Blogs

1 in 5 college students have anxiety or depression
“Teenagers, he warns, are increasingly pushing into splitting their attention between a virtual life and the real world, meaning there is no ‘switch off’ ”

America’s Real Digital Divide
“A group of former Facebook and Google employees last week began a campaign to change the tech companies they had a hand in creating. The initiative, called Truth About Tech, aims to push these companies to make their products less addictive for children — and it’s a good start.”

The Slow Miracle of the Lord’s Day
“”God’s intention was to bless his people through the constant and conscientious observation of the [Sabbath], week after week and year after year. Believers are sanctified through a lifetime of Sabbath observance. In other words, the Sabbath is designed to work slowly, quietly, seemingly imperceptively in reorienting believers’ appetites heavenward. It is not a quick fix, nor is it necessarily a spiritual high. It is an ‘outward and ordinary’ ordinance, part of the steady and healthy diet of the means of grace.”

Trusting God in the Decision to Care for a Loved One
“Approximately 34.2 million Americans have provided unpaid care to an adult aged 50 or older in the past 12 months. The majority of caregivers are female (60 percent)… These statistics reveal that at some point in our lives, most of us will be faced with the decision to care for a loved one—sometimes sooner than we expect.”

The Effects of Sleep on Your Relationship
“We are aware of the effects sleep has on our mood, cognition, and performance, but we may not realize that our relationships also depend on it. Relationships depend on decision making, shared responsibility, even humor and attractiveness. Sleep deprivation affects all of those aspects ultimately leading to a less than ideal partnership.”

What City Was Once “The Jerusalem of the East?”
Don’t give up praying for the liberation of North Korea. I grew up when the “iron curtain” looked impregnable.

What do you think of when you hear “Pyongyang”? Despite what it means now, Pyongyang once stood as a symbol of faith, evangelical fervor, and theological fidelity. Perhaps naïve, but I join many around the world in praying for Pyongyang that it will once again become the shining light on a hill where Christ is known and proclaimed.

A Simple Treatment for Ministry Weariness
“Follow God’s prescription for Elijah: Eat. Sleep. Get time with the Lord. ”

Kindle Books

Loving the Way Jesus Loves  by Philip Graham Ryken $3.19.

Awakening the Evangelical Mind: An Intellectual History of the Neo-Evangelical Movement by Owen Strachan $6.99.

Christians in an Age of Wealth: A Biblical Theology of Stewardship by Craig L. Blomberg $7.99