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# Saturday Links
- URL: https://www.dashhouse.com/saturday-links-486/
- Published: 2026-02-21T10:00:15.000Z
- Updated: 2026-02-21T10:00:15.000Z
- Description: Temptation's surprising escape, preparing for inevitable suffering, cultural shifts beyond individualism, the communion conundrum, and more
- Author: Darryl Dash
- Tags: Links

Curated links for your weekend reading:

[Three Things That Make Temptation Flee](https://jacobrcrouch.wordpress.com/2026/02/16/three-things-that-make-temptation-flee/?ref=dashhouse.com)

> When I turn my eyes to the cross, I see the great sacrifice of God.

[Seven Truths to Help You Prepare for Suffering](https://www.str.org/w/seven-truths-to-help-you-prepare-for-suffering?ref=dashhouse.com)

> If the only thing we know absolutely, positively for sure about our future is that we are going to suffer and then die, we should prepare for that!

[When You Push Past Your Limits Instead of Trusting God - Staci Eastin](https://stacieastin.com/ignoring-our-limits/?ref=dashhouse.com)

> When we ignore sleep and rest in the name of productivity, rather than doing our best and leaving the results to God.

[What Comes After Expressive Individualism?](https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevin-wax/what-comes-after-expressive-individualism/?ref=dashhouse.com)

> Keller wondered whether the next phase of our culture would be a strange hybrid: expressive individualism blended with group-based identity politics.

[5 Ways Pastors Can Grow in Their Preaching](https://www.crossway.org/articles/5-ways-pastors-can-grow-in-their-preaching/?ref=dashhouse.com)

> Mere training cannot compensate for absence of gifting, but we all have a responsibility to “fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you” (2 Tim. 1:6)—to nourish, exercise, and develop it—so that our ministry can become increasingly effective and bring glory to God.

[Should Struggling Christians Abstain from Communion?](https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/how-not-fence-communion/?ref=dashhouse.com)

> Is calling Christians to a private self-audit before the Lord’s Supper, or encouraging them to abstain if their consciences are unsettled, a valid application of Paul’s teaching?

[Bring Your Pastoral Regrets to God](https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/bring-pastoral-regrets-god/?ref=dashhouse.com)

> Most every week I’m seeing, hearing, or learning something that I might do differently or better or not even at all if I returned as a lead pastor. These insights sometimes lead to regrets.