My gratitude goes to the excellent Spurgeon College for sponsoring the blog this week to tell you about their Accelerate program. There are a few new Kindle deals again today. (Yesterday on the blog: On Nick’s Twenty-Third Birthday and My Own) Sufficient in Our Sorrows Aubrynn makes such a good point here: “Healing is a gift, and it is something I will continue to pray for, but it is not an end in and of itself. True confidence is found not in my strength, my assurance, or my abilities, but only in the foundation of my confidence itself. Christ is my confidence.” Is the Ark of the Covenant a Type of Mary? This is a lengthy but interesting refutation of the Roman Catholic teaching that the Ark of the Covenant is a type of Mary. 7 Ways to Mishandle a Bible Story “The Bible is full of stories. And we preachers are full of ways to mishandle them. God has richly blessed us with the stories in the Bible. Each one reveals God’s heart and character. Each story is designed to point our hearts to Him and to stir our faith in His word and character. So, how can we go wrong?” Here are seven ways. Jesus Revolution and American evangelicalism Bethel McGrew considers a character from the film Jesus Revolution. “As I read up on Lonnie, Chuck Smith’s mysterious hippie guest, I especially wondered how the film would handle his story. The dynamic evangelist was directly responsible for a wave of conversions, but he … Continue reading Weekend A La Carte (March 4)