Saturday Links
Curated links for your weekend reading:
The world is already burning. It needs fire extinguishers, not firebrands. Be a healer who tends to the wounds of the fighters from both sides.
Exit the Echo Chamber. It’s Time to Persuade.
There has to be a middle ground between being an online jerk on one side—only interested in “owning” an opposing voice—or a hyper-sensitive snowflake on the other, with no tolerance for their views being challenged.
Here are three ways Christians can be both bold and also gentle in how we speak and seek the truth.
4 Ways to Practice Theological Humility
Some Christians are eager to defend sound doctrine. Well and good. But is the unity of the body of Christ one of those doctrines we jealously guard?
Church Revitalization Is not Church Planting
Church revitalization is not church planting. The difference between the two is so much more than semantics, nuances, or labels. Understanding the difference will allow you to walk the path with far less unmet expectation, frustration, and discouragement.
Five Ways to Pray For Your Pastor at This Point in the Pandemic
As a pastor, I want to ask you to pray specifically for your pastor and elders. They feel the weight of shepherding and leading the people of God. And the path ahead is foggy.
Want to Be Faithful? Think Like a Farmer
When it comes to growing long-term, everyday faithfulness in your life, think like a farmer who works and waits with patience, and know that the harvest is sure to come.
As our nation reels from George Floyd’s death, many in the church feel compelled to do something. Yet in our rush to engage, many of us have neglected the most potent form of activism at our disposal: prayer to the sovereign God of the universe.
On one hand, “black lives matter” (all lower case, “blm”) is a truth … On the other hand, “BlackLives Matter” (capitalized, “BLM”) is an ideology with clearly stated goals and presuppositions.
My column this week at The Gospel Coalition Canada: We Have a Lot to Process as We Regather
Across Canada, some churches are starting, slowly, to regather. And we have a lot to process.
