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Good morning. Grace and peace to you. I trust you enjoyed your weekend and have begun a new week rested and thankful for the Lord’s grace. Sales & Deals Today’s Kindle deals include books for preachers and those who listen to their sermons. Andrew Wilson’s new book on happiness is on sale at Westminster Books…
Reader Recommendations / Against gambling / Is gambling sinful? / Our line in the sand on AI / What does the Bible teach about nations? / Ross Douthat and the future of digital media / The extras are tired / and more.
The mark of the beast / Did Jephthah really sacrifice his daughter? / My side of the bed is cold / The marital conflict multi-tool / When pain has purpose / Counting blessings / The Funnies / and more.
Art and Jesus jukes / No record of wrongs / Connected to the church / You are not enough / The need behind the need / Your unique God-given platform / Poetry / Kindle deals.
Sophie Cunningham and transgender lies / Please don’t pray for me / PowerWash Simulator / Three ways to know I am a real Christian / Against gambling / Struggle against sin doesn’t signal defeat / and more.
The Spurgeon family scandal / The porn buster / The unwelcome intruder / What about animal suffering? / Pastoral time guilt / Twenty two & engaged / Mary Todd Lincoln / Sales and deals / and more.
For the joy of Japan / Gutting old books to feed AI / Justice and clemency / The slow drift of sexual intimacy in marriage / Do you really see those around you? / This I call to mind / Kindle deals / and more.
The contradictions of identity politics / Makeout police / Will New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani fail? / A brief history of hold music / Using Gemini Notebook for research / Gassed up / Before the secular revolution / Reader recommendations / and more.
Helped by a hypocrite / A Google Voice number transformed my ministry / Does God punish us for our parents’ sin? / When Christians don’t get along / Beware what you believe in / Freedom wears a chain / A La Quite / Book and Kindle deals / and more.
Young adults or adult-adults? / Who is missing in your church? / Biblical respect in a disrespectful age / Count the joy of missions / Words are very unnecessary / Godly friends and gospel schemes / Book reviews / and more.
Are Christians in Nigeria facing genocide? / Wisdom and tough choices / A bestiary of sin / Faith comes by hearing / Better than me / You still have to eat on vacation / News headlines / and more.
Protecting the sheep from domineering pastors / Ligonier Ministries, CNN, and Ben Sasse / When your boss expects you to lie / Do a tech detox with your teen / Faithful femininity / Poking fun at ourselves / and more.
A La Carte: A liturgy with a pause—for the killing / Modern-day morality and a bloodthirsty desire for vengeance / Burning Bibles to the glory of God / The Odyssey vs the Bible / “Christianity is not credible” / It’s hard to grow up / Kindle deals / and more.
Reader recommendations, plus long-form content and think pieces on: The conformity gap / What Catholics actually believe / One tool to rule them all / The end of populism / Why ambulances are so expensive / and more.
Terrible fathers / Why we pay to be scared / Shepherding kids through loss / The remarkably ordinary church / Getting more out of sermons / Test yourself, but trust in Jesus / The funnies / A La Quiz / and more.
My infertility didn’t end with a pregnancy / Cutting off your parents / Missions exists because worship does / The pro-life movement’s widening division / Church branding isn’t church planting / Jesus and the “r-word” / and more.
A pastor and a salesman get into an Uber / Something greater than outrage / Spend time with the gruntled / Lost relational opportunities and heaven? / If Jesus returns tonight / A letter from the leaders you are raising / One spirit, one faith, many opponents / and more.
5 signs your marriage is unhealthy / The preacher’s life / A life of prayer / The miracle of Christian unity / Conforming to non-conformity / Football won’t save the world / What I’m enjoying / and more.
Pillaging of the digital commons / The Marxist who understood sex better than the UMC / Intrusive thoughts and gospel hope / Predestination should give you confidence / How to wait for cultural reckoning / Invite as many as you find / Kindle deals / and more.
This weekend’s collection of long-form and think-pieces covers declining fertility rates, the Boy Scouts, The Odyssey, AI and the elderly, and Gen Z, plus reader recommendations.