Bits & Pieces (5/22/12)

  • Free – A blind Chinese activist arrived safely in the United States on Saturday.

 

  • Work & The Fruit of the Spirit – It’s tempting to separate our lives into categories, but as this post illustrates, for the Christian, the Fruit of the Spirit should be evident in all areas of our lives, including our work.

 

 

  • Parenting & Not Growing Weary – It must be tempting for parents to feel that their efforts are having little effect. Stephen Altrogge reminds parents not to grow weary.

 

  • Why Marriage is God’s Doing – From John Pipeer’s book The Momentary Marriage, here are four reasons why marriage is a God-established institution.
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Bits & Pieces (5/21/12)

  • Cries of the Heart – Ravi Zacharias reminds us to Whom we should take even the “hidden” sadness of our hearts.

 

  • Competitive Mothering – Tim Challies writes about the tendency for women to feel “out-mothered” and what it means to  apply 2 Corinthians 12:9 to this most important job.

 

  • How to Thrive in College – Getting ready for college or know someone who is? My colleague, Alex Chediak, writes at Desiring God about how to not only survive college, but thrive.

 

  • How To Read A Book – Justin Taylor provides a summation of Alan Jacob’s discourse on how to read a book well.

 

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