Saturday Links

Curated links for your weekend reading:

Don't Apply the Bible to Your Life. Do This Instead.

The Bible calls us to be transformed by the renewal of our minds. This is a better framework for thinking about the Bible than "applying" its principles to our lives.

Rebuilding for Renewal: The Importance of Sacred Spaces in Our Cities

The world needs sacred spaces—places where the kingdom is embodied, our worship shapes our imaginations, the weary find rest.

4 Causes of Division in the Church

The New Testament gives us several causes of division among God’s people.

Seven Points on the Careful Justice of Hell

Here are seven of these points that I find myself often coming back to in conversations about eternal judgment.

What Does the Bible Mean When It Teaches Wives to Submit?

Many people cringe at the teaching that wives are to submit to their husbands. A clear understanding of this teaching will lead us to marvel at the goodness of God’s plan for marriage and society.

A Writer’s Prayer on Beginning a New Project

Abba, Father,
thank you for the work you have given me to do,
for what I am about to write…

My column this week at The Gospel Coalition Canada: Reflections on a Seminary’s Legacy

Behind a simple Toronto building is the story of a small seminary that went bankrupt but influenced evangelical Christianity in Canada.