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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!  

 

The Gold Mine In The Local Church

“God has uniquely gifted the local church to help the people of God reach the nations for God. Though you can mine the depths of the minds of great authors in their books, your local church is a gold mine. Though online pastors drop gems in their sermons week after week, your local church is a gold mine. Though your favorite podcast can prove to be a treasure trove of biblical knowledge, your local church is a gold mine.   Don’t exhaust yourself digging all over the place for biblical wisdom if you haven’t bent down to pick up the gold God placed in your local church.”  

 

The Death of Porn

Tim Challies is a great resource for good book reviews on Christian books. He’s recently finished reading Ray Ortlund’s book The Death of Porn, which I received free from Crossway and began reading a week ago. This is a powerful book and I highly recommend it for any man who struggles with lust, whether they’re currently caught in porn’s vice-grip or not.  

 

How the Church Can Serve Afghans and Other Refugee Communities

Here’s a helpful interview with a Syrian-born ministry leader about why and how churches should serve refugees.  

 

Parents, Here’s the Best Way to Hand Down Your Faith

Trevin Wax writes about how parents can pass their faith down to the next generation. Simply put, parents need to take it seriously themselves. They need to be engaged themselves in the life and work of their local church and they need to talk about their faith at home with their children. Parents with a halfhearted approach to following Jesus will often raise kids who don’t want anything to do with Him.