Welcome to June! Nearly halfway through the year!
The Recent Top Read:
The American Birth Rate
Birth rates have been something Al Mohler has talked about on his daily podcast, The Briefing, multiple times. This article from Fox News is an excellent read, giving some significant indicators of quality and cost of living and their connection to birth rates.
Pastor: Help Your Congregation Navigate Gay Pride Month
“Pastor, consider how you might equip your church members to stand in truth and love during this month. As the neo-paganism of LGBTQ+ increasingly defines our nation’s public religion, more of our members will be taking it on the jaw at school and work. We should prepare them for these occasions if nothing else than by setting the example of speaking publicly ourselves.”
Is Your View of Women Aligned With Your Theology?
I honestly see many people whose views on many things, especially women and gender roles, go in the opposite direction of their professed theological standings. Is it ignorance? Lack of discipleship? Or just downright sin? I don’t know, but probably a mixture of all three. This article from Crossway is a great read.
Evangelism Without An Altar Call
“But that’s not all. The altar call has a tendency to put the congregation’s focus in the wrong place. After the Word is preached, members and visitors alike should be examining their own hearts. Everyone should be giving serious attention to how the message calls him or her to respond. But the altar call, ironically, tends to produce the opposite response. Instead of self-examination it leads to audience-examination. People are looking around, wondering who’s going to go forward. And if no one moves, one wonders, did the pastor fail? Or worse, did God take the day off?”
The Importance of Genesis 3
“So this setting is especially unique. It is not only unique on the earth; there are particular trees that are located there, the encounter with a serpent takes place there, the walking of God in Eden with his image bearers takes place there. These take the reader into a world we are not as familiar with.”
Confrontational Christlikeness
“The kind of man you hate reveals what kind of man you are.” This was a great read!
