Saturday Links
Curated links for your weekend reading:
I Won’t Kiss Evangelicalism Goodbye
When I log off Twitter and look at what King Jesus is up to in local congregations in this country and around the world, I’m encouraged.
Pastor, every Sunday, over and over again, without fail, stubborn and convicted, you take to that pulpit and pin all your hopes on the gospel in your preached text.
Oversight is sight plus responsibility.
How the Grace of Jesus Enables Us to Say No to Pornography
Is there any hope for unseating pornography from its cultural position of power and influence?
I don’t need to go viral for my contribution to the world to be valuable. My story doesn’t have to be seen by the masses to be meaningful. It is seen by God, and that’s enough for me.
What Can God Do With Broken Hearts?
God has a special place in his heart for the weak, the weary, the downtrodden, the broken.
My column this week at The Gospel Coalition Canada: The Ideal Pastor
It turns out that Keller was right. The ideal pastor is not one who’s confident, competent, and successful. The ideal pastor is someone who’s been broken by the knowledge of his sin, and even greater knowledge of Jesus’ costly grace, and who leads everyone else in repenting and rejoicing in God’s amazing grace.