Read This! 06.11.19

Old Books, New Books, and Trends That Fade Away

I love used book sales as well and have noticed this.

6 Questions to Help Pastors Assess Their Spiritual Health

These are very good.

David Powlison

The above link is to the updates on ccef. There have also been many tributes posted. This is the TGC write up and also a powerful reflection from Piper. Powlison will be missed. I never met the man but he impacted my life in significant ways.

Can Broad and Narrow Complementarians Coexist in the SBC?

I’m linking to this because it has a good Twitter thread by Tom Schreiner on it. For me, I think it would be a good idea for us to discuss this and debate it. I question the timing, though. Do we really need this to be the discussion when we have egg on our face because of years of abuse and coverups?

4 Ways Pastors Become Pretenders

Great warnings.

5 Loopholes We Use to Excuse Sin

Lots of wisdom here.

5 Ways to Help Members Discover Their Spiritual Gifts

A thousand amen’s.

Confession ≠ Repentance

It’s a really helpful distinction.

So fork calligraphy is a thing: