It’s not the most exciting day ever for Kindle deals, though there are at least a few to look at.

(Yesterday on the blog: The Local Church Was Made To Serve The Christian, Not The Christian The Local Church)

2 Reasons Bully Pastors Rise Up in the Church

Yikes! “our definition of a leader now is—strong personality, quick witted, forceful, domineering, able to win the day in a discussion or argument, can cast vision and collect people. I’m going to say this: no wonder we’ve produced a culture of ministry bullies who mistreat people.”

Theological Primer: Religion

Kevin DeYoung continues to work through his theological primer (and announces that it will soon become a book). This entry is on “religion” and I’m glad to see he addresses the way the word is so often used in a disparaging sense today.

Losing Discernment

This is true and important. “If we are not growing in our faith and knowledge of the word or, in other words, if we are not maturing in the faith, then there are consequences. There will be certain teaching from Scripture that is helpful and beneficial that we will not be able to understand and apply. Spiritual


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