“Gospel Links for Gospel Culture” is a weekly round-up of content to encourage you in your faith and ministry.
3 Tips for an Awesome KidMin Large Group Time
Micheal Walley:As an adult and volunteer, I still love large group worship experiences and believe that a weekly large group experience for kids can be extremely impactful in the spiritual life of a kid. Whether your large group time is simply gathering in a classroom or a full-scale media production, consider these three tips as you make the message of Jesus clear to kids through worship.
New book: Christians in the Age of Outrage
This is a helpful new book by Ed Stetzer, the founding editor of The Gospel Project. Get it for 30% off at your local Lifeway store or online at lifeway.com.Is Halloween the Devil’s Holiday?
Micah Fries:While I appreciate and can honor different convictions regarding Halloween, I thought it might be helpful to take a minute to help you understand why we made the decision we did, and why we think it might be helpful for you to do the same. Consider a few guiding principles as you make your own decision.
Jen Wilkin on the Difference Between Grace and Permissiveness
Why embracing a woman’s dual vocations is about loving our neighbors
Courtney Reissig:There is a real struggle in our Christian sub-culture to define womanhood and motherhood in terms of sacrifice, and it is a sacrifice (all of parenthood is, really). But instead of making it about dying to self, we define what that death should look like. We assume it always means the death of a dream or death of aspirations, when I’m not sure that is always the case. It definitely involves a re-orienting of our aspirations, and maybe even a tabling of them for a while. But the one who sacrifices the most is not always the one who gives up the most. Sometimes the one who sacrifices the most is the one who sacrifices time for hobbies, or bedtime routines, or even sleep (as needed). The sacrifices abound in the Christian life, but we shouldn’t define the sacrifices always in terms of abandoning one vocation (creativity or marketplace) or another (motherhood).
New Podcast: Ask Me Anything: Honest Answers, Quick Questions with J. D. Greear
J. D. Greear has launched a new podcast with Lifeway Leadership where he answers listener submitted questions on biblical, ethical, theological, political, and practical issues. Check it out on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts.The Faithful Church in an Age of Expressive Individualism
Trevin Wax:In this environment, the church has the opportunity to be salt and light—to resist the trends pushing us toward loneliness and alienation. Our beliefs should not be inherently isolating, but should turn us outward in love to God and neighbor. We need the community of faith, with all its flaws and foibles, with all of its gifts and obligations, in order to flourish on mission together.
The Gospel Project’s editorial team contributed to this post. Photo: Pixabay
