SOLA Conference 2020 is March 27-28 at Evergreen SGV, and the first 350 individuals to register will automatically be entered to win Airpod Pros! Our theme is “Reconciled,” and our plenary speakers are Kim Kira, Watson Jones III, and Owen Lee.
This week on our website, Heidi Tai wrote that God has not abandoned us to the Australian bushfires, the death of Kobe Bryant, or the threat of a coronavirus pandemic. We can approach God in grief, and learn to be patient with pain.
Heidi will be a special guest on an upcoming episode of our SOLA Network podcast. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Overcast, and Spotify. To join the conversation, send me your questions or topics to talk about via Twitter or Instagram.
Articles From Around The Web
1. Marshall Segal: When a Christian Couple Sins Sexually
Sexual sin is serious, and it offers an illusion of intimacy for dating Christian couples. Writing for DesiringGod, Marshall Segal makes one proposal: fasting from each other. Thomas Hwang has an article on our website for further reading: What’s Wrong with Having Sex Before Marriage?
2. Amanda Criss: The Inefficient Ministry of Motherhood
As my wife is pregnant with our second child, I am reminded of Christ’s heart for children and this special season of life. It’s also a fitting reminder that parents are to be the primary disciplers of their children.
3. Burk Parsons: The Master Storyteller
Christians are writers, readers, and storytellers. In this short article from Tabletalk Magazine, Burk Parsons shows us how the Holy Spirit helps us understand the message of Jesus’ own stories.
Books, Podcasts, Music, And More
1. Trillia Newbell on the Gospel and Body Image
“FTC.co asks Trillia Newbell, Director of Community Outreach for the ERLC, ‘What does the gospel say about body image?’” For further reading, check out our article Seeing By Light: Redeeming Beauty to God’s Standards by Judy Lee.
2. Jimmy Needham: It Is Well With My Soul
Jimmy Needham will be leading music at SOLA Conference 2020! From his album The Hymns Sessions, Vol. 1. Follow this Spotify playlist for more of my favorite hymns.
3. Aaron Lee: Book Reviews
This week I reviewed God of All Comfort by Scott Harrower, On Education by Abraham Kuyper, The Care of Souls by Harold Senkbeil, and Hearers and Doers by Kevin Vanhoozer.
Featured This Week On SOLA Network
1. Soojin Park: A Letter to my Complementarian Brothers
“Please take the time to affirm and encourage the women in your churches who are striving to be faithful in the ways God has called them. Even as someone who is so convinced of the need for more women in ministry, I have wrestled tirelessly with my own fears of “crossing the line” and “being an imposter.”
2. Ray Chang: How Asian Americans Can Gain a Voice in the Conversation
“As Asians, we need to learn how to speak up, rise up, and assume positions of leadership. We need to be bold in our witness and confident with the ways God has uniquely shaped our stories. We need to not be ashamed that God created us to be who we are and see that we have something important to contribute to the body of Christ.”
3. Harold Kim: How Can God Use the Local Church to Bring Healing to the World?
“The church of Jesus is meant to be a gift — to breathe new life into our souls, to give us hope when we think we’re finished. His blood, his grace is greater than all of our sins — past, present, and future. And so Jesus does welcome us in, especially when we feel like we’re not worthy to fit in.”
4. Heidi Tai: Bushfires, coronavirus and Kobe: Has God abandoned 2020?
“The world is scared and hurting. Doesn’t God know that now is the time for divine intervention? At times like these I can’t help but question: Does God not see? Does God not hear? Has God forgotten us?”
5. TGIF: Roundup for January 31, 2020
In case you missed it: Kobe Bryant: Reflections on Fatherhood, Passion, and Immortality, The “Parasite” in Each of Us, and Why Christians Support Abortion (And How We Can Change That).
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