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Bits & Pieces (7/18/12)

  • The Key To Christian Living  – “If God has already accepted us, why should we worry about sin? Paul’s basic answer is that the true Christian will never seriously ask this question. To be justified by faith means that we also are brought into a relationship with Christ — and that relationship cannot help but change the very way we look at sin.”


  • Sanctification in the Everyday – Desiring God is offering a free e-book titled “Sanctification in the Everyday” that is based on three sermons which “intend to mobilize the church in the fight against sin and the walk of faith.” Also – Desiring God is offering an e-book about the life of David Brainerd which you can download here.


  • Eight Measures of Personal Discipleship – Lifeway Research reveals 8 “factors that consistently show up in the life of a maturing believer.” It’s worth considering the list in light of our own practices and habits.


  • Is Anyone Home? – A reminder from a stay-at-home mom that it is possible to physically somewhere without really being present.


  • Obligation, Stewardship & The Poor – “Clearly, God cares about the poor and wants us to care about them too. But how?” Kevin DeYoung gives us two biblically-based principles to consider as we address this question.


  • The High Cost of Ambivalence – Written for ministry leaders, this article looks at seven potential causes of ambivalences that can lead us down the path of compromise rather than the path of Truth.


  • 42 Years Missing – File this under “perseverance pays off.” A man finds his car after it was stolen 42 years previously.
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Bits & Pieces (7/17/12)

  • Of Whom I Am the Foremost – “Jesus goes around making enemies into friends, of himself and each other. He makes them family. How does this work?” A reminder about some things that all members of the body of Christ hold in common. 

 

  • Your Leviathan – “Sooner or later, the unforeseeable, the unimaginable, just shows up.  I wish this were not true, but it is.  Something will be your Leviathan.  And God will not explain it to you — not in this life.  What he will do, at the right time, is disclose himself to you in a deeper way than you’ve ever known before.  And in fact, the Bible says that the Leviathan we deeply dread is God’s rubber ducky in the ocean of this life (Psalm 104:26).  God is that inscrutable.”


  • Drill Sergeant or Doctor? – I fear that this dichotomy set up here is not a completely fair one, however, the author makes an important point about the fact that the God who sanctifies us is the God who cares for us. It’s worth the read, but read with godly discernment.


  • 5 Practical Thoughts on Rest – Joining what seems to be the growing chorus of blog posts on the subject of rest, Tim Keller offer five practical insights on the subject.


  • Defining Sin – Tim Challies continues his “Essential” series with this post that offers a definition of the word “sin.”


  • Making Progress in Sanctification – Growing in sanctification can seem overwhelming when we consider the standard God has set. This excerpt from a Sinclair Ferguson sermon reminds us an important truth when we start to feel that.


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