It’s level 2 of 2023….what flattening week are we on now?
The Top Read
An Antidote to Spiritual Amnesia
“But how about, “How did I forget my salvation?” It’s hard to believe it’s possible, but we can forget that God saved us and how he saved us. We forget we didn’t deserve saving. We forget we were saved by God. We forget the suffering required to save us. We forget to worship God for saving us.”
Preach to the Ignorant, the Doubtful, and Sinners
“William Perkins, the great sixteenth-century puritan theologian in Cambridge, instructed preachers to imagine the various kinds of hearers and to think through applications for each—hardened sinners, questioning doubters, weary saints, young enthusiasts, and so on.”
An Open Letter to Struggling Moms
“But whatever your journey looks like, and however you feel today, I want to remind you that struggling mom isn’t your primary identity. Even while you and I experience the joys and bear the burdens of this glorious thing called motherhood, we remain—and always will remain—beloved daughters of our heavenly Father. Beloved is who we are.”
The Faith Crisis of Francis Schaeffer
“Those who have been affected by the work of Francis Schaeffer may not know of his own struggle with depression due to a crisis of faith, what some have called “the hayloft experience.” It occurred in 1951, not long after relocating his family to Switzerland, and lasted over three months. It proved to be the most influential crisis in his life.”
You Can Read the Bible: The Clarity of Scripture Part 1
“The clarity of Scripture has lived long as an assumed doctrine of the church, infrequently soliciting articulation throughout her history. In the last fifty years, the rise of “your truth” thinking has called for a renewed defense of this essential property of God’s Word to meet the challenge. Denominations have been torn apart because of a rejection of the clarity of Scripture. Families have reeled from its abuse. Morality has been squished and stretched to the tearing point in the name of Scripture’s obscurity, and a generation has been left floating in its wake.”
A Critique of the “Multi-Site Church”
This an incredibly insightful read from 9Marks and Jonathan Leeman. While not everyone will agree with what he has to say here, we must take a pause and reflect.
