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Kindle Deal: The Last Founding Father: James Monroe and a Nation’s Call to Greatness by Harlow Giles Unger. $3.99.

Special thanks to Louis Markos for his review of Eschatological Discipleship. “What time is it?” is a Christian question.

Wax argues that if we’re to be full disciples of Christ, we must learn to ask one simple question: What time is it? Unless we know where we stand in terms of God’s eschatological plan for human history, we won’t be able to effectively engage the people and the culture around us.

Seven of the best articles I came across this week:

1. J. A. Medders – How Local Churches Can Help Those Affected By Hurricane DevastationDisaster redefines schedules, ministry focus, and and what it looks like following the Golden Rule.

2. Ross Douthat – Conservatism After ChristianityA new survey reveals the extent to which a basic religious division still exists within Trump’s Republican Party.

3. Evan Osnos – Can Mark Zuckerberg Fix Facebook? Lengthy profile of the Facebook founder and CEO, giving a glimpse of the culture of this organization and the values that drive its decisions.

4. Courtney Reissig – We Can’t Take Our Platform to the GraveChrist is all, everything else is extra. Sometimes it takes nearly dying to see what really matters.

5. Brandon Smith – 5 Exercises in Theological HumilityWays we can recover some of what Paul was so doggedly fighting for in his attempt to unify the theologically and culturally diverse church in Corinth.

6. Kathy Litton – Adjusting to the DarkHas life created crisis in your worship? Do the words on the screens belie the scenes in your life?

7. Jesse Sumpter – Dorothy L. Sayers is the Answer to John Dewey. Dewey is such a big name in the educational world that it can seem like there is no way to push back against his work. But Dorothy Sayers offers a way for the Liberal Arts not only to push back on Dewey but also to steal his thunder…

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