To end the month of October, check out our Pastors Appreciation and Five Solas collections on our website. Find all of our featured articles on our homepage. Our top trending articles and editor’s picks are also updated weekly for you to see and share.
The final video in our “Artists in Motion” series featured the film Far East Deep South. Find more interviews with rapper Jason Chu, actor Jo Sung, music artist and director Larissa Lam, actor and director Derek Ting, and hip hop artist Baldwin Chiu.
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Articles From Around The Web
1. Heidi Tai: Is God a Tiger Dad? Reflections From Shang-Chi
“The good news of the gospel is this: With or without trophies, I belong to a Heavenly Father who by grace welcomes me home.”
2. Eugene Park: Don’t Lease Your Faith
“Faith is more than a composite of books, podcasts, YouTube teachings, quippy Instagram quotes, and other information about Jesus (although these can be helpful). Faith is a call to follow and obey Jesus.”
3. Alicia Akins: The Single Person’s Catechism
21 questions and answers to help the unmarried Christian develop a theology of singleness.
Books, Podcasts, Music, And More
1. Crossway: The Importance of the Gathered Church, with Jonathan Leeman
“All the inconveniences that we can avoid through virtual church—all the messiness of the actual church that we see when we gather together—these are the very things that God means to grow and conform us to his own loving image in the display of the gospel.”
2. FCBC Walnut: Music and Memory with Endora
I spoke with worship leader Endora Pan about how Churchgoers May Remember Song Lyrics Over Sermon Quotes.
3. Aaron Lee: Related Works
Book Reviews: Ministers of Reconciliation edited by Daniel Darling (Lexham Press), Small Preaching by Jonathan T. Pennington (Lexham Press), and Towards Rest by Alabaster Co. Listen to our TGIF playlist on Spotify. Join my Asian American Worship Leaders Facebook group.
Featured This Week On SOLA Network
1. Ben Khong: Alzheimer’s: Help and Hope for Caregivers & the Church
“Where the world’s solutions end with the grief and loss that comes with the experience of this disease, the believer’s experience roots them in eternal life. Believers have hope in Christ’s victory over death and in the relationship he has redeemed us to enjoy.”
2. Amy Loh: From “I Need This” to “I Need Thee”
“In the trying seasons of our lives, we are so tempted to find our needs met in so many places—in convenient places that maybe give us immediate but temporary relief. But God, our Heavenly Father, has given to us something that we truly need, and that really does give us life.”
3. Tim St. John: Recognizing Domestic Violence in the Church
“The more we work to bring this sin to the light, the more our churches will reflect our Savior’s heart and become refuges for those who are oppressed.”
4. TGIF: Roundup for October 22, 2021
What I Learned From Gen Z’s Faithfulness During the Pandemic / My Adoptive Family Helped Me Understand My Identity / How Satan Undoes a Mom: Spiritual War in Motherhood
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