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January 11, 2020
Saturday Links
Curated links for your weekend reading:
Sex outside of marriage isn’t new (Abraham), but due to certain technological advances—birth control, condoms, legal and “safe” and cheap abortions—consequence-free sex basically is.
Why You Need Sermons That Don’t Directly Apply to You
How do you listen to a sermon that’s not about you? How can you benefit from a talk on anxiety if you’re not worried, marriage if you’re not married, or depression if you’re not down?
January 7, 2020
Adorning the Dark
This book should have been on my list of best books of 2019, but I finished it in the last hours of the year, too late to include on my list.
It was one of my last mistakes of 2019, and one of the first I’m fixing this year.
Andrew Peterson is someone you should know. His music — Is He Worthy? or His Heart Beats or the Behold the Lamb of God album, for instance — is a gift to the church. He’s also a writer, and I hear he draws too.
[image error]He’s written Adorning the Dark as both a memoir and a...
January 4, 2020
Saturday Links
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What we do each morning in the first fifteen to thirty minutes of our day is doubly revealing: it reveals both where our treasures really lie, as well as the trajectory of desires and decisions that will direct the day and, over time, our life.
You don’t need to be a professional book reviewer to read a lot of books. And you don’t need to be brilliant either. But you do need to be purposeful and consistent....
December 31, 2019
Top Posts of 2019
Here, in order of traffic from highest to lowest, are a couple of lists of the top posts I’ve written over the past year.
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Top Posts at DashHouseThe Kind of Man I’d Like to Become
I suppose I’ve always had dreams about becoming a certain kind of man. They used to be dreams about accomplishment.
Increasingly as I get older I have a different set...
December 28, 2019
Saturday Links
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Your Ministry Will Take a Lifetime
The best way to get ready for your future is to walk humbly, fruitfully, and cheerfully with Christ right where you are. Through the years, he will give you a front-row seat for watching him fulfill his purpose for you.
How to Succeed in Ministry (Without Really Trying)
My total ministry experience is just shy of 16 years, but here are five things that have served me well so far.
The...
December 21, 2019
Saturday Links
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Don’t Measure Small-Town Ministry Simply by Its Size
At the heart of every successful ministry, in communities of every conceivable size, is love: love for Christ and for the places where he has called us.
The Importance of Ecclesiology in Church Planting
Church planter, study the church. Your ecclesiology matters greatly for your church.
Read the Bible with TGC in 2020
The Gospel Coalition is partnering with Crossway to launch an initiative for 2020...
December 17, 2019
Andrew Fuller on Being a Pastor
I set out this year to read, with others, six books on pastoring.
I wanted a mix of old and new material, but it never occurred to me to include a set of ordination sermons preached by Andrew Fuller, an English Baptist pastor and a promoter of missions. I’m grateful that Michael Haykin made the suggestion.
You can download a PDF of the sermons here. If you’re a pastor, you won’t regret it.
Why pay attention to Fuller’s ordination sermons? In their book Being a Pastor, Michael Haykin and Brian...
December 14, 2019
Saturday Links
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Book Awards
From Christianity Today and For the Church. Also: Kevin DeYoung’s Top 10 Books and TGC Editorial Staff’s Books We Enjoyed in 2019
My Top 10 Theology Stories of 2019
10. Prosperity preacher takes job in Trump administration.
9. Are we supposed to boycott Chick-fil-A now?…
4 Ways to Make Reading Your Bible a Daily Habit in 2020
How do we change our habits to create more and better times in God’s Word?
Does God Care If We Diet and Exercise?
I...
December 10, 2019
Best Books of 2019
It’s been a good year for books.
So far I’ve completed 68 books this year and I have a few more in the hopper.
Here, in order, are some of my favorites this year. Most of them were published this year, but not all of them.
1. On the Road with Saint Augustine [image error]This book is less a biography on Augustine and more of an exploration of issues we all face with some help from Augustine. It’s what you’d expect from James K.A. Smith: profound and yet accessible.
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2. Surprised by...December 7, 2019
Saturday Links
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Top Books of 2019
From The Gospel Coalition, Jared C. Wilson, Trevin Wax, Russell Moore, and Gospel Relevance.
The new December 2019 issue of Themelios has 217 pages of editorials, articles, and book reviews.
Someone Needs to See You Suffer Well
People need to see you clinging to his promises, treasuring his friendship, and praising his name when life is falling in on you.
Pastor, Build His Platform, Not Yours
We must be satisfied in the...
