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Podcast: In the newest episode of Word Matters, David Allen joins me and Brandon Smith to discuss a question raised in Hebrews 4: “Was Jesus Really Tempted Like We Are?”

Kindle Deal: The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness by Tim Keller. $0.99.

Good news: Free Bibles? LifeWay launches effort to spur evangelism.

Seven of the best articles I came across this week:

1. Jaclyn Parrish – How to Not Be an Online Troll. If everyone followed these simple suggestions, the online world would be a better place.

2. Fred Sanders – Two Rules for Theological Work. To keep the work of theology at its proper task, and to keep the theologian from getting distracted, and to keep the main thing the main thing (which is, after all, itself the main thing), there are a couple of helpful rules to observe.

3. Matthew Schmitz – Portals of the Past. An article in First Things about Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece, Vertigo, what it says about modernity and the past, and why its critical acclaim is well deserved. If interested, here is a review of Vertigo I wrote for World Magazine a few years ago.

4. Melissa Kruger – 4 Ways Brothers Can Encourage Their Sisters in MinistryGood conversations happening these days about women who serve the church and how men can better strengthen and support their ministries.

5. Jia Tolentino – The Promise of Vaping and the Rise of Juul. Teens have taken a technology that was supposed to help grownups stop smoking and invented a new kind of bad habit, molded in their own image.

6. Robert Smith – My First Day as a Pastor. Dr. Smith is one of my favorite preachers. In this short video, he remembers his first day as a pastor.

7. Matt Emerson – 3 Ways to Learn from Early Baptists about Political Theology. Many early Baptists were heavily involved in political life, at both local and national levels. For them, political involvement was often a matter of survival.

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