I’m often amazed at how much great material people willingly create and then release online for free. Today’s a good example of how different Christians use their gifts and explore their interests to bless people like you and me through their blogs. I’m grateful for each of them. Serving Our Housebound Members for the Long Term One unexpected benefit of the lockdowns is they gave us all a glimpse of what it means to be housebound. Hopefully that will help …
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Whether it’s a vacation or a staycation (still one of my least-favorite words), it’s awfully good to take some time off, isn’t it? That’s what I’ve been doing this week—queuing up everything in advance, so I can just step away. Thanks for bearing with me! (With that said, I did spot some Kindle deals, so updated the page accordingly.) (Yesterday on the blog: Today I Will Live Like a Christian) The High Stakes of a Hard Heart Jen Oshman says …
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The great daily challenge I face in Christian living is not a challenge of knowledge—I know what I need to know in order to live in a way that pleases God. It is not a challenge of discernment—there is rarely any great difficulty in distinguishing truth from error and right from wrong. It is not a challenge of ability—there is no temptation I cannot resist and no sin I cannot turn away from when I am indwelled by the Holy …
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Just a reminder that I am taking this week off, so will not be updating the Kindle deals. Check back in after the weekend and I’ll make sure I’ve got some to share. Four Reflections on Sin Writing for TGC Canada, George Sinclair offers four reflections on sin. Do I Need to Understand the Trinity to Be Saved? I have seen a few variations on this question over the years, but especially appreciated this treatment from John Piper. 30 Years …
Read MoreI hope you and yours are enjoying this beautiful summer. It has been a crazy year so far in so many ways, with so much suffering and uncertainty, so perhaps it’s more important than ever to get outside, to look at what God has made, to ponder it, to see his hand in it, and to praise him for it. (Yesterday on the blog: An Early-July Family Update) 4 Ways Not to Be a Jerk Online “Scripture calls us to …
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