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July 19, 2019
Gospel Links for Gospel Culture (7/19)
Things Jesus Will Never Say to You Jared Wilson offers some simple, but important encouragement. When Christians Just Don’t Read the Bible Tim Challies: This has shaped me as a pastor and as a preacher. Our church is biblically-literate and theologically-conservative. Many people have come to it specifically because they crave sound doctrine and expository preaching. It would be tempting to...
July 12, 2019
Gospel Links for Gospel Culture (7/12)
What the Church Misunderstands About Urban Ministry Dhati Lewis: Your Church is Not a Restaurant Trevin Wax: When pastors notice that their church members have been absent for a while and they check up on them, they’re puzzled to discover that there isn’t a particular reason why these members have been more absent than present. The attenders are not...
July 10, 2019
How I Tired of Telling People to Live Better
My wife recently told me she was worrying over something. Now, my wife is a worrier by nature and to be fair what she was worrying over had merit, but she was taking her worry way too far. She knew it and I knew it. Even though I knew better, I found myself telling her that she just had...
June 28, 2019
Gospel Links for Gospel Culture (6/28)
Who First Showed Matt Carter the Beauty of Jesus? Matt Carter: It was the last day of our annual “Camp Sonshine” summer camp, and he stood in front of about 100 or so of us kids in the church’s fellowship hall. As he began to speak, he picked up a big vase of clear liquid. He told us this was...
June 21, 2019
Gospel Links for Gospel Culture (6/21)
7 Lessons from My First 6 Months of Pastoral Ministry Tim Higgins: My journal entries and emails to close friends in my first six months as a pastor included a fair amount of anguish as I wrestled with challenges I’d previously only prepared for intellectually. Still, I’m extremely grateful I’d been instructed about many of the challenges I would face...
June 14, 2019
Gospel Links for Gospel Culture (6/14)
Distinguishing Marks of a Quarrelsome Person Kevin DeYoung: Quarrels don’t just happen. People make them happen. Of course, there are honest disagreements and agree-to-disagree propositions, but that’s not what the Bible means by quarreling. Quarrels, at least in Proverbs, are unnecessary arguments, the kind that honorable men stay away from (Prov. 17:14; 20:3). And elders too (1 Tim. 3). These fights...