Chronic illness, adoptee struggles, and listening well were the topics we wrote on this week.
Pastors should preach a beautiful vision of sexuality, the importance of discipleship, and the need for helpers to come alongside those who are addicted to sexual sin. In case you missed it, learn How to Help Someone who Struggles with Pornography.
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Articles From Around The Web
1. Julius Kim: Julius Kim’s Older Brothers (‘Hyungs’ 형) in the Faith
“As we humbly recognize the great salvation we have in Christ alone by grace alone through faith alone, we need this great gospel to keep animating what we do as we sacrifice for one another.”
Related: How Can I Be Discipled By The Older Generation? By Steve S. Chang
2. Kaden Classen: God Loves Your Desire for Marriage
“When Adam greets his wife with a love song, God does not condemn him. When Solomon tells his readers that a wife is a good thing, God does not add an asterisk. When Paul calls marriage a picture of heaven, God does not qualify the line by reminding us that singleness is better. God loves marriage.”
Related: How Can A Gospel-Centered Understanding Of Marriage Inform And Encourage How We Date? By Kim Kira
3. Ruth Chou Simons: Grace Fuels What Striving Can’t
“We say we trust that Jesus is enough, but we spend our lives trying to prove that we are.”
Related: Why Do We Work So Hard? By Hannah Chao
Books, Podcasts, Music, And More
1. Eugene Low: How the Doctrine of Sanctification Propels the Practice of Church Discipline
“Church discipline is a God-given means of growing his people in holiness. It seeks the good of the sinner, the building up of the church, and the glory of God. Understanding how the doctrine of sanctification underpins church discipline can encourage us toward greater faithfulness in practicing this means of grace.”
Related: 9Marks Journal: Sound Doctrine: The Foundation for Faithful Ministry.
2. Ask Pastor John: Parenting Young Children Through Life’s Pains
“When suffering overshadows the life of a family, how can parents help their children embrace God’s all-good, all-wise, all-governing providence?”
Related: A Letter to My Children About Racism by Tom Sugimura.
3. Aaron Lee: Related Works
Book Reviews: ESV Heirloom Bible, Omega Edition (Crossway), The ESV Search the Scriptures Bible (IVP), Tidings of Comfort and Joy by Mark M. Yarbrough (Lexham Press). Listen to our TGIF playlist on Spotify. Join my Asian American Worship Leaders Facebook group.
Featured This Week On SOLA Network
1. Tim St. John: Are You a Good Listener? 16 Questions to Consider
“Listening well equips us to help people see themselves with more accurate knowledge so they can pursue Christ with greater clarity and hope. In fact, this should be the foundational goal for all our relationships.”
2. Jonathan Holmes: Addressing the Struggles of Adoptees with the Father’s Love
What I have yet to fully experience this side of heaven, I know will soon be a reality as I add my voice to the chorus of thousands of adoptees everywhere saying, ‘This I know, that God is for me.’ (Ps. 56:9b)”
3. Aly Lee: Good News to the Sick: How Chronic Illness Has Helped Me See the Gospel in a New Way
“God chose for the story of salvation to be a story of intense physical pain.”
4. TGIF: Roundup for November 12, 2021
Many Pastors Are Lonely…Must They Be? / 4 Ways Churches Can Help Grieving Children / Are Baptists ‘Reformed’? A Brief History of Baptist Identity
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