Welcome to the end of this week!
Today’s Top Read:
Doing Math To The Glory of God
I post this article in honor of my wife, who is a middle school math teacher. And that she’s fabulous! And it’s a great read/listen.
Yes, Preaching Really Does Change People
An encouraging read for me, a relatively new pastor (less than three years), and I would think encouraging to those who have been at it much longer. I appreciate the encouragement, the theological standing for preaching, as well as the exhortation to keep on doing so.
Settlers in a Land of Love
“But even with all of this resounding in our minds, even with all of this rejoicing our hearts, we must acknowledge that we have still explored little more than the first few steps. There are still vast territories of love laid out before us, still great treasures of love to discover and unearth.We know that through the endless ages we will continue to push out the fences of our knowledge, continue to expand the reach of our understanding.”
The Freedom That Comes from Being Boringly Biblical
“We gather first and foremost to worship God for redeeming us in Christ. Problems will arise in our gatherings if we turn our gaze away from the risen Savior to the lost sinner.” – This is an incredible read on why being boring isn’t bad.
Liturgies Are the Pipes, But the Word is the Water
“To put it positively, we have to make sure our hope and confidence for Christian formation rests on the power of God’s Word backed by God’s Spirit—from the miracle of the new birth through the lifelong process of sanctification.”