Good morning! Grace to you today.

(Yesterday on the blog: This World Is Passing Away)

The Empty Religions of Instagram

There are lots of interesting insights here on the rise of “Instavangelists.” “We’ve found a different kind of clergy: personal growth influencers. Women like Ms. Doyle, who offer nones like us permission, validation and community on demand at a time when it’s nearly impossible to share communion in person. We don’t even have to put down our phones.”

What Is Divine Providence?

This is a helpful piece from John Piper: “The term sovereignty does not contain the idea of purposeful action, but the term providence does. Sovereignty focuses on God’s right and power to do all that he wills, but in itself, it does not express any design or goal.”

A Trombone Instead of Heroin

I think you’ll benefit from reading this story of God’s grace in a life.

What If They Had Known?

Kyle Borg wonders what the church leaders would have done had they known what happened to him. “I grew up in the church. Some of my favorite memories come from the time I spent there — Sunday school, AWANA, VBS, youth group, and


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