We are finishing up our October focus on worship, creativity, and art. Don’t forget we are giving away bundles of books recommended in SOLA Book Recommendations for College Students (and Beyond), so follow us on Facebook and Instagram to find out how you can add a few of these to your collection.
Our SOLA Leaders’ Dialogue was held on October 24 at Living Hope Community Church in Brea, California and featured Tim St. John (Lighthouse Community Church), Michael Lee (All Nations Community Church), and Harold Kim (Christ Central Southern California) speaking on becoming healthy churches and leaders.
Our October issue of our monthly newsletter is scheduled to be sent this evening. We will share our most popular articles and some behind-the-scenes details. Subscribe to get it straight to your inbox for free. If you have any links or recommendations to share, please tweet me @musicgoon or email me at aaron@musicgoon.com.
Link Roundup
1. Victoria Kim: His flock? Korean and Korean American prisoners written off by their community and, sometimes, their families
Writing for the LA Times’ California column, Victoria Kim provides a personal look at the prison ministry of Rev. Suk-ki Kim and Kyung-suk Kim.
2. Daniel Im: Why Guilt is a Cheap Motivator
The Senior Associate Pastor at Beulah Alliance Church, author and podcaster Daniel Im exhorts us to look to Christ as our chief motivator.
3. Matt Smethurst: Tim and Kathy Keller on Dating, Marriage, Complementarianism, and Other Small Topics
An interview with Tim and Kathy Keller on “advice for dating couples, the beauty of complementarianism, counsel for parents in the little years, and more.”
4. Victoria Kim: ‘We don’t just study’: Inside Asia’s bloody history of student-led protests
Victoria Kim causes us to look back at history to help us see the present.
5. ChinaSource Team: True Luxury
“This article from Territory describes how many Chinese today are obsessed with gratifying themselves through lives of luxury. At root, says the author, is a desire for identity and recognition that can only truly be found in the gospel.”
6. Ivan Mesa: Andrew Peterson on Why Artists Aren’t Better Than Everyone Else
Fittingly for SOLA’s October focus on worship, creativity, and art, The Gospel Coalition’s Ivan Mesa interviews artist, author, and musician Andrew Peterson.
Weekend Recommendations
1. Crossway: Free Ebook – Awe by Paul David Tripp
Fill out a brief survey and receive a free download of Awe by Paul David Tripp, which “redirects our gaze to God’s awe-inducing glory—showing how such a vision has the potential to impact our every thought, word, and deed.”
2. Russell Moore: Ordering The Chronicles of Narnia
In this 9-minute video, Russell Moore utilizes The Chronicles of Narnia to discuss “the importance of narrative in our lives and why Christians need to understand stories.”
3. Ligonier: The Legacy of Luther
Contact Ligonier Ministries and receive a free download of the “Luther and the Reformation” video teaching series with R.C. Sproul and the ebook edition of “The Legacy of Luther” edited by R.C. Sproul and Stephen Nichols.
4. Aaron Lee: Book Reviews
This week I reviewed JOY! — A Bible Study on Philippians for Women and Genesis (Kidner Classic Commentaries).
From SOLA
1. Michael Y. Lee: How to Cultivate True Kingdom Desires
“Many of us are really busy people. We’re busy because we are competent and ambitious. We are dreamers of a better future, seeking to do great things with our lives. But, a critical question we need to ask ourselves here is this: What are the desires that are fueling my ambitions and dreams?”
2. Brett McCracken: How Can the Church and Artists Work Together?
“Our Creator God is an extravagant God. He’s an artist, and he made the world to be so much more extravagantly beautiful than it needed to be.”
3. David Chong: The False Gospel of Self-Love
“What is driving us into the philosophy of self-love? This struggle isn’t unique to Asian Americans, but we do have specific experiences that contribute to our inability to love the self. Let us look at three in particular.”
4. Aaron Lee: 10 Pieces of Advice for Christian Artists
“Independent artists are often on a hard and even cruel journey, and it is especially difficult for Christian artists who swim against the cultural current. I definitely could have used some guidance and encouragement as a young 20-something in shaping my craft. To encourage the emerging generation of Christian artists, here are 10 quick tips from a workshop I gave called ‘The Christian as Art, Artist, and Audience — A Theology of Art.’”
5. Thank God It’s Friday: Weekend Roundup
In case you missed it, here are some headlines from last week: Why Minority Churches Matter in the Multiethnic Church Discussion, At Hong Kong Protests – Art That Imitates Life, 5 Prayers for My Best Friend, 5 Myths about Teaching Theology to Youth, and Discipling Asian American Millennials.
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