Bits & Pieces (7/25/12)

  • Why Does College Cost So Much? – This is an interesting post about the price (and costs) of college education, and whether student debt is truly the problem that we keep hearing about.


  • A Smiling Providence – Denny Burk relates the remarkable story of one victim of the Aurora shooting, and God’s evident providence in her life many years before.


  • When Should I Correct? – This is an helpful illustration to consider on knowing when a issue should be addressed through correction, and when it should not. This may be beneficial for those who never want to correct, and for those who may desire to far too often.


  • 7 Ways Not to Be A Slave to Your Smartphone – Like the author, you may have started to feel like Pavlov’s dog every time your smartphone bings. Here are seven tips to how to make sure your smartphone doesn’t control your life. (H/T)


  • You Are Not the First Domino – Although specifically written in regards to church planting, this is an important reminder for any ministry of which we are apart. God didn’t start working the moment you showed up. If you are engaged in His work, He has already gone before. (H/T)
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Bits & Pieces (7/24/12)

  • Free ebook – Adoniram Judson Biography – Desiring God is offering a free ebook about the man that was “America’s first foreign missionary and an example of one who considered, and executed on, his own uniquely strategic role in the completing of the Commission.”


  • Defining Purity – Randy Alcorn explain why our pursuit of purity is rooted in the holiness of God.


  • By Our Own Words & Lives – The example we leave for our children may be the greatest inheritance that we can pass on. How we live will teach them just as much, if not more, as what we say.


  • Interview with R.C. SproulPart 1 and Part 2 – Tim Challies interviews R.C. Sproul on a variety of different subjects including his creationism views, his teaching styles, his regrets and more.


  • Family Supper: Reclaiming Communion – Dr. Russell Moore examines how properly celebrating communion together as a church family results in building the intimacy of community.
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