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September 22, 2021
8 Habits for Growth Launch Party
Please join me to celebrate the launch of 8 Habits for Growth. A brief author reading, some Q&A, lots of prizes, and fun!
The livestream will take place on Thursday, September 23 at 7:00 p.m. EST.
Visit Facebook or watch the livestream below at the scheduled time.
September 21, 2021
Bring Back Foxe’s
There’s nothing like reading Foxe’s Book of Martyrs as a teenager.
Want an easy life? Foxe’s will cure you of that expectation. Beginning with Stephen, and continuing for some 2,500 pages, you will learn that following Jesus will may include suffering or worse.
The descriptions are stark. The pictures are worse. Historian Douglass Campbell writes, “Those who could read for themselves learned the full details of all the atrocities performed on the Protestant reformers; the illiterate co...
September 18, 2021
Saturday Links
Curated links for your weekend reading:
Podcast: I enjoyed talking to Reagan Rose about making time on the Gospel for Life podcast.
Beware the Sin of City Planners and Pastors
Your job isn’t just to bring God to these people. Your job is to recognize how God is already moving among them. The ministry doesn’t need your plans as much as it needs your attentiveness and your support.
The Ministry of Being a Little Bit Further Along
What most people need and long for as they face trial...
September 14, 2021
The Death of Porn
The Death of Porn is unlike any other book I’ve read.
First, it’s a very personal book — a series of letters — written by Ray Ortlund. If you don’t know Ortlund, read this article about him, watch one of his sermons, or check out his podcast for pastors. If you’re looking for a cold, dispassionate book, look elsewhere. Ortlund begins this book with a personal letter to the reader. It’s a book characterized by warmth, intensity, and hope.
That hope also sets this book apart. You’d e...
September 11, 2021
Saturday Links
Curated links for your weekend reading:
I Won’t Kiss Evangelicalism Goodbye
When I log off Twitter and look at what King Jesus is up to in local congregations in this country and around the world, I’m encouraged.
Pastor, every Sunday, over and over again, without fail, stubborn and convicted, you take to that pulpit and pin all your hopes on the gospel in your preached text.
Oversight is sight plus responsibility.
September 7, 2021
Knowing and Enjoying God
I’m a fan of habits. Because we live a good part of our lives by habit, it’s important that we build habits that help us pursue God. I agree with David Mathis:
Your perseverance, under God, is in your habits. Heaven and hell hangs on habits. Show me a man’s habits, and you’ll give me a glimpse into his very soul. The habits you develop and sustain today will affect whether you persevere till the end or make shipwreck of the faith.
Simply put, your habits are one of the most important thing...
September 4, 2021
Saturday Links
Podcast: I’m excited about season two of the Gospel for Life podcast. I’ve released a short trailer.
Curated links for your weekend reading:
15 Reasons Your Soul Needs Gathered Worship, Not Just a Livestream
Below, I’ve written 15 reflections on all that is lost when we choose to worship from the couch instead of the pew.
Bring Your Bible to Class — or Church
I’ll be recommending that my students consider taking up a habit they’re likely unfamiliar with: bringing an actual, physic...
August 31, 2021
Go Narrow, Go Deep
Suggestion: Since the Bible is probably too big a book for us to master it all in one lifetime, in addition to many annual read-throughs, choose one OT book and one NT and spend the rest of your life drilling down really deep there. Mine: Isaiah, Romans. Both are addictive.
— Ray Ortlund (@rayortlund) August 24, 2018
Pick a book from the Hebrew Scriptures, and pick a book from the New Testament. If you want to go even narrower, pick a passage: the Servant Songs of Isaiah, the Sermon on t...
August 28, 2021
Saturday Links
Podcast: Season 1 of the Gospel for Life podcast is over, but I’ve put together a summary of the twelve principles covered, along with links to dig down deeper.
Curated links for your weekend reading:
What Do I Do With “Wasted Years?”
What do you do when you can’t make sense of a season in your life? Your sacrifices are met with empty harvests and brass heavens?
Wisdom Is a “Who” More Than a “What”
If we want to know what perfect wisdom looks like, there is one place to look—the S...
August 24, 2021
Artificial Intelligence and Pastoral Ministry
AI generated content is becoming more common.
This technology is in its infancy, but is growing quickly. The algorithms that create this content are becoming more advanced. In a recent article from The Atlantic, Jerry Kaplan, author of Humans Need Not Apply states, “The basic notion of AI is that human intelligence should be utilized for the really hard jobs and the simple jobs should be turned over to machines.”
AI is still a long way from maturity, but it’s already being used to writ...
