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There are a few new Kindle deals today. I’ll collect the new batch of monthly deals over the weekend and have it ready to go on Monday.
(Yesterday on the blog: New and Notable Christian Books for May 2024)
The Desegregation of Dallas Theological Seminary
This is quite an interesting look back at the desegregation of Dallas Theological Seminary. It’s amazing to think how recently this happened but a joy to know that it eventually did happen.
12 Things That Happened on the Cross
There is much that happened theologically on the cross or because of the cross. This article explains 12 different things that were accomplished there.
How Can I Be a Christian in My Workplace?
Alex Chediak: “Only Christ can give us the significance that many seek from their work. But is this how we should think of our jobs, as meaningless? Or might the Scriptures give us a richer, more optimistic view of the activities whereby we spend half of our waking lives? What does it mean to work as a Christian?”
Between Faith and Doubt: Five Questions for Our Skepticism
The editors at Desiring God begin this article in this way: “Randy Newman, our longtime friend, wrote this article just weeks ago to be published May 30 at Desiring God. Last week Randy died unexpectedly of heart complications. We publish this article with the blessing of his wife and family, and in gratitude to God for Randy’s faithful ministry and contagious joy in Jesus.”
The Sanction of Sin
“Does a wolf in sheep’s clothing know what he’s doing? Of course. That’s what makes it so terrifying when you catch the glint of teeth inside the fleecy face. He came to eat sheep. But he knows if he comes leaping and snarling, his targets will scatter. He has to look nonthreatening. He has to look like one of them. He has to earn their trust. That’s sin.”
“Never Let a Crisis Go to Waste”: AI, Statism, and the Threats to Free Speech
While I think we are all apprehensive about the precipitous rise of AI, John Avery explains how governments are using the “crisis” to curtail free speech. These are concerning matters!
Flashback: On Caring for the Property of Others
We may easily spot such inconsistencies in the lives and vocations of others, but it can be difficult to spot them in our own. Sin, after all, is deceptive.
Do not have your concert first, and tune your instruments afterward. Begin the day with God.
—Hudson Taylor
