Your Best Links Now – 2/24/14

Tchividjian and DeYoung on obedience — can Piper help? by Steve Fuller

Fuller seeks a middle, Piperian way between apparently rival views of faith and works. “Tchividjian — obedience comes from faith alone — faith in our justification. Our effort should go into strengthening faith in our justification. DeYoung — obedience does not come from faith in justification alone. We need effort in addition to faith. Sounds like a stalemate . . . John Piper gives another option . . .”

The Powerlessness of Positive Thinking by Adam Alter

Over at The New Yorker, Alter reveals the true secret that junk like The Secret doesn’t work. “According to a great deal of research, positive fantasies may lessen your chances of succeeding . . .”

Has the Voynich Manuscript Finally Been Decoded?

“A breakthrough has been made in attempts to decipher a mysterious 600-year-old manuscript written in an unknown language, it has been claimed . . .”

30 Things You Didn’t Know About Grumpy Cat

She’s actually pretty happy, apparently; it’s her brother who’s the grumpy one.

The Movie “The Son of God” and The Second Commandment by Michael L. Johnson

Is this film, and others like it, a violation of the command against graven images? Johnson, following the trains of thought of Mark Dever and J.I. Packer, thinks some risks aren’t worth taking.



Doing the Loop the Loop — On Foot

This pioneering stunt was sponsored by Pepsi Max. I drink Pepsi Max, so I’m pretty sure I can do this too.