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Saturday Selections – June 13, 2026

Brandon Lake's That's Who I Praise

Here's a whole bunch of people having a whole bunch of fun praising God!

I, Smartphone

Nearly 80 years ago economist Leonard Read made the point that the central planning necessary for socialism to succeed is beyond anyone. No one can possibly know enough to be able to understand what everyone is capable of, and interested in producing, and then plan for what everyone wants and needs. He made his point with an essay called I, Pencil, about how even something as simple as a pencil is beyond the abilities of any one person to make and produce – as he put it, no one on earth knows how to make a pencil.

So how then do pencils get produced... and without government planning? By everyone acting in their own self-interests, and in accord with God's law not to steal. The way this can, miraculously, produce what we want and need, and for prices far below what any government production would output, is sometimes credited to "the invisible hand" of the Free Market. But we know Whose hand it is, and, again, we know Who to attribute miracles to.

In this new take on Read's I, Pencil essay, Lawerence Reed makes the same point about the production of something we take for granted today – the smartphone.

Even among Christians, support for suicide is growing (10 min. read)

That's both sad, but means we have yet another reason to argue against euthanasia with overtly Christian, God-glorifying arguments.

What budding apologists can learn from Charlie Kirk

"Let me offer a ten-second overview to this piece: If I were asked what the best books or resources are available for the eager young Christian apologist, I would simply point them to any number of excellent videos of the late Charlie Kirk interacting with often hostile and pugilistic critics, atheists and others."

"Happy wife, happy life?" or, how passivity can destroy marriage

Headship can be twisted two very different directions, and the one we most often hear warnings about is the domineering husband who treats his wife like his own personal slave. I'm sure that's a warning worth sounding, but in my denomination, at least in this generation, the opposite error seems the more likely. In response to domineering men of the past, many a male – and this is among those who believe in male headship – will let his wife's wishes dominate family life. It's sacrificial leadership with an emphasis on the sacrificial, even to the exclusion of the leadership.

This bird is super cool

Think you should be praising God more? Then watch the cool birds He made and it'll just happen. (Its head just stays stock still - crazy!)