Grace and peace to you today.

Crossway has a number of Kindle deals on theological books.
(Yesterday on the blog: God Means To Make Something Of Us)
The twisted self
“Many of us are familiar with books and movies in which plots revolve around characters who find themselves trapped in worlds where nothing works in quite the way they expect. Whether it is Alice wandering through Wonderland or Keanu Reeves trapped in the Matrix, they feel disoriented, confused, and anxious. And that is the way many people feel today in our world, where everything that seemed certain only the day before yesterday—the definition of marriage or the meaning of the word woman, for example—seem now to be in a state of flux.”
For Those who Thirst
This is a sweet reflection on how God satisfies those who thirst.
What Catholicism Teaches About the Supper
“Here in Rome, Italy, near the heart of Roman Catholicism, it is not unusual to pass by one of the city’s countless Catholic churches and see people prostrate on the floor or on bended knee as the priest carries around the bread of the Eucharist.” Reid Karr goes to on explain what the Catholic Church believes about the Lord’s Supper.
Why Keep Reading the Bible?
Why would someone not only read the Bible, but read it again and again? Barbara offers a whole list of good reasons.
another Friendly Reminder
This is a friendly and perhaps necessary reminder about the ways we think about one another and relate to one another.
Imagine Reading ‘The Lord of the Rings’ the Way You Read the Bible
This is actually a good thought exercise: How would it change The Lord of the Rings if you read it like so many people read the Bible?
Flashback: A Prayer for Parents of Teens
This is a prayer for matters of first importance. May it give you words to pray for the child you love…

The night is mother of the day; trust through the dark brings triumph in the dawn. —Theodore Cuyler

This was one of those rare weeks in which I collected so many great links that I couldn’t bring myself to toss any of them. For that reason I’m adding a bonus Sunday A La Carte which I think you’ll offers lots of great reading.

God Does Not Despise the Small Things
Ed Welch: “I have often mused, How does anything ever get done? How do I ever get anything done? By taking the next little step in a day of small things, by placing the next stone into place. The Maker of heaven and earth has determined to have us partner with him in his plans, and he is pleased to set a pace for us that seems very human.”
On Permanent Birth Control
John Piper answers a question about permanent forms of birth control and begins in an interesting way: “The older I get, the more skeptical I become of the freedom I think I have from being formed by my own culture. Let me put it in another way. The older I get, the more suspicious I become that I am more a child of my historical and cultural circumstances than I once thought I was.”
A turn for the worse
WORLD magazine has a review of Turning Red that makes for good reading. “With Turning Red, Pixar abandons decades of nuanced storytelling and warms over Disney’s clichéd advice to follow your heart. The studio challenged this messaging 10 years ago with Brave.”
Our Bodies Tell Us What We Are
I invariably benefit from reading Samuel James.
No place is perfect, but we can love what is good about it nonetheless
“Churches, much like places to live, are rarely perfect. Churches, much like places to live, will have things to love about them and things we wish were there that aren’t. Churches, much like places to live, can be properly loved by us despite their not being able to do everything we might like all of the time.”
Galaxies

There’s a new biography of Elisabeth Elliot available and Westminster Books has it on sale right out of the gate.

Today’s Kindle deals include a complete series of excellent Bible studies by John Scott.
Toe the Government Line or Lose Your Kids
I think Carl Trueman points out something really important in this article. “While the trans issue is the presenting problem, the California bill points toward something of much broader significance: the rise of the notion that parents are defined by function rather than biology.”
Of the Shortcomings of Internet Conventions and a Thought on the SBC-AM 2023
Travis raises some important considerations about watching and analyzing conventions through livestreams.
Good Book Guides Giveaway: Enter for the Chance to Win 59 Bible Studies
The Good Book Guide series is now available in sets! Enter for a chance to win a set of 59 Bible studies to celebrate! 🎉 (Sponsored Link)
My God Is All I Need (Video)
CityAlight has released a new song!
Eikon 5.1 (Spring 2023)
CBMW has released a new issue of their journal Eikon. This one is dedicated entirely to providing a response to the third edition of Discovering Biblical Equality: Biblical, Theological, Cultural, and Practical Perspectives.
I Remember a Dirt Road
Melissa has written a sweet reflection life and roads and other things.
Sexual Intimacy in Marriage: A Joint Trust
“Paul presents a vision of radical mutuality and sexual equality in marriage. His view was both daring and challenging in the first century and remains so today. He portrays sexual intimacy as a precious gift to those who are married—a joint trust of sorts (much like a financial trust). It’s not an entitlement or something to demand, but something to steward and tend together for the benefit of both spouses.”
Flashback: Each Man Before the Mob
We should be happier if a man follows a different path than we do while heeding his conscience than if he imitates us while violating it. We should affirm him in making a decision that is different from our own, as long as that decision is consistent with his conscience.

The entire purpose of our lives — what God wants from us — is to do good for others, to the glory of God. —Matt Perman