Your Best Links Now – 1/1/14
How to Read the Whole Bible in 2014
Bible-reading New Year resolvers, Justin Taylor’s got your back with a host of helpful resources.
Is it Really Loving to Teach Doctrine to the Poor?
20 Schemes’ Mez McConnell is one of my new favorite pastor-thinkers. McConnell, who pastors among the urban poor in the “housing schemes” of Niddrie, Scotland, is often thinking through (as a practitioner) many of the assumptions made about mission in poor, post-Christendom areas and finding many of them lacking. This piece is just one example. Truth always matters, and the Bible always matters, no matter the cultural context.
How the Church Makes the Trial of Infertility Better (or Worse)
If the gospel is true, it must speak to the fearful parts of our lives such as these. As my wife and I have been through our own reproductive difficulties and as I am pastor to a few couples who have struggled with infertility, I am thankful for thoughtful articles like this one from Jeff Cavanaugh. It is a real source of grace and a good help to those in ministry.
Atheist Comedian Raises Money for Tornado Victim Simply to Make Christians Mad
Not to help her, he says, really. Just to make Christians angry. No word on whether any Christians are actually angry about this. This dude reminds me of the Lewis line: “I did not believe in God and I was very angry with God for not existing” (par.). You mad bro?
