On Mondays, it can sometimes be hard to keep going.... OMF worker Karl Dahlfred (Karl Dahlfred 🇺🇸🇹🇭🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ) offers some helpful reflections on the challenges of keeping going: omf.org/missionary-def… #missionarylife #greatcommission #Jesus

"Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him. Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are children born in one’s youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. They will not be put to shame when they contend with their opponents in court." Ps 127:3-5

This is an absolutely remarkable offer from Langham Publishing 26 remarkable books, worth hundreds of $/£, for just £30 as e-books. It's to celebrate the 4th Lausanne Congress, starting in a week's time. langhamliterature.org/blog/langham-d…

I'm getting ready to present a paper at the Baylor ISR virtual conference on "Evangelicalism and Missions", to be held 2-4 October. My title is "Mission Drift: How the American Presbyterian Mission in Thailand Modified Its Evangelical Heritage." events.baylorisr.org

How much is a seal worth? Is this a good deal?

I can identify with this. I fear that the sermon or lesson that I haven't begun to prep won't be as good as it should be, so I start to feel too overwhelmed to start.

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Sometimes the fear of something not being as good as it can possibly be is replaced by the fear of the embarrassment that would happen if I don't finish it all. This usually happens close to the deadline.

People never give MacArthur credit for how funny he is. I often lol while listening to his sermons. Here, you have a pastor who has consistently, over decades, warned against putting hope in politics. Yet he could not be further from Moore, French, et al

submitted corrected proofs for the published version of my PhD thesis. We're getting close...

Maybe Tucker Carlson should listen to Haunted Cosmos Podcast podcast. They have some categories for making sense of what happened

Trump just started a war against the woke mind virus. Trump says he’ll sign a bill making it clear that there are only two genders Anything promoting gender affirming care will be banned and defunded. Victims will be able to sue doctors. This is HUGE!

One of the greatest needs of Thai churches today is the desire and ability to rightly divide the Word of God. dahlfred.com/index.php/blog…

Biblical Interpretation and the Thai Church ~ Gleanings from the Field - eepurl.com/i4pUW2

Just heard from Wipf and Stock Publishers that my book should be ready for ordering within a few weeks (!) Stay tuned...

An Israeli prisoner found a mosaic with the oldest-known inscription declaring that Jesus is God, and it's now on display in the US notthebee.com/article/resear… via Not the Bee

Now available! "Conservative in Theology, Liberal in Spirit: Modernism and the American Presbyterian Mission in Thailand, 1891–1941" has just been published in the American Society of Missiology Monograph series in paperback & Kindle --> amzn.to/3D90HmR (associate link)

This is 1 of the most difficult passages in the Bible (aside from the 1 about not complaining). It is not difficult to understand, but difficult to apply. It doesn't come naturally to us to find joy in trials. "Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials.." (James 1:2-4)

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