The God of peace be with you, my friends.
Westminster Books is offering $20 off a new book meant to help you better understand Covenant Theology.
Want to Grow in Hospitality? Start with Your Inner Circle
“I’ve always thought of hospitality as opening my home to outsiders. And, of course, hospitality is not less than that . But as I’ve pondered this topic over the past few weeks, it has occurred to me that I I need to start my journey of hospitality with the people who make up my innermost circle. Hospitality to outsiders will be both hollow and shallow if I don’t practice it with my own family first.”
What Happens When the Governing Authorities Are the Wrongdoers?
This is a very good question: What happens when the governing authorities are the ones who have done wrong? “The best available estimate is that 57 percent of wrongful convictions involved some type of government misconduct. Those 1,927 cases involving misconduct resulted in incarceration of men and women for a combined 19,976 years. In biblical terms, the sword of the state was wielded by wrongdoers against the innocent.”
Transgender Meds for Kids? 4 Findings from New Report
This article explains a new report about transgender medications for kids.
Where in Canada can you find good Reformed books?
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Unsearchable Riches: 100 Facets to the Diamond of Christ
Dane Ortlund celebrates Jesus Christ by offering 100 different “facets” of who he is.
Spiritual Mothers Point Us to Christ
Amy Shore: “The average married couple realizes at some point in their marriage that their spouse will not meet all their needs. As a single woman, I have learned in a different school. God has used Spiritual Mothers to teach me this lesson. Spiritual Mothers are a gracious provision in our lives given by God to both meet needs and to point us to Christ.”
Themelios
For those who are interested in doing some theological reading, there is a new issue of Themelios that is free to read. It has 262 pages of editorials, articles, and book reviews. The best article title is “Swimming in a Sanctimonious Sea of Subjectivity.”
Flashback: Young People and the Hundred Pushup Challenge of Life
It’s wrong of me to make light of their little sorrows by comparing them to their future greater sorrows. It’s right of me to support them as they build the strength and endurance that will carry them into and through the trials to come.
When you are struggling with anxiety, you must talk to and relate to God. There is no other way to experience lasting, abiding change, for this is the only way to change our hearts.
—Tim Lane
