5 to Live By: 5 Top Christian Blog Posts of the Week
Linking you to the top 5 Christian blog posts of the week—posts that provide robust, rich, and relevant insights for living.
On the Grace of God
Justin Holcomb has a very helpful excerpt—Grace All the Way—here. You can also download a free sample chapter from his excellent book, On the Grace of God.
When Your Boss Is a Narcissist
This post—When the Boss Is a Narcissist—is a great example of the value of valid “descriptive research.” I blogged about it yesterday.
John Piper and Mark Driscoll Talked Me Off the Bridge
Here’s a very moving, candid post by Jared C. Wilson: John Piper and Mark Driscoll Talked Me Off the Bridge.
Arrows Out
Pastor Steve Dewitt, at his It’s All About Him site, shares a perceptive illustration of gospel-centered living in Arrows Out.
Religion and Public Life in America
R.R Reno is the editor of First Things, a journal of religion in public life. The following is the introduction from a speech he delivered February 20, 2013, at Hillsdale College National Leadership Seminar. You can read the rest at Religion and Public Life in America.
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY is being redefined in America, or at least many would like it to be. Our secular establishment wants to reduce the autonomy of religious institutions and limit the influence of faith in the public square. The reason is not hard to grasp. In America, “religion” largely means Christianity, and today our secular culture views orthodox Christian churches as troublesome, retrograde, and reactionary forces. They’re seen as anti-science, anti-gay, and anti-women—which is to say anti-progress as the Left defines progress. Not surprisingly, then, the Left believes society will be best served if Christians are limited in their influence on public life. And in the short run this view is likely to succeed. There will be many arguments urging Christians to keep their religion strictly religious rather than “political.” And there won’t just be arguments; there will be laws as well. We’re in the midst of climate change—one that’s getting colder and colder toward religion.
Bonus Post: General Revelation Does Not Equal Science
R. C. Sproul describes The Reformed Doctrine of General Revelation.
Bonus Post: Court Rules Against German Homeschoolers
An Evangelical Christian couple immigrated to the US because the German courts were going to take their children from them because they were homeschool. The US plans to deport the couple.
Michael Farris, founder of the Home School Legal Defense Association, vowed to appeal the decision. Farris said the Germans ban home schools because “they don’t want to have religious and philosophical minorities in their country.”
“That means they don’t want to have significant numbers of people who think differently than what the government thinks,” he said. “It’s an incredibly dangerous assertion that people can’t think in a way that the government doesn’t approve of.”
Read more at Court Rules Against German Homeschoolers.
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