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August 25, 2015
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#WorthReading №4

Here are some articles from around the internet that are worth your time reading…

Putting the ME in Media – John MacArthur has some wise counsel about your motives for social media posts.

15 Wisdom Principles on Deciding When to Stop Having Children – Some very wise counsel to parents on a perennially tough question

Where Is God Asking You to Take Him at His Word? – Do you struggle to accept what God says and struggle to do what God says?

When ‘Discernment’ Leads to Disaster – “Once biblical inerrancy is abandoned, there is no brake on theological and moral revisionism.”

4 Principles for the Exercise of Christian Liberty – “True Christian liberty, unlike the various ‘freedom’ or ‘liberation’ movements of the secular world, is not a matter of demanding the ‘rights’ we have.”

August 24, 2015
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You May Be Lazy

Many people at FBC have jobs with long hours. Whether you work for the military, have a sales job, or are a stay-at-home mom, you work more hours every week than you want to count. The typical person who works 50 hours per week, for 40 years, and takes 3 weeks of vacation each year will work 98,000 hours. A stay-at-home mom will work roughly double that! (less years, but more hours!!)

You work long hours. (You probably already knew that!) On top of that, some of you play a sport, work out in the gym or do something else to stay in shape. Despite all that, let me suggest something radical…

You may be lazy. Continue Reading →

August 17, 2015
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#WorthReading №3

Here are some articles from around the internet that are worth your time reading…

Why Gay Marriage Proponents Can’t Appeal to the Abolitionist Movement – there was not time to speak during the sermon to talk about this objection, but Ben Reaoch has done a great job articulating how to respond when you hear this.

Don’t Know What a Fetus is? Here are your options. – using logic, Peter Kreeft considers four abortion scenarios that encompass all people’s beliefs.

Do We Alienate Our White Brothers and Sisters? – Keith Echols, Jr. asks some provoking questions about responding to racial issues. “Does the black community say white people are incapable of understanding the problem while, on the other hand, expecting them to solve it? Do we have standards for what would qualify as an acceptable response?

Lutheran Insulter – this cracks me up! it’s a random generator of the various insults that Martin Luther wrote over the years.

And below is an excellent 6 min video of “the Story” – how it all began and will never end.

August 12, 2015
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#WorthReading

Here are some articles from around the internet that are worth your time reading…

Catacombs, Cathedrals, and the Kingdom – “We Christians sometimes forget the paradoxical grace of God in giving us a legacy of both cathedrals and catacombs”

My Own Personal Bollywood – “We can laugh at Bollywood and all they accept as realistic. But we should be laughing at ourselves as well.”

The Biggest Story – a great new children’s book by Kevin DeYoung

9 Ways to Protect Your Children from Sexual Abuse – Here are some wise and practical things you can do to protect your kids from sexual abuse

More Than Sovereign – “As I now minister to others in their time of need, I find that many are not struggling with his sovereignty but with his goodness.”