Bits & Pieces (2/23/12)

  • America’s Got Baggage – Tim Keller and Gabe Lyons talks about approaching a post-Christian culture and what it means for churches and evangelism.

 

  • A New Acronym – John Piper gives us a new way to help us aim at remembering Christ throughout our days and by consequence, our lives.

 

 

  • The Hungering Spirit – Ravi Zacharias on the disappointment that pleasure can bring when it is found to be empty of lasting value, and people’s longing for God.

 

 

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Bits & Pieces (2/22/12)

 

  • When Your Son Asks – A reminder for parents that their “first audience” (in terms of importance not sequence) for their testimony should be their kids.

 

  • Entitlement – David Murray on the one entitlement we really have, and what that means for all the others were tempted to own.

 

 

  • Spoken Word: 31 Woman – A video on the modern day Proverbs 31 Woman (I don’t know anything about the organization, but the video is compelling.)

 

  • Lenten Readings – Noel Piper will be posting 40 days of Scripture readings to get hearts and minds focused on the cross as we approach Easter.

 

  • Always Mardi Gras and Never Easter – I highly recommend this article by Dr. Russell Moore on his reflections about Mardi Gras and the common temptation to indulge the flesh with the indent of later making a less-than-genuine quest for redemption.
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