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# Saturday Links
- URL: https://www.dashhouse.com/saturday-links-216/
- Published: 2020-11-14T10:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-09-19T20:26:50.000Z
- Description: The best articles I've read this week
- Author: Darryl Dash
- Tags: Links

Curated links for your weekend reading:

[Why You’d Be Disappointed With a Visit to the Early Church](https://link.dashhouse.com/yklmx?ref=dashhouse.com)

> Have you ever wondered what it might be like to visit one of the earliest churches? If you stopped in on a service, I think you’d likely be disappointed. In fact, I doubt you’d ever go back.

[It is a Weakness of Faith to Refuse to Mourn the Death of Loved Ones](https://link.dashhouse.com/Y1IL6?ref=dashhouse.com)

> As believers, we should not grieve *like those who have no hope*, but that does not mean we should not grieve at all (1 Thes. 4:13).

[Pastor, Plagiarism Is More Than Theft](https://link.dashhouse.com/Y3nO5?ref=dashhouse.com)

> Preparing to preach with all you’ve got is hard. It’s grueling. But it’s worth it—not just for the sake of the sheep, but also for the sake of your soul.

[3 Warning Signs Politics Is Becoming Your Religion](https://link.dashhouse.com/e115l?ref=dashhouse.com)

> How do we know if politics has become our religion or is becoming our religion? Here are three warning signs.

[What Legal Rights Do Canadian Governments Have to Restrict Assemblies?](https://link.dashhouse.com/VsS47?ref=dashhouse.com)

> Our current situation is unprecedented in Canadian constitutional law, so there is no clear resolution of the infringed freedoms and the government’s justification.

[Recovering The Lost Art of Encouragement](https://link.dashhouse.com/xRrG6?ref=dashhouse.com)

> Critique where you must.  
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> And, for God’s sake, affirm and encourage – that is, *put courage* into a soul – wherever you can.

[The Incoming](https://link.dashhouse.com/tt4Jk?ref=dashhouse.com)

> The incoming (and our ability to create more outgoing) is probably the single biggest shift that computers have created in our work lives.

My [column](https://go.dashho.us/r9A?ref=dashhouse.com) this week at The Gospel Coalition Canada: [The Answer to the Mess That Is 2020](https://link.dashhouse.com/lW6mT?ref=dashhouse.com)

> The turmoil we’re experiencing this year is a sign that the modern experiment of life without God is doomed to fail. Humanism and secularism promise more than they deliver, and our unrest is a sign of their failure to provide the answers we need.