My thanks go to Moody Publishers for sponsoring the blog this week. They wanted to ensure you know of Nate Pickowicz’s new book Overcoming the Darkness.
Today’s Kindle deals include a strong collection of excellent books, headlined by Jared Wilson’s Supernatural Power for Everyday People. You’ll find several titles by John MacArthur as well.
(Yesterday on the blog: How To Tell the Truth)
Keeping Your Well Full: Pouring Out Without Running Dry
“Continual ministry without refilling leads to consequences like burnout, half-hearted service, tainted care, and sin. Though called to pour ourselves out for Christ’s sake, we are not infinite creatures. We are finite, dependent creatures in need of recharging. We are reminded of our limited output every time we require sleep, water, and food; therefore, we need to be constantly recharged. So how can we be recharged?”
There Were No Atheists at Nuremberg
Andrew Walker writes about “the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the Nuremberg Trials, the proceedings that brought the Nazi regime before the bar of justice for its world-historical barbarism.”
On Refusing to Panic
“Wars. Societal tension. Cultural chaos. Assassinations. Online vitriol and slander. The list goes on. If we allowed ourselves to dwell on the current societal environment of the day, we’d go insane. Actually, we’d panic. We’d bury our heads in the sand, scream, and go numb.” Indeed. So what do we do?
Sports Open Surprising Doors
This is an encouraging article. “When I was hired for my church’s city ministry, my boss’s first words to me were, ‘You should be in the church office as little as possible.’ His second words? ‘You need to be with the sports teams as much as possible.’”
How Can I Practice Christian Hospitality?
Rebecca VanDoodewaard: “When our culture talks about having people over, they often use the language of entertainment: ‘I like entertaining,’ or ‘Here are some tips on entertaining.’ Christian hospitality, however, is not entertaining. It is not the addition of some religion to entertaining. Hospitality has totally different motives, means, and ends, largely because it is not about us.”
That Biblical Book Where God Is Not Mentioned
Mitch writes about that book of the Bible that never mentions the name of God.
Flashback: The Hidden Power in Every Idol
Who do you want to be? What do you want to become? You will become what you worship, you will resemble what you revere. So, what captivates your attention? What dominates your thoughts?
A child can have no greater inheritance than the godly teaching and example of his parents.
—John MacArthur
