Passion Points

Here are some good posts for your weekend reading:

Distraction Can Cost You Everything – Jon Bloom (DG)
So whatever it takes, we must pay attention to what we hear. For Jesus’s ways and words are often counterintuitive, and we live in a destructively distracting age. And everything hangs on how well we hear Jesus.

Supernatural Comfort When the Days are Dark – Jared Wilson (FTC)
We may not always (or ever) understand the ways of God’s providence, why he makes us certain ways or leads us through certain things. But one thing we can know: looking at the cross, we are very loved.

A 10-Point Social Media Strategy – Ligon Duncan (via Justin Taylor at TGC)
1. Relentlessly encourage, edify, and inform.

Together Again to Enjoy Him: What Makes Sundays More Satisfying – David Mathis (DG)
Our God is the all-satisfying fountain of living waters (Jeremiah 2:13). When we seek to quench our deep soul-thirst in him, corporate worship becomes the stunning opportunity to gather together not just with fellow believers, but with fellow enjoyers of God.

Hope you have a great Lord’s Day with your local church!

Social Media Collection

We had a youth winter retreat this past Sunday, and we looked at what the Bible says about social media.  Here are some helpful related posts by Tony Reinke to help all of us think further about it.  If you only have time for one, read the first one.

Six Ways Your Phone Is Changing You

Facebook Obsession and the Anguish of Boredom

Six Wrong Reasons to Check Your Phone in the Morning

Smartphone Addiction and Our Spiritual ADD

Unsocial Media: Meeting the Digital Age Face-to-Face

The Good Samaritan’s Smartphone and the Law of Love