Here is a collection of good reads gathered from across the internet this past week. Enjoy!
On work: Working Well by Tim Challies
You need to work. You also need to obey the people who are over you in that work. Whenever Paul talks about authority he connects it to the authority of Christ; whenever he talks about obedience he makes it a lesser form of the greater obedience to Christ. He does that here. Employees, you need to obey your manager or your employer in the same way you would obey Christ. These are not two different things. The way you understand the employee/employer relationship flows right out of the way you understand your relationship with Jesus Christ. If you want to obey Christ, you need to obey your boss. In fact, you need to obey your boss in the way you obey Christ. (click here to read more)
On sin and the Christian: Three Things Sin Can’t Do to the Christian by Cody Barnhart
If you are being sanctified by the renewal of your mind, your perfection has already been accomplished. Though you must work out your salvation with fear and trembling, you are no longer at enmity with God. Rejoice in this freedom! Sin cannot overcome us because we’ve been overcome with Christ’s righteous faithfulness. He completed all the work necessary to not just save you, but to keep you. Rest and rejoice in the faithfulness of King Jesus. (click here to read more)
On silence and response: How Would Jesus Respond Online? by Michael Kelley
What about us? We are often far more concerned with responding than knowing. We are much more focused on our next word than the heart that motivated the criticism or accusation. We forget, in a day and time of easy and cheap social interactions and confrontations, that the ones on the other side of the tweet are actually people made in the image of God. If we knew who they were, we might be much slower to speak and quicker to hold our tongues and listen. (click here to read more)
On parenting (this is a fun little post): Honest Parenting Haikus by Barnabas Piper
Parenting is hard
And that’s an understatement
But it is worth it
(click here to read more)
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