Today is the last day to get these books on evangelism from Crossway:
- The Heart of Evangelism and Learning Evangelism from Jesus by Jerram Barrsâ$2.99 each
- Evangelism by Mack Stilesâ$3.99
- The Gospel and Personal Evangelism by Mark Deverâ$3.99
- Churches Partnering Together by Chris Bruno and Matt Dirksâ$3.99
Also check out Developments in Biblical Counseling by J. Cameron Fraser ($2.99) and two by David Sitton for 99¢ each:
The Oldest Lie and the Master Surgeon
Lore Wilbert:
I drove to New York on Tuesday for a quick respite in the hills and valleys of home and used the driving time to catch up with numerous friends on the phone. We all have had hopes dashed and disappointments furrowed deep within us and it reminded me nobody gets through unscathed. We are all the recipients of Adamâs sin, all billions and billions of us. To believe we alone are the only ones who get it, who have experienced this kind of acute pain, who feel alone in a world full of people who get everything they want is the enemyâs oldest lie. He told himself it first and then fell, and has been telling everyone else it since. âIf you canât beat âem, make âem join you,â is his mantra. If you have ever felt aloneâif you feel alone todayâthen you have been on the listening end of the enemyâs bullhorn.
Politics Ought #NeverTrump Principle
Jared Wilson nails it:
I refuse to play this game. I refuse to see my right to cast a vote as a zero sum endeavor. In my estimation, the operating value in voting Trump/Clinton to ensure Clinton/Trump doesnât win is not principle at all, but politics. Itâs a power move. Itâs believing that what matters is party control.
How to Get Your Email Inbox to Zero Every Day (Updated)
If this is a concern for you, you may want to read this paper from What’s Best Next.
13Â Reasons We Need Church History
Matthew Hall:
I love teaching on a wide range of historical subjects. Get me lecturing to undergraduate American history students on the Cold War and the emergence of political conservatism, and Iâm in my scholarly happy place. Step into my world history class and youâll find me fired up to explain how colonization reshaped the entire world.
But teaching church history is different. While I bring some basic assumptions (and standards of historical research) to any historical study, studying and teaching church history is a profoundly theological enterprise.
Seven Ways to Improve Your Preaching
Kevin DeYoung:
Below are seven practical ways we can improve our preaching. And please note: I deliberately use the words âweâ and âour,â because Iâm thinking of my sermons as much as anyoneâs. These suggestions are things I continue to work on as a preacher, sometimes with success and often with less progress than I would like.
The Modesto Manifesto
Darryl Dash on how Billy Graham and his team’s protections against four key areas of temptationâsex, money, exaggeration, and criticismâcan still serve us today.
The Politics of Never Growing Up
Samuel James:
The basement is Never Land. The university is Never Land. Even dating is Never Land, thanks to Tinder and a hook up culture that eschews commitment with the safety of online anonymity. Pop culture, with its endless fixation on comic books, child fantasy adventures, and nostalgia, is Never Land. Our American landscape is a monument to the heedless pleasures of knowing it all, playing it all, and sexing it all.