Good morning. May the Lord bless and keep you today. Westminster Books has a deal this week on a new Bible story book for children. There are just a few Kindle deals to look at today. How Could Jonathan Edwards Own Slaves? In this article, John Piper wrestles through the fact that his hero, Jonathan Edwards, owned slaves. Is It Complicated Or Is It Difficult? “When we have a problem, we moderns tend to look for something to fix it with. Can …
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May the God of love and peace be with you on this fine day. (Yesterday on the blog: We Must, We Can, Bloom for Him) A Church Only Explained by the Gospel It is so important, this. “The gospel of Jesus doesn’t just make strangers into friends. It makes enemies into brothers and sisters. The church is a family created by grace. Just as Jesus called fishermen, tax collectors, and zealots into his flock. And when Christ is our God, …
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Far down a desert road, far from the swarms of people crowding Bryce and Zion and the other big attractions, far from just about anything and anyone else, we pulled over and got out. Beneath us was parched ground, above us a vicious sky, before us a towering cactus. And there, under the dark clouds, there against the stark desert, there before the sharp thorns, we gazed at the bright beauty of gentle, precious flowers. We saw flowers in the …
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Good morning. Grace and peace to you today and in the week ahead. The Great Revival That M’Cheyne Missed This is such an interesting and important little anecdote from church history. God Talk 101 It’s simple stuff, this, but still a good reminder that simplest is often best. “I want to suggest a simple God-talk phrase that every Christian can use in conversation with non-Christian work colleagues, friends and family…” Don’t Be ‘Authentic’ Mark Loughridge: “Obviously I believe in being …
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This was one of those weeks where my meandering through the various sites and blogs I read uncovered a lot of good articles–to many to include in just six days. So for that reason I’m offering a rare Sunday edition of A La Carte. Enjoy these links! What Does It Really Mean to Be the Salt of the Earth? Andrew Wilson considers the various ways salt was significant in Jesus’s day. “An awful lot of Jesus’s disciples, the very people …
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