Here are a few helpful posts on St. Patrick’s Day:
10 Things You Should Know about St. Patrick – Michael Haykin (Crossway)
St. Patrick: Reclaiming the Great Missionary – Mike Pettengill (TGC)
Who Was Saint Patrick and Should Christians Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day? – Stephen Nichols (Ligonier)
Here are some good posts for your weekend reading:
Yes, You Can Please Your Heavenly Father – Kevin DeYoung
Over and over, more than a dozen times in the New Testament, we have this motivation. We ought to be generous. We ought to be godly. We ought to love and live a certain way because it pleases God.
Lay Aside the Weight of Discouragement – Jon Bloom (DG)
What discourages us is not as powerful as it feels in the moment. We overcome our fear by confronting our discouragement and exercising faith in God’s promises. Those are precious moments in which we will see the power of God.
The Blessing of Weather That Confounds the Control-Freak – Trevin Wax
In a world where we try to sustain the illusion that we are in control of reality, the weather does not comply. Again and again, we remember: This is bigger than us. We must react to reality, for we cannot subdue it. Call it common grace for a technologically idolatrous age.
Study at the University of Jesus – Erik Raymond
In other words, you are never to graduate from the University of Jesus. You are always attending. Always studying. Always learning. Always marveling.
Hope you have a great Lord’s Day!
Here are some good posts about discernment and the movies:
What Does ‘The Shack’ Say About Your Pain? – David Mathis (DG)
Why I Won’t Be Seeing (or Reviewing) The Shack Movie – Tim Challies
Our Mother Who Art In Heaven? – Tony Reinke (DG)
“Beauty and the Beast” to Feature an “Exclusively Gay Moment” – Denny Burk
The Facts about Beauty and the Beast Disney Movie – Amy Blevins
Sex on the Silver Screen: What Would a Victorian Christian Say? – Tim Challies
Here are some good posts for your weekend reading:
God Will Use Even You – Steven Lee (DG)
It’s okay to be a nobody, if in all you do, you serve Somebody.
Contentment in a Discontented World – Jason Helopoulos (TGC)
The Christian finds Christ to be sufficient. We are the richest and most secure people in the universe; so the storms may beat the walls of our lives and yet contentment can lie safe within. It isn’t touched, because it is wrapped up in Him, who is our All in all.
Do You Disagree Online Like a Nonbeliever? – Alex Hong (DG)
If our lives testify in any way large or small to the stunning beauty of our rescue, then we will begin to outshine the hostility and argumentative dialogue of our day.
When Christians Hurt You – Nicholas Batzig
In the house of God, Christians must learn to remember the identity of their brothers and sisters, humbly pray for their brothers and sisters, lovingly cover the sin of their brothers and sisters and privately confront their brothers and sisters.
Hope you have a great Lord’s Day worshiping our great God with your local church!
Here are some good posts on preaching:
The Chief End of Preaching – Steven Lawson (Ligonier)
The Necessity of Prayer in Sermon Prep – Erik Raymond
21 Thoughts on Preaching – Jared Wilson (FTC)
Here are some good posts for your weekend reading:
They Know My Voice – Matt Rogers (GCD)
The subtle danger of the unrelenting noise in our lives is that we may miss the voice of God.
Do You Think You’re the Exception? – Jon Bloom (DG)
Behind every willful sin, every conscious act of disobedience to God, is a presumption that what God, or his rightful authority (whether government, school, employer, or parent), says is best for the masses around us need not apply to us.
Every Click Counts: What You Should Know About the Internet – David Mathis (DG)
Every click is a kind of vote. Every time you click, you say, in effect, I want this — and more of this.
Church Member! Fight to Attend Your Church Weekly! – Geoffrey R. Kirkland
Attend the sweet times of fellowship where you remember the gospel, feast upon Christ, receive conviction by the Spirit, and edification from God’s people. Prioritize it!
Hope you have a great Lord’s Day worshiping our Lord with your local church!
Here are three recent posts related to religious liberty:
Washington Florist Loses Discrimination Case – Bonnie Pritchett (World)
Submit to the New Sexual Orthodoxy or Risk Losing Everything – Denny Burk
Will Trump Defend Religious Liberty Against the LGBT Agenda? – Joe Carter (TGC)
Here are some good posts for your weekend reading:
A Simple Way to Pray Every Day – Nick Aufenkamp (DG)
The problem of our prayerlessness is not simply with our smartphones or schedules. The problem is with our hearts. So, if we really want to grow in our prayer life, we must take aim at something much deeper than surface distractions: our most inward affections and desires.
Pride Is Poisoning Your Happiness – Jonathon Woodyard (DG)
But how do we lean away from pride and toward humility? There are a number of strategies for the fight, but let me focus on just one: consider fighting pride with pleasure.
How Much Entertainment Is Too Much? – Tim Challies
It is good for us to consider the place of entertainment in the Christian life. What is the purpose of entertainment? How much is enough? How much is too much?
Boring Church Services Changed My Life – Daniel Darling (CT)
Because somewhere in your congregation are children singing words they don’t know, listening to Scripture they don’t understand, and fighting sleep during a sermon that doesn’t hold their interest. They don’t realize it yet, but the Spirit of God is pressing the gospel message, through yet another “boring” church service, deep within their hearts.
Hope you have a great Lord’s Day!
Here are some good posts about congregational singing:
A Good Hymnal Is a Terrible Thing to Waste – Kevin DeYoung
Keep Singing the Doxology – Jason Helopoulos
The Reformation Changed the Way We Sing – Collin Hansen with Keith Getty
Here are some good posts for your weekend reading:
What A Wonder – Tim Challies
You, Christian, are the dwelling place of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit of God makes his habitation within you. He has joyfully, willingly, come to you so you can be near to him. This knowledge, this wonder, has powerful consequences…
Give Yourself to Constant & Committed Prayer! – Geoffrey R. Kirkland
Every Christian has at his disposal the most mind-boggling wonder. The weakest saint can come before the throne of Almighty God in heaven in simple prayer.
From Flight to Fight: How Christians Struggle with Sin – Greg Morse (DG)
The paths we take from various temptations will differ, but the principle is the same: seek to find refuge in Christ. Passivity will not keep us from tasting the forbidden fruit. So we actively flee to Christ through well-worn paths such as prayer, Bible intake, camaraderie with fellow soldiers, confession, repentance, accountability, and private and corporate worship.
God Knows What You Need in Worship – Nick Roen (DG)
We come together each week — this multifaceted mosaic called the body of Christ — and somehow, God meets us where we are.
Hope you have a great Lord’s Day worshiping the Lord with your local church!
Brian J. Mikul 