Podcast:
- Brandon Smith and I released a new episode of Word Matters, answering the question “What is the abomination of desolation?” from Matthew 24. You can subscribe to the podcast here: iTunes | Android | RSS
Kindle Deal: Joni and Ken: An Untold Love Story. $2.99.
Seven of the best articles I came across this week:
1. Joni Eareckson Tada – Reflections on the 50th Anniversary of My Diving Accident. Thank you, Lord, for the testimony of this amazing woman of faith.
2. Robert George – Is Polyamory Next? On its own terms, the logic of the same-sex marriage movement inexorably leads to the embrace of polyamory and, even, the removal of legal sanctions against incestuous marriages.
3. Stephen Pardue – The Elusive Virtue: Humility in Scripture, Sin, and Salvation. Becoming the kind of person who will, when appropriate, lay aside your privileges on behalf of others, requires—or at least is catalyzed by—a willing embrace of your creaturely limitations as well as an acknowledgment of your entanglement with sin.
4. Derek Rishmawy – The Church Has Always Known Theological Controversy. Fidelity to the gospel has always been a personally costly, confusing, and tenuous thing.
5. Lauren Vinopal – Netflix’s “13 Reasons Why” May Cause a Suicide Spike, Scientists Caution. The study is the first to examine the impact of the controversial show, which has garnered much praise for its realistic depiction of the events leading up to (and including) the suicide of a teenage girl.
6. Thabiti Anyabwile – Lecrae and Shai Aren’t Your Problems: The Conscience and Christian Hip Hop. Does a move from explicitly Christian lyrics and identifying as a “Christian rapper” signify a move away from the gospel, the church and the faith or is it an acceptable repositioning in order to reach the not-yet-Christian world.
7. Brian Burns – Athanasius on Scripture. The questions Athanasius recommended we ask of a biblical text are important still today.
