Author’s Note – My apologies for my unplanned absence. I’ve been learning that sometimes when God interrupts our schedule it is important that we consider He may not intend for us to keep doing everything that we were previously doing. Sometimes wisdom dictates perseverance, and sometimes wisdom dictates discretion. I hope to be back to a more regular blogging schedule soon.
- An Unbalanced Transparency – “Is our transparency unbalanced? Are we too willing to share the ways we mess up, and somehow hesitant to share the ways that we have known incredible victory and grace? If there was a tendency for some in previous generations to share only that which was polished and respectable, perhaps we in the younger generations have swung to the other extreme.” (H/T)
- Essential: Revelation – Tim Challies continues with his series of defining key theological terms, this time taking on the definition of “revelation.”
- Two Big Questions for Good Bible Reading – “Good Bible reading is about meaning and application. We come to the Bible asking two questions: first, what does this text say? And second, what does it mean for me right now?” Don’t miss the author’s example of this here.
- Idol-Making Factory – “It’s not always the 3-foot-tall wooden statues that I’m dealing with. I have watched beautiful things and good gifts from God become my idols: children, marriage, relationships, career, money, reputation, education, knowledge, and even ministry.”
- 6 Changes in 6 Years of Blogging – Trevin Wax offers some interesting observations about changes he has seen in the blogosphere.
- Cultivating a Heart for the Lost – Justin Taylor examines seven steps proffered by John Piper for how to love the lost more.