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We published two new contributors this week: Prairie Park wrote Even If He Does Not: Trusting God with Breast Cancer, and Josh Oh explained why Ministry Doesn’t Have to be a Spectacle.
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Aaron Lee, Editorial Curator
Enter our giveaway! Thanks to P&R Publishing for providing, in partnership with @diveindigdeep, SOLA Network, and FCBC Walnut. 1 winner will receive these excellent books! Links open to my reviews:
- Managing Your Households Well: Chap Bettis teaches how family leadership prepares and trains you for church leadership.
- Paradox People: Jonathan Landry Cruse explores what it means to live out the Beatitudes.
- Reformed Confessionalism: D. Blair Smith shows that confession is a practice that is grounded in Scripture and good for the church.
ARTICLES FROM AROUND THE WEB
1. Isaiah Marshall: Teenagers and Sports: A Living Letter Being Read By All
“We can urge them to let the Spirit of God write something on their hearts that others can’t help but notice. We hope they will let their lives communicate the kind of love, resilience, humility, and joy that makes people curious about our God.”
2. Andrew Spencer: Pagans and Paranormal-Seekers Need the Unchanging Gospel
“Differentiating Christianity from other forms of spirituality is more important than ever.”
3. Isabel Ong with Jennifer Park: ‘Every Adoptee’s Worst Nightmare’
“The horrifying history of adoption fraud in South Korea has spurred Christians to finally care for orphans in their own country.”
Our Books and Reviews page is your one-stop resource for all of your reading needs. It features Asian American authors and issues, recommendations, and interviews.
BOOKS, PODCASTS, MUSIC, MOVIES, AND MORE
1. Tim Challies: If You Had Written the Bible
“He gave us teaching to instruct us in the way he means for us to live, and he gave us narrative to serve as both lighthouses and buoys—lighthouses to draw us to safety and buoys to keep us from destruction.”
2. Clinton Manley: Write Like a Tree: The Slow Habits of Christian Sub-Creation
“We can plan and outline and plot and preach and hope — in fact, we must — but God gives the final result. Our plans flit away like frost in the sun, but his are sure as stone. Therefore, we scribble coram Deo.”
3. Aaron Lee: Related Works
Book Reviews: Fear is Not a Sin: It is a Call to Action by Edward T. Welch, Nomad: A Short Story of Our Long Journey Home by Alex Duke, Iconic: Being God’s Image in Your World by Mike McGarry. Listen to our TGIF playlist on Spotify. Join my Asian American Worship Leaders Facebook group.
Edited by Tom Sugimura, Here We Stand: Reformation Truths for the Church Today celebrates the legacy of the Reformation and its impact in shaping our faith even to this day. In addition to Tom, the book features chapters written by Nam Park, Tranwei Yu, Geoff Chang, and Johnson Pang. Read more about the book from Tom, and be on the lookout for an author interview coming soon.
FEATURED THIS WEEK ON SOLA NETWORK
1. Aaron Lee: Teenagers and Mental Health: An Interview with Danny Kwon and Monica Kim
In this conversation, Danny Kwan and Monica Kim discuss their book ‘Teenagers and Mental Health,’ focusing on the mental health challenges faced by teenagers and the role of parents, pastors, and youth leaders in addressing these issues. They share their personal experiences, cultural context, and the importance of compassion and understanding in youth ministry. They also emphasize the need for collaboration between caregivers and the church to support teenagers effectively.
2. Prairie Park: Even If He Does Not: Trusting God with Breast Cancer
“I continue to live in the intersection of faith and fear, wondering if my cancer will come back—wondering if I’ll get to see my kids go through the many milestones ahead of them. But I hold fast to the cross in my most fearful moments, finding solace in the Word of God.”
3. Josh Oh: Ministry Doesn’t Have to be a Spectacle
“Dear pastors, ministry doesn’t have to be a spectacle. God has and will do powerful things through simple ministry and through His humble servants. If you are a disheartened pastor today, know this; God sees all that you do for your ministry. And you know what? Your people will too.”
4. TGIF: Roundup for October 24, 2025
Words Fit for Our King / Gossip is a Tornado: If Your Words Have Ever Splintered Trust / Tickets and Teaching: How Spurgeon Fenced the Table / Why Philosophical Theology Still Needs the Creeds / Why Attending Church Service Matters in the Digital Age
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General disclaimer: Our link roundups are not endorsements of the positions or lives of the authors. Header image by Alex Shuper on Unsplash.
Aaron Lee is our Editorial Curator. Aaron also serves as the Social Media Officer of First Chinese Baptist Church of Walnut in California’s San Gabriel Valley, home to the largest concentration of Asian American communities in the United States. Visit him online at DiveInDigDeep.com.