Darryl Dash's Blog, page 57
October 2, 2021
Saturday Links
Podcast: I enjoyed talking to Ashley Hales about her book A Spacious Life on Gospel for Life podcast.
Curated links for your weekend reading:
I Searched for the Key to Discipleship
Once I realized that the people around me were showing me how discipleship works, I started to see it everywhere.
Live Near Your Christian Friends and Family
Christians should default to choosing where they live based on Christian community.
Submission is not a female virt...
September 28, 2021
I Can’t Get Over the Privilege
Over thirty years in, I can’t get over the privilege of being a pastor.
I still remember the day I took note of this verse:
I thank him who has given me strength, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he judged me faithful, appointing me to his service, though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, and insolent opponent. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. (1 Timothy 1:...
September 25, 2021
Saturday Links
Curated links for your weekend reading:
Book Launch: If you missed my book launch on Thursday night, you can watch the recording here.
Before You Leave Organized Religion
When you see those deconstruction stories and pleas to leave institutionalized religion behind, don’t buy into the deception. God himself instituted these gifts.
Bending the Covid Bow of Bronze: One Pastor’s Struggle Toward Hope in God
There might be another answer to my dilemma of either being not called to mini...
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...
