Crossway recently published For the Fame of God’s Name: Essays in Honor of John Piper. It’s over 500 pages long and filled with good material. The people in my church will probably find some of it to be very challenging…
Why memorize Scripture?
If I could give you only one piece of advice for life, it would be to memorize Scripture (more here). Ann Voskamp (who I might add, like Patricia is a tremendous photographer) has a wonderful post on memorizing Scripture. If…
Can disciples be invisible?
With Bonhoeffer’s help, Justin Taylor concisely answers the question of whether or not we can be invisible Christians (click here).
I know it’s wrong, but I don’t want to change
The power of a portrait
This is a photo of a baby at 10 weeks. Jennifer Rego writes: I recently came across the above photographs of a ten week old embryo on flickr, taken by an OB/GYN med student in India named Dr. Suparna Sinha,…
Amy is humbling handing out cash (and guys are allowed to comment – I think)
Amy, of Humble Musings fame, is handing out cash. If you comment, you can win a gift certificate. (See here). Otherwise just read some of her posts. Jamie and I have laughed (and been encouraged) more than once reading her…
Route 5:9: “I’m sorry that you were offended”
In a fallen world, conflict is never far away. If you haven’t offended anyone recently, rest easy, you will soon. How are you doing with the 7 A’s? This from the Peacemakers blog: This comic made me chuckle when I…
You might have cancer – – read this
Even if you haven’t been diagnosed, there’s a chance – – a reasonably strong possibility – – that you have cancer or will one day be diagnosed with it. This post is prompted because I am preparing to make a…
A fun illustration for this point, “Before confronting, ask, ‘How sure am I that I am right?’”
Listen to this clip. It’s only 1:50 and you won’t be disappointed! It comes by way of the indefatigable Vitamin Z. Then read the below post. We’ll let you count this as part of your devotions for the day. One…
“Wow, that was quick”
When Jaden’s parents put him to bed on Tuesday night they told him, “Well tomorrow you will be five.” In the middle of the night, Jaden’s dad took him to the bathroom and said, “Well, Jaden, now you are five.”…