We thank God for our friend Julius Kim, the new President of The Gospel Coalition! Meet him in this official video and read about his unlikely pilgrimage.
The first 350 individuals to register for SOLA Conference 2020 will automatically be entered to win Airpod Pros. SOLA Conference 2020 is March 27-28 at Evergreen SGV. Our conference theme is “Reconciled” and our plenary speakers are Kim Kira, Watson Jones III, and Owen Lee.
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Articles From Around The Web
1. Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of TGC’s New President
A profile on Julius Kim that touches upon Korean immigrants, identity, and culture.
2. Tilly Dillehay: How Not to Envy Your Neighbor’s Competence
This article on envy moved me. Social media comparison and the envy of competence must humbly submit as we die to ourselves at the cross of Christ.
3. Jennifer Waldrep: Social Media Proving Key to Reaching Young Adults
How Christ-centered content is a missionary means for sharing the Gospel through social media. While the context of this article is in regards to young adults in Latin America, you can see how we have the same hope for SOLA Network.
Books, Podcasts, Music, And More
1. Sam Chan: How Does the Gospel Answer What the Buddhist Truly Longs For?
“In this new video, Sam Chan explains how Buddhist longings for power and peace are fulfilled in Jesus.”
2. Hanley Liu: Hard Sayings Sermon Trilogy
My church, FCBC Walnut, is going through a Sermon on the Mount sermon series. Within this series, I selected 3 messages preached by Pastor Hanley Liu to share with our SOLA readers: 1. Anger & Reconciliation, 2. Lust & Adultery, and 3. Divorce & the Gospel.
3. Aaron Lee: Book Reviews
This week I read and reviewed Growing in Holiness by R. C. Sproul, Acts 13-28 For You by Albert Mohler, The Ten Commandments of Progressive Christianity by Michael Kruger, and Preparing for Marriage by John Piper.
Featured This Week On SOLA Network
1. Tim St. John: 5 Dangerous Demands of Anxiety and How to Defeat Them
“Giving in to the demands of anxiety is similar to telling someone having a panic attack to hold their breath. If we address anxiety in the wrong way, it could be deadly. In the end, all our anxieties want to deceive us into building our own kingdoms and pull us away from seeking the Kingdom of God.”
2. Jeany Jun: Discipline Women in the Workplace
“If I asked, ‘Who are you discipling in the workplace?’ how would you respond? Are you thinking, ‘Should I even be discipling in the workplace? Shouldn’t discipleship happen in the church? What if I am a full-time mom?’”
3. Hannah Chao: Remembering the Persecuted Church
“Although the secularization of the West may make life more uncomfortable for Christians, believers in more than 50 countries around the world live in fear because of their faith.”
4. Alex Tran: Don’t Pursue Your Dreams. Pursue Obedience.
“When I was working in my first job after graduating from college, I often felt antsy wanting to do ‘something more’ in the world. I wanted my life to have a larger, more significant, more ‘important’ impact on more people. I longed to use my God-given gifts for his purposes. After all, what good is my life if I’m not stewarding my talents, right?”
5. TGIF: Roundup for January 17, 2020
In case you missed it, here are some headlines from last week: The Power of the Christian Story; When Women of Color Write, the Whole Church Gains; and Tolkien, Great Reversals, and Hobbit-like Humility.
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