My thanks goes to Redeemer University for sponsoring the blog this week. Redeemer is a Christian university in Hamilton, Ontario, and wanted you to know about their program of Church Leadership Microcredentials.
Today’s Kindle deals include a selection of newer and older books.
(Yesterday on the blog: You, Me, and G3)
When the Music Stops
I am not sure how to summarize this one except to say that it expresses some concerns about AI and how it may impact our very humanity. “The point of all this is not doom and gloom fatalism. We do in fact still have agency, if we care to use it. AI acceleration is coming, one way or another, but we have a great deal of say as a society about how we will and will not use these technologies, how we will and will not be used by them.”
Gordon J. Wenham (1943–2025)
It is well worth reading this obituary of Gordon Wenham. Even if you aren’t familiar with him, your pastor probably is since he wrote some excellent and influential commentaries. You have been influenced by him in one way or another!
Not Every Meal Is a Steak Dinner
We eat lots of meals that are not particularly memorable even though they are necessary to keep us functioning. Jacob draws upon this idea to speak about our habits of reading Scripture.
I Don’t Know Where the Streams Are
“Things look different when you’re walking. You have time to notice the individual wildflowers, and the meadow behind the wall with the horses in it that you just couldn’t see from the driver’s seat of the car. The discovery that surprised me most, though, was the stream running right beside the road. Through the crowded trees and bushes it babbles away constantly as it splashes its way over rocks and under roots and how did I travel this road so many times and never even know this was here?”
The Wonder of Forgiveness
This is simply a brief celebration of the wonder of forgiveness.
Authentic Preaching in the Age of AI
This is a long and helpful article/video/lecture about authentic preaching in the age of AI. Whether or not you preach, you’ll benefit from it.
Flashback: How Can We Measure Spiritual Progress?
Each of us begins with character that has been shaped by the world and the flesh and each of us longs to finish with character that has been shaped by the Spirit and the Word…Each of us longs to make consistent progress.
Kings do not make history. Kings serve history.
—John Mahaffey
