Your Best Links Now – 1/17/14

Why Are So Many Pastors Pulling Stunts?

Charisma surveys the epidemic of gimmick-driven pastorpreneurialism. I think the answer is “they don’t trust — or perhaps even believe in — the gospel.”

9 Things You Should Know About Poverty by Joe Carter

Including the data showing we are losing the well-funded war against it.

What is the Antikythera Mechanism?

A 2,000 year old “computer” found in the wreckage of an ancient cargo ship that the experts still haven’t fully deciphered.

Aaron Armstrong Knows God’s Will For Your Life

I think 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 works too: “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” So stop saying you don’t know God’s will for your life.

Younger Customers Don’t Like That Old People Hang Out in McDonald’s All Day

So basically McDonald’s is now the Facebook of fast food restaurants.

John Piper Makes a Snow Angel

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