Bits & Pieces (7/27/12)

  • Union with Christ – J.I. Packer talks about union with Christ and its impact upon both the positional and personal aspects of sanctification. 

 

  • How To Turn Away Wrath – “If we entrust ourselves to the One who will bring about justice for us in the end instead of focusing on the injustice of someone’s anger toward us, it will go a long way to help us respond to them in a godly way.”

 

 

  • The Cry of Jesus – Tim Keller writes about how suffering Christians can be confident that they have a companion in their suffering, and that their suffering has a future redemption. 

 

  • The Gender Pay Gap – I found this to be an interesting perspective on the pay gap between men and women that we often hear about. 
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Bits & Pieces (7/26/12)

  • Jesus & The Wild Animals – David Mathis writes about a small phrase in the Gospel of Mark that you may have never considered, and what it’s significance may be.


  • Consumerism & The Mission of God – “Critiques of consumerism usually focus on the dangers of idolatry–the temptation to make material goods the center of life rather than God. But this misses the real threat consumerism poses. As contingent beings we must consume resources to survive. The problem is not consuming to live, but rather living to consume.”


  • Men Have Forgotten God – A quotation from Alexander Solzhenitsyn on what he found as the root cause of the Russian Revolution and subsequent disasters that the country endured.


  • Loving Those Who Grieve – It can be difficult to know how to interact with those whom you know are grieving. This article offers some helpful perspectives.


  • On Leaving Home – A reminder that there is a call greater in our lives than the call of the comfort of our earthly home.
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