Here are some helpful posts on the ISIS:
What ISIS Really Wants – Graeme Wood (The Atlantic)
A detailed look at the Islamic State.
FAQs: Islamic State Beheads 21 Egyptian Christians in Libya – Joe Carter (TGC)
Some helpful background.
A Biblical Meditation on the ISIS Execution of 21 Christians – Tom Schreiner (TGC)
How the church should respond.
Praise to the Lord – the God who’s true
Rest in his care – He’ll carry you
Believe in Him – His counsel stands
He’s first – submit to his commands
– From a sermon on Isaiah 46-47
(To the tune of the “Doxology”)
When ministers of the gospel faithfully preach the Word of God and focus upon the person and work of Christ, the same power that brought worlds into existence is unleashed upon the people of God in corporate worship.
– J. V. Fesko in The Fruit of the Spirit Is…
In Isaiah 46, the Babylonians must carry their gods around. And still today people carry their gods around. It might be money. It might be a technological gadget. It might be anything that we live for, that we trust in, that we center our lives around, that we look to for significance and satisfaction and security. And we carry it.
In contrast, the one true God carries us. He carried us in the womb. He has carried us through life through the good and the bad. He will carry us in old age. At death, he will carry our souls to Himself. And at the resurrection, he will carry us to the new earth.
You can carry around a man-made god or you can rest in the God who carries you.
Here are some good posts for your weekend reading:
23 Things That Love Is – Paul Tripp
13 Ways You Waste Your Money – Tim Challies
How to (and how NOT to) Minister to Families Battling Cancer – Todd Benkert
Five Tips for Bible Memory – David Mathis (DG)
Hope you have a great Lord’s Day!
Here are some good posts on preaching:
7 Essentials for Effective Sermon Preparation – Wayne McDill (Pastors Today)
Four Ways Stories Benefit Your Preaching – Rob Hurtgen (Pastors Today)
Why You Need Imperatives in Your Sermons – John Carrick (via Eric McKiddie)
Our God blots out iniquity
He paid the price on Calvary
He rules over all history
He puts to shame idolatry
Return to God, serve Him and sing
And glorify the one true King
Trust His promise – He’ll come someday
Turn to the Lord, seek Him, and pray
– From a sermon on Isaiah 44:21-45:25
(To the tune of the “Doxology”)
When life lacks a point– Mike Wittmer in Despite Doubt
Here are some good posts for your weekend reading:
We Should Be Weeping – Jared Mulvihill (DG)
The Best Kind of Savior – Tim Challies
8 Lessons from the School of Prayer – D. A. Carson (TGC)
Needing Guidance? 30 Questions To Ask – David Murray
Hope you have a great Lord’s Day!
Brian J. Mikul 