity
Modern Reformation addresses the need for theological maturity. “If pastors continue to neglect the theological maturity of their congregations, they not only weaken their people, but they risk the distortion of the gospel. The church must recover the biblical view that theological maturity is essential to discipleship, worship, and witness.”
When Peter Walked the Stormy Sea
If it has been a while since you’ve read a poem, why not read Esther Roth’s new one? I really enjoyed it!
What Is Excommunication?
“For those who are familiar with the language of excommunication, the term is rarely heard neutrally. It provokes a reaction, often shaped by prior experience rather than careful reflection. For some, it conjures images of spiritual tyranny and ecclesiastical overreach. For others, it feels like an embarrassing relic of the past, incompatible with modern sensibilities.” But, as Kyle explains, both of those reactions are mistaken.
Discipleship in a Sexualized Culture
There’s no doubt that we live in an overtly sexualized culture and that this culture presses in on our families. With that being the case, here “are three actions that Christians can take today as disciples and disciple-makers who firmly resist sexual sin: delay, define, and defend.”
Why Motherhood Can Feel Impossible
“If I had to tell young mothers one thing today it would be this: your work is holy work, raising up sons and daughters of God, and whether you have worn the same sweatpants for a week and the bookshelves are a mess and the dishes aren’t getting done, and whether your kids are crying and you can’t follow all the Perfect Rules for Parenting, just be faithful and love your children and accept that there is grace. You’re doing a good job. God is proud of you. Keep moving one day at a time and this period will flower into something new.”
Giving All Like Jesus
Vance Christie relates a true, sweet story meant to encourage us in our giving to the Lord’s work.
Flashback: What the Father Gives, We Must Receive
What the Father gives, it falls to us to receive, and to receive with faith—faith that God means for us to receive it and faith that God has a purpose in it, even if that purpose is not now clearly visible to our eye.
Whenever God means to use a man for big things, he breaks him into little pieces first.
—C.H. Spurgeon
