This week’s Free Stuff Friday is sponsored by Missional Wear They are giving away a bundle that includes a pair of statue busts, an art print, journal, coaster set and bookmarks. Gentlemen, Mother’s Day is very quickly approaching and it’s time to get your plan in place. You know that just getting her another set of flowers, a card, and breakfast out isn’t going to cut it — you’ve done that already! Don’t worry, Missional Wear has got you covered …
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It can be discouraging to see Christian leaders sometimes falter and sometimes fall. We feel residual shame when yet another well-known pastor is caught in scandal, when yet another Christian celebrity succumbs to a web of his own weaving. Yet we need to be careful that we do not make the extent of the problem greater than it is, for behind every one of these well-known, unfaithful leaders is a legion of ones who, though unknown, are faithful to God’s …
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The Lord be with you and the Lord bless you today. There is, once again, a nice list of Kindle deals for anyone who is looking for something good to read. Choosing the Public Scripture Readings : Three Approaches Gradon Schaub offers three different approaches to one of those elements of worship that, in so many contexts, has gone sadly missing. “A few years ago, I visited a local Anglican church. As a Baptist, we tout ourselves as people of …
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The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you today. Today’s Kindle deals include quite a number of good books. (Yesterday on the blog: Simon, Would You Still Have Passed That Way?) How Hyperbole Dulls Our Spiritual Discernment This is a very good article from Thomas Schreiner. “We live in an age with a cacophony of voices, where we exaggerate to make our voice heard. It is tempting, therefore, to trumpet our concerns with hyperbole. We seize the attention …
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Simon, would you still have passed that way? Would you still have passed that way if you had known how you would be mistreated? Would you still have ventured into the city if you had known that you would be forced to carry another man’s burden? Would you still have entered that gate and strolled down that street if you had known that the cross of another man would soon be upon your shoulders, that his blood would soon stain …
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