My gratitude goes to SolaSites for sponsoring the blog this week! If your church or ministry needs a new website, they would love to speak to you.

Today’s Kindle deals include some classics and at least one other book.

There are two days remaining in a summer sale from Westminster Books. There are lots of solid deals to be had.

(Yesterday on the blog: A Mid-June Family Update)

Which Characters in Job Can We Trust?

I enjoyed John Piper’s reflections here on which characters we can trust in the book of Job.

The Cure for a Lack of Fruit in Our Christian Lives

Derek Thomas goes deep and gets practical in this one. “Assuming, then, that there is no doubt as to the ability and willingness of Christ to save those who believe, how may I be assured that I have this belief? The answer of the New Testament at this point is clear: there is an ‘obedience of faith’ (Rom. 1:5; 16:26). True faith manifests itself in outward, tangible ways. In other words, the New Testament draws a connection between faithfulness and the enjoyment of assurance. True believers demonstrate the fruit of the Spirit, and this fruit is


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