One of my favorite Christian authors. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 changed my life.

So grateful he’ll be ministering to us.

A news reporter asked Michael Jordan if he thought the ’90s Bulls could beat LeBron’s Lakers.

MJ: Yes.
Reporter: By how much?
MJ: Two or three points.
Reporter: Why so close?
MJ: Most of us are almost 60 now.

Join us tomorrow and hear twice from Aubrey Sequeira, pastor of Evangelical Community Church in Abu Dhabi.

Welcome to the world, Hudson and Henry. Identical twins. Our hearts—and arms!—are full.

The Lord is generous and kind.

Want proof that God is gracious?

A third of the Mosaic law is about what you do when you’ve broken it.

—Ligon Duncan

Scottie Scheffler’s perspective before and after winning The Masters for the second time.

Amazing.

“Christians care about all suffering, especially eternal suffering.”

—John Piper at the 2010 Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization

Still one of the most important sentences I’ve ever heard.

Does “Gentile inclusion” affirm same-sex marriage? No.

1. It’s not God changing his mind.

2. It’s not based on experience.

3. It’s why we have clear NT no’s.

4. It’s not evidence of a trajectory toward same-sex marriage.

Well done, Rebecca McLaughlin.

thegospelcoalition.org/article/gentil…

“Mark Driscoll kicked out of megachurch for protesting male stripper who swallowed a sword onstage” is not the headline evangelicalism needs, but I feel confident it’s the one we deserve.

— Samuel James

“Is not my word like fire,” declares the Lord, “and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces?” (Jer. 23:29)

I love this story.

No pastor lives up to what he preaches. If he does, he is preaching too low.

—John Piper

Between 93–95% of the in-person time you’ll spend with your children will happen before they turn 18.

The final 5–7% will be stretched out over the next 50 years.

Parent with that reality in mind.

—Jon Tyson

Three reasons we struggle to share our faith well—or at all.

1. We ignore our context.
2. We fail to love.
3. We bow to fear.

thegospelcoalition.org/article/3-reas…

Prayer is enjoying the care of a powerful Father, instead of being left to a frightening loneliness where everything is all down to you.

—@Mike_Reeves

The function of the Bible is not to brainwash you, but to 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 you from getting brainwashed. The words of God free you from the words of man.

—KB

Why expository preaching?

Because God knows what his people need better than you do.

—@Bobby_Jamieson

See this excellent review by Denny Burk
thegospelcoalition.org/reviews/nobody…

Drew is the funniest guy I follow here. Has been for years.