We are proud to present our first SOLA Network Magazine! It features our best articles from 2020. Read it online as a flipbook or as a PDF that you can also download for free. Share it with your family and friends, and we hope that it will bless, challenge, and encourage you as we enter 2021.
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Articles From Around The Web
1. Jenny Yang: A Word of Hope for the Refugee
“We do not hope in Christ abolishing all the conflict and injustice that force people to flee their homes, but in the knowledge that he came in the midst of suffering himself.”
2. Wayne Chen: How Does the Hope of Heaven Drive Missions?
“Every person on the planet will live forever. The sooner we accept that reality, the sooner we will pursue missions with urgency, focus, and perseverance.”
3. John Piper: Do We Have the Exact Words of Christ, or a Paraphrase?
“Do the Gospels give us the exact words that Jesus spoke, or do they give us a paraphrase that captures his meaning?”
Books, Podcasts, Music, And More
1. Newstory Church: O Come All Ye Faithful (His Name Shall Be)
Moving toms, moody guitars, rhythmic synths, solid bass, and powerful vocals!
2. Lighthouse Community Church: Emmanuel (Glory in the Highest)
Lighthouse brings the Christmas vibes with a virtual choir for their online service.
3. Aaron Lee: Related Works
Book Reviews: Crucified and Risen by John Calvin, Christ Our Salvation by John Webster, Feathers for Arrows by C. H. Spurgeon. Our TGIF playlist is available on Spotify. Join my Asian American Worship Leaders Facebook group.
Featured This Week On SOLA Network
1. Patreeya Thorn: A Letter to the Lonely
Jesus’s definition of a “Merry Christmas” is not one without sorrow, longing, or messiness — but one that is infinitely sweeter because he is there with us in all of it.
2. Katie Cooke: Fruits from a Fallen Seed: The Redemption of 2020
“The Lord brings extraordinary redemption through ordinary means. Let us head into 2021 with faith that God is always doing immeasurably more than we can ask or imagine.”
3. Justin J. Kim & Steve Choi: Knowing What is Essential: The Redemption of 2020
Justin J. Kim: COVID-19 is real. It’s deadly and it’s spreading. But as God’s people, it can really debilitate us and strike us with fear that we forget that though we can lose our physical lives, what matters most is our eternal lives.
Steve Choi: This season has obviously been a challenge for all of us. But for Christians, one thing that pops into my mind is the word that has been used often: the word “essentials.”
4. Heidi Wong: A Blind Man, a Crowd, and the Call of Jesus: Advent 2020
“As we continue to await the second appearing of our savior, let us with great anticipation be persistent in our pursuit of Jesus, no matter our condition.”
5. TGIF: Roundup for December 18, 2020
How College Ministries Are Coping with COVID / Christmas Shopping Deo Gloria / My Top 10 Theology Stories of 2020
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General disclaimer: Our link roundups are not endorsements of the positions or lives of the authors.