Today’s Sunday Share comes from Sam Emadi, senior pastor at Hunsinger Lane Baptist Church in Louisville, KY. This post from the 9Marks website discusses whether Christians should “engage in the worldly practice of name-calling or employing theological slurs”, especially tempting in “our social-media-dominated outrage culture.”
Read the entire post by clicking this link to open it in a new tab. (Estimated reading time 5 minutes)
The article by William Edgar linked below describes Francis Schaeffer’s “hayloft experience,” a period of about three months when the well-known Christian philosopher, author, and professor struggled with depression and serious questions about his faith. This faith crisis was brought about when he realized the religious movement he had helped create was “zealous for theological precision, but not for obeying Jesus’s command to “love one another as I have loved you.”[1] Schaeffer found himself asking: if Christians aren’t loving, is Christianity real?
(Estimated reading time 4 minutes)
https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/the-faith-crisis-of-francis-schaeffer
I discovered this through fellow blogger Barbara Harper, who posts a weekly list of good reads on Saturday.
[1] John 15:12
Some days we are able to follow Jesus’ advice in Matthew 6:34 – “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.” Other days we feel overwhelmed by our responsibilities, and on some days, we feel like we’re carrying all the problems of the world. Whether it’s something in a sermon, on the news, a book we’ve read, the multitude of notifications on our phones and other devices, or something in our own conscience, we feel that the world needs more than we have to give.
In the linked article, author Kevin DeYoung writes that “most Christians hear these urgent calls to do more (or feel them internally already) and learn to live with a low-level guilt that comes from not doing enough. We know we can always pray more and give more and evangelize more, so we get used to living in a state of mild disappointment with ourselves.” He shares some thoughts on how to relieve this anxiety and focus on what we need to focus on. After all, even Jesus “did not try to do it all. And yet, he did everything God asked him to do.”
(Estimated reading time 7 minutes)
I discovered this through fellow blogger Barbara Harper, who posts a weekly list of good reads on Saturday.
https://kevindeyoung.org/the-crushing-obligation-to-keep-doing-more-and-more/
The holidays may be a joyous time of gathering with family and friends for many people, but for others it can be a lonely time, even if there are people around. This Sunday Share, telling the story of God proactively comforting an unlikely person in their loneliness, is from David Garrison, pastor of Northminster Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Madison Heights, Virginia. David also happens to be an old friend of mine, and I’m delighted to share this post on Genesis 16 – “The God Who Sees You” – from his Pastor’s Corner blog. If you’re ever in that part of Virginia, drop into his church!
Dear fellow travelers,
Today’s “Sunday Share” comes from Steve Brown, founder of Key Life Network. In the article shared below Steve writes about how “since your sin is already paid for, why not own it and use it? The apostle Peter is our model here (and he’s a good one). We love Peter, not because he’s so good, but because he’s so human and sinful.”
Driving Toward the Morning Sun 