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(Yesterday on the blog: You Were Made To Tremble)
3 Kinds of Forgiveness
This article helpfully distinguishes between three different types of forgiveness or, if you prefer, three different uses of the word.
Students Un-Coupling From the Trans Train
Stephen McAlpine considers some new studies that seem to show that transgenderism has quickly become far less popular among young people. “It takes a lot of effort, government money, self-will and affirmations. It takes a lot of coercion to make people say something about you that they plainly don’t believe is true of you. That requires a level of government intervention that – I’m thankful to say – most governments aren’t willing to completely enforce.”
Enter Your Pastor to Win $10,000
Our friends at Midwestern Seminary are celebrating Pastor Appreciation Month with a massive 10K giveaway and something free for everyone who participates. Learn more and enter at mbts.edu/pastors.
It’s Better to Die Than Hinder the Gospel
It’s worth thinking about: Paul considered it better to die than to hinder the gospel.
A Helper Corresponding to Him
Brad Littlejohn considers the biblical truth that God created Eve to be a helper to Adam, then relates it to the rise of AI companions. (I’d be shocked, though, if the statistic is correct and that many people are actually forming relationships with AI companions.)
Confessions of a Former Social-Mediaholic
“My name is Tanner, I’m 26 years old, and I’m a former social-mediaholic. I’ve been sober now for nearly six years, and I’m not turning back.” It’s worth reading how one person now thinks about social media after having given it up.
7 Principles for an Honest Church Leader
Barnabas Piper: “It doesn’t matter the size or polity of your church, you cannot have a healthy leadership culture (or church culture) without having an honest leadership culture. Without honesty there is no trust. Without trust there is no relationship, no togetherness, and no risk taking. And while this seems obvious, that doesn’t make it easy. Honesty in itself is a risk, after all.”
Flashback: What Jesus Sees (Even When Others Do Not)
Jesus sees in us what nobody else sees and nobody else can see because he looks beyond who we are to what we will be. He sees who he will make us to be as we spend time with him, as we walk with him, as we follow in his footsteps.
When a view becomes popular in culture, it seems certain some theologians will discover it in the Bible and church tradition.
—John Frame
