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 For those of us who spend time on the web over the weekends, consider using at least some of your time to grow in your knowledge of God’s Word and His world. Here’s a brief, curated list of videos and articles that I found helpful this past week. Enjoy!  

 

Study the Book of Jonah

In case you haven’t had time to get ready for tomorrow’s sermon on the book of Jonah, consider checking out one of the resources I referenced in this article.  

 

Supreme-Court Case Could Undermine Roe’s Viability

Joe Carter writes about a high-profile abortion case that the Supreme Court has agreed to hear this fall. Be praying now that God would turn the hearts of the Supreme Court justices to recognize the sanctity of the unborn. Even if that means overriding or overturning legal precedent.  

 

Why Didn’t My Pastor Tell Me About That?

I am helped by almost everything I read by Michael Kruger, president of Reformed Theological Seminary in Charlotte. This article is no exception. He pushes back against the temptation of many pastors and churches to present a sanitized version of the Bible that doesn’t reckon seriously with its difficult doctrines and troubling truths. Pastors should lead their churches to wrestle with the hard texts. Like, for example, the Minor Prophets. It may not be easy, but it’s for our good.  

 

Your Weird Church is “Plan A” and There is No “Plan B”

What an encouraging article. Jared Wilson writes: “You don’t have to be cool, big, strong, technologically savvy, politically fashionable, or culturally relevant. You just have to repent of your sin and commit your weird, broken church to its King. It’s the sinners He wants. It’s the losers He’s choosing. Your weird, messy church—in a pandemic or out of it—is God’s Plan A for your world. And there is no Plan B.”