Blogs

Getting Through Grief Together | TGC
“The Guthries offer companionship and biblical insight to the grieving through Respite Retreats that they host for couples who have faced the death of child, through the GriefShare video series, and through books such as Holding on to Hope and Hearing Jesus Speak into Your Sorrow.”

Why I Sing Psalms | Rosaria Butterfield
“Singing the Psalms grants you the intimacy of a suffering daughter with the Father who has loved you from before the world’s foundations. This relationship comes through the Savior brother who is praying and singing as He intercedes for you right this very moment. ”

8 Ways to Ruin Your Life in Your 20’s | Clare DeGraaf
“No one ever plans to ruin their life. Nobody makes that a goal, or a New Year’s resolution, or an integral part of their 5-year plan. Kids don’t sit around and dream about growing up to be an alcoholic; students don’t go to class to learn how to be bankrupt; brides and grooms don’t go to the altar expecting their marriage to fail. Nobody ever plans for it, but it does happen. It happens far too often. And it happens because of the choices we make, even though that is not a result that anyone would ever willingly choose.”

You’re So Vain: The Pastor’s Sin
“When I look back on 2015, the greatest thing I think the LORD has shown me this year are how relevant the seven deadly sins are to my life and ministry.  Today we are coming to the last one, and it is the one that I have saved for the last because it is the one I struggle with the most.”

Ten Check Up Questions for the New Year | Kevin DeYoung
“Several years ago, in our pastors group, we decided to be more precise in how we want to be held accountable. So we each set off to write a series of questions.  My ten questions are below.”

How Abusers Use (Mis-use) Matthew 18 to Escape Church Discipline | A Cry For Justice
“Church leaders, church members, and others who have been allied to the abuser, heap abuse upon abuse when they deny the victim justice by citing Matthew 18, as if it were the only passage in the Bible that speaks to church discipline. And abusers love it so. “You don’t know that. You can’t prove that. So you need to just stop saying such things.”"

The Expense of Posting: Be a Wise Blogger | Biblical Counseling Coalition
“So, again, here is my challenge. Blogger beware! Your Lord is reading your blog. Let your writing be well pleasing to Him. In so doing, you lower the risk of his judgment and the judgment of others.”

Oregon bakers pay fine after state seizes their bank accounts | World Mag
“The Kleins, owners of Sweet Cakes by Melissa, had asked the state to postpone collecting the fine while they continued the appeal process. But just weeks before Christmas, the state labor commissioner who brought the case against them seized their bank accounts.”

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