The first official change I made after reviewing feedback from my reader survey (which you can still take) = email subscribers will now receive the FULL POST instead of a snippet and a link. 🙂
In case you missed it, here’s my article last week at The Gospel Coalition: 4 Ways to Worship—Not Worry—This Election Season.
Jerry Bridges: 1929—2016. Justin Taylor on the life and ministry of a great Christian author—and someone who had a profound impact on me. [See a video of Jerry Bridges on preaching the gospel to yourself everyday.]
TGC Asks: 3 Books Every Church Planter Should Read. A great resource compiled by Matt Smethurst.
2016 Ligonier National Conference Audio/Video with reflections from Bill Pence.
Faking Cultural Literacy by Karl Taro Greenfield. Here’s a 2014 New York Times article that is worth reading because it is probably more true today than it was in 2014. (You may have to google the title to get around the paywall).
“It’s never been so easy to pretend to know so much without actually knowing anything.” Karl Taro Greenfield
Meet the Ordinary Germans in World War II Who Thought They Were Free. An interesting article from Trevin Wax’s archives.
Here’s a website I’m very excited about: The Babylon Bee: Your Trusted Source for Christian News Satire. Basically, a Christian (yet quality) version of The Onion.
Missionary biographies are a great bolster to your faith and Christian imagination. You may enjoy downloading free audio files of a book reading of The Spiritual Secret of Hudson Taylor.
Thousands of Undiscipled Christians Just Cast Ballots by Nicholas McDonald
I Spent Super Tuesday with Donald Trump by Denny Burk
I left grieved–grieved that a demagogue who is a pathological liar could be so adored by so many normal looking people… I would like to believe that many of them are low-information voters who are fascinated by his celebrity but who aren’t really acquainted with who he really is—a man who favorably quotes fascist dictators and who cannot find it within himself to condemn the most vile domestic terrorist organization in U. S. history—the KKK. I read one poll that suggests that over half of them don’t know about those things. But it is clear that at least some of them do, and they either don’t care or they agree. And that is what is troubling.
D.A. Carson interviewed about the new volume he edited: The Enduring Authority of the Christian Scriptures
How to take better photos with your iPhone (HT Challies)
Ted Bundy (Serial Killer) Admits the Harms of Pornography
https://twitter.com/nggeoff/status/704065806804643840
Great moments in "Oh no. What is he saying now?" pic.twitter.com/KXrTORlS5G
— Russell Moore (@drmoore) March 2, 2016