What Student Ministry Really Needs? Homework
Jen Wilkin is on the money in this article where she communicates that teens should take Bible study as seriously as school and sports practice.
10 Must-Read Posts for Young Christian Wives
Full disclosure: I didn’t read all of the articles linked through here in full, but I poked around in most of them. They’re well written, and will provoke thought, and hopefully healthy discussion.
The inspiration of Wonder Woman & the Disappointment of its Postscript
Melinda Cousins (biblical studies lecturer at Tabor Adelaide) reflects on the success of Wonder Woman, and provides a critique of this portrayal as it continued in Justice League.
Diana Prince in 2017’s Wonder Woman is both empowered and empowering. She is heroic, brave and strong. She is the protagonist of her own story, but the men surrounding her do not appear threatened or emasculated by her. She is portrayed as clearly feminine and yet not overly sexualised. She is emotionally vulnerable, idealistic, perhaps even naïve, and her greatest strengths lie in her compassion, her love and her hope. She upends the assumptions that a parade of men make about her to ensure that she is fully heard and seen. She fires up our imagination of what a girl can be.
Go Set a Watchman
Carl Lentz is back being biblically wishy-washy on Christians ethics. Again.
The 2018 Reading Challenge is Here
I first picked up Tim Challies’ reading challenge a few years ago, and greatly appreciated the way that it forced me to read outside of my normal interests, genres, and worldview. Whether you have a kindle, a library card, your local church, or that friend with too many books at home, there’s a way to enjoy a balanced diet of books that will entertain, challenge, and motivate you to be a better person. The benefits are as plentiful as the books.
Waiting in the Dark
Advent creates space to acknowledge that God’s work of redemption is not yet finished.
God’s Will in Seven Words
The next time you or someone you care about is wrestling with the will of God, try helping them out with these seven words.
One Important Gnome
