How is the moon’s design evidence for creation? (6 minutes)
The unique characteristics of our moon – its size and distance from us relative to the sun’s size and distance, the plane of its orbit, the ratio of its mass compared to the Earth, and more – make it a perfect aid to study our sun’s corona and to stabilize our planet’s rotation.
RC Sproul’s Ligonier Ministries makes all their teaching series free
The best response to coronavirus fear? Learn more about our good, trustworthy, sovereign God. So as their response to the coronavirus crisis, RC Sproul’s Ligonier Ministries is making their entire library of hundreds of teaching series free to stream online.
C.S. Lewis on Modesty
Lewis chips in on the Christian modesty discussion/debate. There’s more to be said, but this is a helpful contribution.
Eviction rights: “My building, my choice”?
In this spoof of the abortion rights argument, reporters ask a political candidate about the “My Building, My Choice!” campaign that has the US government proposing rules to make it easier for landlords to evict tenants.
How far is too far?
When Christian young people are dating, “The question, ‘How far is too far?’ is often asked with the wrong motive. The real question usually being asked is, ‘How much can I get away with?’ Purity doesn’t ask that; purity asks, “How can I honor God in this relationship?”
Many a reader won’t agree with one of the suggestions in this article: no kissing before marriage. But whatever you think of that particular outworking, there are biblical principles here well worth discussing.
15 Reformed theologians on anxiety and fear
The folks at the Westminster Bookstore have done something special, collecting key chapters from 15 Christian authors addressing the topic of anxiety and fear and then distributing those chapters for free (at the link above). These chapters include, in order:
EDWARD WELCH – A small book for the anxious heart (4 daily readings)
PAUL TAUTGES – Anxiety – Knowing God’s Peace (4 readings)
SARA WALLACE – Created to Care: God’s Truth for Anxious Moms (Chap 8)
MARK VROEGOP – Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy (Intro/Chap 1)
JOHN CALVIN – Everyday prayer (Ps 130, 143)
DAVID POWLISON – God’s Grace in your Suffering (Intro)
DALE RALPH DAVIS – In the Presence of my Enemies (Ps 29 – Chap 6)
DAVID GIBSON: Living Life Backwards (Chap 1)
JOHN MURRAY – O Death, Where is Thy Sting (Chap 13)
PURITANS – Piercing prayers
ALISTAIR BEGG – Pray Big (Chap 2)
CHARLES SPURGEON – The Promises of God (5 daily readings)
PAUL DAVID TRIPP – Suffering (Chapter 11)
IAIN M. DUGUID – The Whole Armor of God (Chap 1)
GROVES + SMITH – Untangling Emotions (Chap 13)
TIMOTHY KELLER – Walking with God through Pain and Suffering (Intro)
Crisis, Christ, confidence and the coronavirus (27 minutes)
Two professors from the Westminister Theological Seminary, a doctor, and Martin Luther, weigh in on how God would want us to respond to the coronavirus crisis.
