Your Best Links Now – 3/26/14

What Happens in Conversion from Nick Batzig

Nick drops some tasty J.E. on us, writing, “It is arguably the greatest theological explanation of regeneration in all of church history.”

Leadership is Lonely and It Should Be by Lore Ferguson

“Leadership is lonely because decreasing is lonely. The larger the Lord of your life becomes to others, the less they see you, and isn’t that what we all want? Just a bit? To be seen, known, and truly loved? To be unshackled from the collective prison of our minds and hearts, to be free to roam among other commoners, to find our place at the fire or the table, to fit in?”

Speaking of loneliness:

The Lonely Life and Mysterious Death of Martha, the Last Passenger Pigeon

“Martha had sole reign of her environs for four years or so. Her fame grew, and people made her aviary a destination. The New York Zoo is said to have done all it could to get Stephans to part with his unique experiment. Protected from the violence that would have claimed her in nature, Martha’s vitality slowly ebbed . . .”

Maybe You’ve Heard That Rumor About Razor Blades at the Local Park

Turns out this ghastly urban “legend” is true. Hopefully just an isolated incident, but a sick mind.

Nancy Leigh DeMoss on Complementarianism

“God gives to men—and I think Scripture bears this out—the primary responsibility in the home and in the church, to lead and to feed the family of God. This has to do with governance and teaching. Those are the two primary responsibilities, as I study the Scripture, of New Testament pastors and elders. Therefore, as I understand the Scripture, I believe that the position of pastor or elder within the church is reserved for men . . .”

Kevin Durant Dunks from the Third Heaven

This oop came from a loooooong alley.