Podcast:
- I am excited to announce a partnership between the Christian Standard Bible and Christianity Today on a new podcast hosted by Rich Clark called “Living and Effective,” a program about what happens when the Bible and the culture collide. More details here.
- I was a guest this week on The Gospel Project podcast with Aaron Armstrong and Brian Dembowczyk, where we discussed the question “Does gospel-centrality transcend theological perspectives?”
Kindle Deal: Jesus: A Theography by Leonard Sweet and Frank Viola. $0.99.
Seven of the best articles I came across this week:
1. Silvia Foster-Frau – Keeping Faith. A report on survivors one year after the massacre at First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas.
2. Nellie Bowles – A Dark Consensus about Screens and Kids Begins to Develop in Silicon Valley. A wariness that has been slowly brewing is turning into a regionwide consensus: The benefits of screens as a learning tool are overblown, and the risks for addiction and stunting development seem high. The debate in Silicon Valley now is about how much exposure to phones is OK
3. Oliver O’Donovan – Every Square Inch. O’Donovan reviews the first two volumes of Abraham Kuyper’s “Pro Rege.” Love this quote: “Any reader taking up a text from the past must be prepared to encounter historical difference. We read old books to hear a word spoken from one era to another, to be challenged by an assumption that has since turned into a doubt, a doubt that has become an assumption.”
4. Patrick Schreiner – Why We Should Follow Paul’s Example in Our Political Moment. In the shadow of Rome, Paul’s most subversive act was not to oppose it, but deny its principal significance. Also of note on this topic, see Ted Olsen’s “Jesus is Lord. Period.”
5. John Piper’s Favorite Verse of the Bible. Glorious truth packed into one question!
6. David Freedlander – The Democrats’ Culture Divide. Interesting look at the class and race divisions within the Democratic party, and what this means for future elections.
7. Tom Schreiner – The Old Covenant is Over. The Old Testament is Authoritative. Good conversations going on these days in response to Andy Stanley’s new book on the Bible. Here’s Schreiner with a progressive covenantal approach to how the Law is fulfilled.
