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Articles From Around The Web
1. Tanner Swanson: ‘How You Look Is Who You Are’ — The Lie Mirrors Often Tell
“Unlike our pursuit of physical beauty, we cannot fret, talk, purchase, or edit our way to heart-level beauty.”
2. Rob Brockman: 5 Biblical Principles for Social Media
“The goal of anything we do ought to be for the betterment of others, and not the expansion of our platform or the stroking of our ego.”
3. Corey Staton: Church is Not a Business
“While a business would say people are merely numbers, tools, or consumers, the local church must say they are image-bearers of God, made to be like Him, and offered restoration only through the death and resurrection of His Son.”
Books, Podcasts, Music, And More
1. Crossway: Q&A: Ray Ortlund Answers Your Questions about Porn and Pastoral Ministry
“How pastors can cultivate churches where honesty and repentance thrive, how to counsel men and their wives when their use of porn comes to light, and advice for the pastor who is currently struggling with porn himself.”
2. Bamboo Pastors Podcast: Contextualized Discipleship with Daniel K. Eng
Podcast guest Daniel K. Eng shares about the impact of higher education on Chinese church ministry and the need to contextualize discipleship in the Chinese heritage church.
3. Aaron Lee: Related Works
Listen to our TGIF playlist on Spotify. Join my Asian American Worship Leaders Facebook group.
Featured This Week On SOLA Network
1. Aaron Lee: “Celebrating the SOLA Network Website Redesign” with Hannah Chao
“There’s tons of devos, testimonies, thoughts on everything from marriage to infertility to race in the church, and what it means to be an Asian American Christian.”
2. David K. Woo: Remaining Committed To Your Immigrant Bilingual Church
“Loyalty is out of style. Not only in the business world and the institution of marriage, it also appears to be a lost word in the church. Is there such a thing as church loyalty?”
3. TGIF: Roundup for September 24, 2021
Critique Purity Culture, but Teach Sexual Ethics to Teens / Words That Mark a Gracious Woman / A Man Worthy of a Wife: Building the Rare Strength of Boaz
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