The God of peace be with you, my friends.
Thanks for the feedback on the new design. I’ll keep refining it over time, I’m sure, but it seems to have gone over okay.
(Yesterday on the blog: God’s Yes, No, or Not Yet)
Recommended Reading
The Manosphere and the Way of Christ: Why “Alpha Masculinity” Falls Short of Biblical Manhood. Alistair Chalmers explains how the Manosphere gets masculinity so terribly wrong. “In God’s kingdom, greatness is not about climbing over others, it is about stooping low to serve them. The cross stands as the ultimate contradiction to worldly masculinity. There, the most powerful man who ever lived chose suffering over dominance, obedience over self-assertion.”
4 Axioms from Spurgeon’s Leadership. “Axioms are like portable parables. Quick, memorable, and unpackable. There’s always more to say, explain, and caveat. But the point is to grab the point and go.” J.A. Medders shares four axioms that explain Charles Spurgeon’s leadership.
Three (Hard) Quotes for the Christian Life. From axioms, we move to quotes. I don’t think Rebekah is alone in being able to trace a good bit of her growth in sanctification through quotes. “Recently I was reminded of three challenging, life-changing quotes that aren’t from the Bible, but are particularly convicting in terms of how Christians are set apart for God. They touch on areas of our lives that we don’t especially like to think about or talk about freely with others…”
Comfort for Those Praying for Prodigals. “In the long seasons of praying for your prodigal, where do you find hope? When your heart aches from a thousand wounds, where do you find comfort? When you wonder if you’ll ever see your loved one come to the Savior, what keeps you clinging to faith?” Lori Hatcher explains where she finds hope as she presses on in prayer.
Hope for Those Who Have Made Sex an Idol. It occurred as I read Jen Oshman’s article for those who have made sex an idol, that the great majority of articles like this are written by men. I was thankful, then, to read one by a woman. “What can be done with this idol which looms large over our world and our own thoughts, causing great harm to our souls and relationships? Is there hope for the Christian man or woman who has given in over and over to sexual sin? The story told by Jesus of the prodigal son in Luke 15 says, Yes! There is tremendous hope.”
The Race to Make Designer Babies. Writing for WORLD, Grace Snell tells about recent advances in creating designer babies—surely one of the most concerning ethical issues of our day. “Germline editing alters the blueprint for a developing human, meaning every cell differentiating in the body will reflect any changes. As a result, any edits or mistakes will pass on to the person’s children, too. That’s especially concerning since researchers only have a basic grasp on the complexity of the human genome.” (You’ll need an account or one of your monthly free articles to read this one. If anyone at WORLD wants to find a way to offer gift links like many other news sites do, please let me know!)
What we want in our times of fear and uncertainty is the assurance of a particular outcome—the outcome we long for. But what we need in our times of fear and uncertainty is trust in the character and sovereignty of God.
