5 top Christian blog posts of the week. Posts by Paul Tautges, Joni Eareckson Tada, Thom Rainer, Ed Welch/CCEF, and more on Jay Adams, disabilities, and more.
In Loving Memory of Jay Adams
Dr. Jay E. Adams, the founder of the modern biblical counseling movement, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on November 14, 2020. Tributes to his life and ministry are pouring in. Jay’s friend and co-worker, Donn Arms pens this tribute: In Loving Memory of Jay Adams: The Father of Modern-Day Biblical Counseling.
For a list of additional tributes to Dr. Adams and an introduction to resources by and about Dr. Adams, visit: In Memory of Jay Adams: A Collection of Articles and Resources.
You Know You’ve Trashed a Conversation When
Ed Welch writes:
“We should keep a list of how our words have damaged relationships and undermined sensitive conversations. Our growth in wisdom depends on remembering and changing our foolish habits.”
Learn more at You Know You’ve Trashed a Conversation When.
Disability: Two Common Temptations
“In our attempt to understand God’s ways in the midst of our suffering there are two common temptations which often fight to claim the higher ground in our mind.” Excerpted from When Disability Hits Home by Paul Tautges with Joni Eareckson Tada, you can read the full post here: Disability: Two Common Temptations.
Friends Are Made in Heaven
In speaking about friendships and disabilities, Dave Deuel quotes C.S. Lewis:
“God works on us in all sorts of ways. But above all, He works on us through each other. . . . That is why the Church, the whole body of Christians showing Him to one another, is so important. It is so easy to think that the Church has a lot of different objects—education, building, missions, holding services. . . . The Church exists for no other purpose but to draw men into Christ, to make them little Christs.”
Read more of Dave’s thoughts about friendship, disability, and the church in Friends Are Made in Heaven.
Why Church Leaders Should Write More Handwritten Notes
Martin Luther wrote well over 3,000 handwritten letters of spiritual counsel. In our electronic age, we’ve lost the art of the handwritten note. Thom Rainer motivates us to write to one another in Why Church Leaders Should Write More Handwritten Notes.
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