May you know the Lord’s blessings as you honor and serve him this weekend. I am wondering if I have any readers who live in Zurich or Malta. If so, would you mind getting in touch? As Saturdays go, this is an exceptional one when it comes to Kindle deals. (Yesterday on the blog: A Christian Case for Bitcoin and Blockchain) Can You Hear the Congregation Singing? “Congregational singing — which includes the one who sings like it’s an American Idol …
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This week’s Free Stuff Friday is sponsored by Baker Books . They are giving away three sets of Jamie Rasmussen’s books How Joyful People Think and When God Feels Far Away. How Joyful People Think by Jamie Rasmussen (book cover is attached and can be linked here: How Joyful People Think – Baker Book House) In this insightful unpacking of Philippians 4:8, pastor Jamie Rasmussen shows readers how to focus their thoughts and attention on the things in life that God has declared will make a …
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A recent article intrigued me with its assertion that it is better to understand Bitcoin as gambling than investment: “An asset that never pays a dividend but has a price that keeps rising is a bubble. An investor can believe Bitcoin is a bubble and rationally invest so long as she expects to sell out before the bubble pops. But that isn’t investing; that’s gambling, and it’s a zero-sum game.” Being largely unfamiliar with Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, I wanted to think …
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The Lord be with you and bless you today Lessons From the Reformation’s Pamphlet War Carl Trueman: “What made the Reformation a popular success in so many places? There is no simple answer to this, but a key element was the pamphlet war: the production of short, cheap, polemical publications, often illustrated with woodcuts, that served to shape the mind of the populace. Both Protestants and Catholics engaged in this pamphlet war, which was perhaps the first battle for the popular …
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Grace and peace to you on this fine day. (Yesterday on the blog: A Year of Sorrow, a Year of Gratitude, a Year of Grace) Does It Really Matter Whether Adam Was the First Man? Michael Reeves: “The simple aim of this article is to show that, far from being a peripheral matter for fussy literalists, it is biblically and theologically necessary for Christians to believe in Adam as a historical person who fathered the entire human race.” Can a Christian …
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