Blogs
3 Common Sense Ways to Manage your Kids Screen Time
Many good points for parents to discuss with each other and their kids. And here’s a related article: If Parents Won’t Limit Kids’ Screen Use, Schools Should
‘High-tech schools’ are the last thing kids and society need, especially when parents are letting their kiddos gorge themselves on wasteful, even destructive screen-based entertainment.
Never Harmless, Never Private, Never Safe
Marshall Seagal fought and beat porn by finding a superior pleasure.
The reality was that no relationship could have ever solved my sexual sin — no relationship, that is, except for knowing Christ. I was looking to girlfriends, and to the hope of a future wife, to fill a craving only God could fill. I was focusing on self-discipline, dating, and marriage, when God was trying to teach me about joy and show me where to find real pleasure.
20 Quotes From Marriage and the Mystery of the Gospel
Again, great conversation starters for couples and an appetizer for what looks like a super-helpful book.
Preach in a Mild State of Panic
I can’t fully endorse Dan’s method for everyone, but I do resonate with his plea to move away from reading over-prepared sermon manuscripts. Here are two paragraphs that stood out:
Write as much or little as you like, but stop trying to master your material and to deliver it as planned. Consider the possibility that while you master your notes, they master you, chaining you to the pulpit and pulling you away from people who want to know if you love them, who feel that eye contact is a sign of affection.
Write up as much or as little as you please, but when you preach, focus on the core message and the people, rather than your meticulously prepared remarks. Pray, lean on the Spirit, and embrace that twinge of panic that arises when you don’t quite know what to say next. Take heart; the Lord knows, and he has called and equipped you.
5 Truths from 10 Years of Discipleship Research
Scott McConnell just celebrated ten years of leading LifeWay Research. Here are five big truths he’s learned from ten years of discipleship research.
Kindle Books
Two books for Reformation Day.
Luther on the Christian Life by Carl Trueman $5.99.
Calvin on the Christian Life by Michael Horton $5.99.
New Book
Networked Theology: Negotiating Faith in Digital Culture
Video
Stirring Video From Ashers Baking Company
Daniel McArthur, General Manager of Ashers Baking Company in Northern Ireland responds to a ruling from the Court of Appeal in Belfast that Ashers had discriminated against a gay activist when it turned down his order for a pro-gay marriage campaign cake.