May the God of love and peace be with you today.

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(Yesterday on the blog: When the Best Part Is the Door)
Held By Tender Hands
This is a wonderful piece of writing by Chris Thomas.
Joe Rogan and the Search for Transcendence
“To some he is a dangerous purveyor of misinformation who platforms discredited and dangerous fringe thinkers (and to be fair, he certainly talks to some strange folks); to others he is a voice of sanity and one of the few remaining spaces where free speech is defended. But one thing is for sure: his audience is massive, easily eclipsing other podcasts and cable news shows. And the lion’s share of that audience seems to be young men – millions of them.”
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Ministries Evacuate as Russians Reach Irpin, the Evangelical Hub of Ukraine
This story from CT tells of Christians and ministries on or behind the front lines.
Conscience Binding, Media Ecology, and Theological Controversy
“There is something innate in the fallen hearts of men that gives them an insatiable desire to seek to bind the consciences of others on just about every given matter.” Ain’t that the truth!
Christ is An Unconquerable Savior
“Because Jesus is God we can know that he is able to save. But we are encouraged not just that Christ is able to save, but in knowing that he has actually exercised his ability to save us.” Jared Wilson explains.
We Don’t Know What to Do
“It’s perfectly fine to just speak to our Father from our hearts. We don’t have to use certain words like an incantation in order for Him to hear us. But prayers in the Bible help give our prayers more guidance and depth.” (See also: Personalizing Paul’s Prayers)
Flashback: The Uninvited Lodger
Sorrow will give way to joy and mourning will give way to dancing just as surely as night gives way to day. We will join our voices with David’s to say, “O LORD my God, I will give thanks to you forever!”

The scorpion carries his poison in his tail; the slanderer in his tongue. —Thomas Watson

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Westminster Books has an early sale on a new book by Joni Eareckson Tada (for which I was pleased to write an endorsement).
The Myth of the Modern Self
Carl Trueman: “The sheer rage that has greeted the Dobbs decision demands reflection. The rhetoric regarding victims of incest and rape is powerful but hardly explains the anger, given that such cases are comparatively rare and exceptional. They make good material for emotional appeal to the populace, but are neither foundational to the philosophy of the pro-abortion cause nor the real source of the outrage we are witnessing.”
There is One Gospel
Be sure to listen to this great new song from CityAlight.
He/Him please
Jesse Johnson: “Imagine you are a youth soccer coach, and a girl you have coached for five seasons takes you aside at practice and asks you, ‘Coach: I’m going through some changes in my life, and one of them is that I’ve decided I want to be known as a guy. Can you please address me by he/him, instead of her/she?’What would you say?”
Newton’s God
I appreciated this new video from the John 1:10 Project.
What I’ve Learned from 25 Years of Marriage
Cara shares some of what she has learned through 25 years of marriage.
Death is not Dying
“This life is a vapor, the shadowlands of beauty and sin and grief. A splashing, shallow kiddie pool compared to the swirling depths of magnificent ocean-treasures awaiting us one day, if we bow in humble submission before God.”
Flashback: White Fragility and the Bible’s Big Story
The question I eventually want to answer is this: Is White Fragility a helpful tool for white Christians as we discuss issues of race and then begin to take action?

We obey God not because we are afraid of what He will do to us if we do not. Rather, we obey Him because we are moved by all that He has done for us in Jesus Christ. —Anthony J. Carter

Good morning. Grace and peace to you today.

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(Yesterday on the blog: Her Weakness Is Her Strength)
Dying Is But Going Home
Randy Alcorn: “Nanci is and always will be an inspiration to me. I have spent the last two days with family and friends, thanking God for His grace and the promises of Jesus that we will live with Him forever in a world without the Curse, and He will wipe away all the tears and all the reasons for the tears. All God’s children really will live happily ever after. This is not a fairytale; it is the blood-bought promise of Jesus.”
Challenge of Charity
“Perhaps it goes without saying, but not all giving is good. It doesn’t take much travel around the world to find problems with Christian charity.” Elliot Clark reflects on some of the challenges that come when Christians attempt to distribute charity.
How to Pray Like Jabez
“Perhaps you’ve heard of Jabez. If not, maybe it’s time for his story.” David Mathis fills us in on the story of Jabez and, along the way, the infamous book The Prayer of Jabez.
How to Offer Correction
Guy Richard answers a good question: “Why are we as Christians so poor at giving healthy, constructive criticism to others?”
What does it mean that Jesus “descended into Hell”?
In the Apostle’s Creed we confess that Jesus “descended into hell?” Did he actually do so and, if not, what does the creed mean? Guy Waters answers in this short video.
“Well, THAT was magic!”
“I don’t believe for a moment that our wonder at the world we’re in should shrivel and shrink as our knowledge grows. That makes no sense to me at all.” I very much agree!
Flashback: We’re More Honest With Our Phones Than With Our Pastors
Our phones…know about our backsliding or even our heresy long before the pastor does.

A Christian without meditation is like a soldier without weapons, or a workman without tools. —Thomas Watson