May the Lord bless and keep you today. The World Is Catechizing Us Whether We Realize It or Not Kevin DeYoung: “It is worth remembering David Well’s famous definition: worldliness is whatever makes righteousness look strange and sin look normal. Here’s the reality facing every Christian in the West: the money, power, and prestige of the mainstream media, big time sports, big business, big tech, and almost all the institutions of education and entertainment are invested in making sin look normal.” When it Feels Like Evil is Winning “Some of us remember when the world’s suffering was relegated to one hour on the nightly news. We watched a sober-faced newscaster recount famines and wars and disasters in far-off places with sorrow in our hearts, and then we returned to a sink full of dishes or our algebra homework and the horror faded as the immediate pressed in.” But now, of course, we have the internet… Don’t Numb Your Feelings This is a timely word on feelings and emotions. “There is a danger to the subtle stoicism that some corners of Christendom are drawn toward. In this worldview, emotions are dangerous and hinder faith. This is false. Emotions are not our enemy. They’re a gift from God and purposed by him to be harnessed, not suppressed.” How Can I Honor My Parents If I Don’t Respect Them? I have known many who have had to ask the question John Piper takes on here. Know Your Enemy — and Your Father “Surrounded by enemies bent on our … Continue reading A La Carte (August 25)