Blogs
Assessment: Are You at Risk of Generosity Burnout? | Adam Grant and Reb Rebele, HBR
Try this questionnaire to see if you need to say “No” more often.
Thinking Biblically about Authority: An Interview with David Wells | 9Marks
“In our culture, authority is resisted because it is seen as limiting personal options. It is seen to curtail individual autonomy. When autonomy to think, do, and say what we want is threatened, then our very self is endangered. This is what many think in our upside-down world.”
After Great Pain, Where Is God? | Peter Wehner, The New York Times
Poignant and perceptive:
“These days I find I’m more alert to the grief and sorrow around me than I once was. In part it’s a product of my age, of youth giving way. I’m guessing my situation is not that different from many of yours…”
When Children Worship | Donny Friederichsen, The Christward Collective
Read Donny’s encouragement for including children in the main worship service at church.
The Particular Temptations of Young Men | Tim Challies
“I love to spend time with young men, to counsel them, and to assure them that this time in their lives has great significance. As we speak, I find a number of common temptations they face while passing through their teens and twenties.”
Five Marks of a Servant Leader | Jon Bloom, Desiring God
“…the New Testament instructs us to exercise due diligence in discerning a Christian leader’s fitness (see, for instance, 1 Timothy 3:1–13). What traits do we look for in a leader that suggest his fundamental orientation is Christlike servanthood? This list is by no means exhaustive, but here are five fundamental indicators.”
Reading the Book Acknowledgments | Justin Taylor, TGC
Some humorous examples here:
“I know I am odd, but I almost cannot imagine reading a book and not wanting to read the author’s acknowledgments. Even in the most technical of books by the most erudite of authors, the acknowledgments serve as a reminder that the author is a human being, dependent upon the good graces of others to complete the long and lonely work of writing a publishable book…”
New Books
Looks like a great pair of books for all preachers.
How to Understand and Apply the Old Testament: Twelve Steps from Exegesis to Theology by Jason S. DeRouchie
How to Understand and Apply the New Testament: Twelve Steps from Exegesis to Theology by Andrew David Naselli
Kindle Deals
For your non-Kindle book buying needs please consider using Reformation Heritage Books in the USA and Reformed Book Services in Canada. Good value prices and shipping.
Women of the Word: How to Study the Bible with Both Our Hearts and Our Minds by Jen Wilkin ($4.99)
Women’s Ministry in the Local Church by J. Ligon Duncan and Susan Hunt ($4.99)
Walking with God in the Season of Motherhood: An Eleven-Week Devotional Bible Study by Melissa Kruger ($4.99)
