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# Saturday Links
- URL: https://www.dashhouse.com/saturday-links-487/
- Published: 2026-02-28T10:00:55.000Z
- Updated: 2026-02-28T10:00:55.000Z
- Description: Understanding paganism's impact, the struggle against sin explained, the power of AI in faith, becoming a predictable pastor, and more
- Author: Darryl Dash
- Tags: Links

Curated links for your weekend reading:

[Blessed Are the Empty: How to Read the Beatitudes](https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/blessed-are-the-empty?ref=dashhouse.com)

> The Beatitudes are invitations to a life of eternal joy.

[If I’m Saved by Grace, Why Fight Sin?](https://www.crossway.org/articles/if-im-saved-by-grace-why-fight-sin/?ref=dashhouse.com)

> On our own, we would be powerless to resist sin’s demands and pursue God’s commands. But we’re not on our own.

[What Is Paganism?](https://sacredslang.substack.com/p/what-is-paganism)

> I recently published an essay asking whether it was best to understand the culture of the global west as “pre-pagan or post-Christian?” One of the most common questions I received from readers of that article was a very simple one: What is paganism?

[How Is AI Shaping You? Three Principles for Wise Use](https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/how-is-ai-shaping-you?ref=dashhouse.com)

> Technology can extend or amplify the human proclamation of the gospel, but it cannot replace it.

[Bringing Back Correspondence Hour](https://www.artofmanliness.com/character/habits/bringing-back-correspodence-hour/?ref=dashhouse.com) 

> While staying on top of one’s messages may not quite rise to that level for the non-presidents among us, it’s still a worthy social civility. It’s a way to become a class act — and instituting a correspondence hour can get you there.

[Writing Is Pain, but Environment Can Help](https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevin-wax/writing-pain-environment-help/?ref=dashhouse.com)

> Technology can extend or amplify the human proclamation of the gospel, but it cannot replace it.

[Be the Predictable Pastor](https://ca.thegospelcoalition.org/article/be-the-predictable-pastor/?ref=dashhouse.com)

> People don’t aspire to predictability. We value spontaneity and freshness above being conventional or routine. Yet a minister of the gospel should be this for his people: the predictable pastor.

[Have You Read Any Stan Fowler?](https://ca.thegospelcoalition.org/reviews/have-you-read-any-stan-fowler/?ref=dashhouse.com) 

> Dr. Stan Fowler (1946-2025) may not be a household name among evangelicals, but he was a faithful voice of biblical wisdom in the Canadian evangelical church (and beyond) for decades.