Good morning friends,
Quote of the week:
Rejoice then, believer, in this: thou art accepted “in the beloved.” Thou lookest within, and thou sayest, “There is nothing acceptable here!” But look at Christ, and see if there is not everything acceptable there. Thy sins trouble thee; but God has cast thy sins behind his back, and thou art accepted in the Righteous One. Thou hast to fight with corruption, and to wrestle with temptation, but thou art already accepted in him who has overcome the powers of evil. – Charles Spurgeon
Now, here are your weekly links:
- Facing COVID-19 Without Fear | Grace Community Church – A statement from John MacArthur and the pastoral staff of Grace Community Church: https://www.gracechurch.org/news/posts/2254
- The Apostolic Fathers and the Deity of Christ | carm.org: https://carm.org/doctrine-and-theology/the-apostolic-fathers-and-the-deity-of-christ/
- Why Do We Call It Evil in the First Place? | Cold Case Christianity: https://coldcasechristianity.com/writings/why-do-we-call-it-evil-in-the-first-place-2/
- 240K students switch to charter schools during pandemic: study: https://www.christianpost.com/news/240k-students-switch-to-charter-schools-during-pandemic-study.html
- Did Jesus claim to be God? Seeing Jesus’ divine self-identity in the gospels: https://carm.org/islam/did-jesus-actually-say-he-is-god/
- Evidence for Jesus from Non-canonical Gospels – by Chris Reese – The Worldview Bulletin Newsletter: https://worldviewbulletin.substack.com/p/evidence-for-jesus-from-noncanonical
- Heroes and villains | George’s Journal. Graham Staines was an Australian Christian missionary in India. In 1999 he and his two sons were burnt to death by Hindu fundamentalists alleging forced conversions. A mob of about 50 people, armed with axes and other implements, attacked a jeep while Staines and his sons were asleep inside, and set it alight, trapping them inside and burning them to death. A few days later, Grahams wife, Gladys, made a public statement forgiving the killers.: https://georgesjournal.net/2021/09/27/heroes-and-villains/
- Saturn’s Moons Continue to Challenge Secular Theorists | The Institute for Creation Research: https://www.icr.org/article/saturns-moons-continue-to-challenge/
- The KJV, modern Bibles, and what to do when words change in meaning: https://carm.org/king-james-onlyism/the-king-james-version-and-the-changing-use-of-words/
- An Afghan Christian on Suffering – Suffering sanctifies the church and separates the true believers from the false. Facing suffering, people with wrong intentions and motives will often run away. In the emerging Afghan church when persecution and hardship came, many thieves, spies, and liars left. Under persecution and hardship, some people stopped coming to the church.: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/afghan-christian-suffering/
When I think about this, I am terrified; trembling seizes my body. Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power? Job 21:6-7
Blessings to you all