Today’s Kindle deals include The Faith of Christopher Hitchens, an interesting and excellent book. There are also a number of titles related to abortion.
Logos has put together a list of their most popular products for 2016. Quite a lot of them are for sale, so it’s worth giving the list a look.
The Awkward 17th-Century Dating Practice
If you’ve ever read about Jonathan Edwards, you’ve read about the bizarre practice of bundling. Atlas Obscura has just written a great article on a dumb practice.
A Plea for Pastoral Prayer
“Pastoral prayer—the part of the worship service where a pastor stands before the congregation and leads them in prayer as part of the worship service—seems to have fallen on hard times.” Indeed. It’s increasingly rare to find any substantial prayer in a church service.
2016: The Year in Language
Google has done a neat job in putting together a display of 2016’s top rising words. “These 10 words led the pack: Triggered, Shook, Juju, Broccoli, Woke, Holosexual, Shill, Gaslighting, Bigly, and SJW.”
Make America Unified Again
Bruce Ashford highlights 3 social divisions that America will need to overcome to become a unified nation.
Only 1 in 7 Senior Pastors Is Under 40
Here’s an interesting and important report from Christianity Today. “As clergy live longer and stay in ministry longer, the average age of Protestant senior pastors has risen to 54—a decade older than 25 years before, when the average age was 44.” There’s lots more to chew on in the report.
This Day in 1839. 178 years ago today famed English authority on hymns, John Julian, was born. His undoubted masterpiece is the monumental “Dictionary of Hymnology” which was published in 1892. *
The Surprising Ingenuity Behind “Goodnight Moon”
Here’s the sad, surprisingly story behind that book you probably memorized when your children were tiny. I think I can still recite most of it.
The Early Symptoms of Spiritual Danger
This is an important pastoral word from Sinclair Ferguson. Is it possible that you are showing some of the early symptoms of spiritual danger?
Pray With Your Spouse 31 Day Challenge
Couples may be interested in participating in Mike Leake’s 31-day challenge to pray with your spouse.
Flashback: 13 Ways You Waste Your Money
Money has many ways of disappearing. Here are a few of them.
Sin is not superficial to us, a mere flesh wound. It is a deep distortion, a twisted hostility toward God and his reign over us. —Sinclair Ferguson
