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TGIF: Roundup for August 13, 2021

How can you love and obey the Lord in your college experience? Read our throwback article by Nick Wong: 3 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Started College. For more resources, read our monthly newsletter and join for free.

For the blog at my home church, I shared 3 ways how worshiping outdoors didn’t always work out the way that I planned, and a reminder that faithfulness is what brings worship to God — not perfectionism.

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Articles From Around The Web

1. Faith Chang: My Boy’s Question, and Mine Too

“This is the testimony of my own life, so that doubt, though unsettling, is not quite as scary as it used to be.”

2. Jaylenn Wong: God’s Incomprehensibility and Eternal Joy

“The saints pine for heaven not out of desiring earthly joy, but due to a longing of the presence of God.”

3. J. Y. Lee: Korean Missionaries Gather to Exhort the Next Generation and North Korea

“More than 700 participate in first Korean World Missionary Fellowship convocation to be held within Korea.”


Books, Podcasts, Music, And More

1. Justin Taylor: The World’s Most Realistic Animation of the Development of a Baby within Her Mother’s Womb

“The organization Live Action has put together a beautiful and medically accurate animation of life within the womb, from fertilization to birth.”

2. John Piper: Who Are the Nations? — Discovering God’s Global Mission

“The Lamb who was slain will one day receive the reward of his suffering — people will come to him in joyful faith from every tribe, tongue, and nation.

3. Aaron Lee: Related Works

FCBC Walnut Blog: Serving, Singing, and Stressing: My Sunday Mornings in a Church Parking Lot. Book Reviews: The Pursuit of Holiness and The Practice of Godliness by Jerry Bridges. Like our TGIF playlist on Spotify. Join my Asian American Worship Leaders Facebook group.


Featured This Week On SOLA Network

1. Eugene Park: Don’t Hope in that Next Life Transition

“When we overvalue the unknown excitement of the future, we sell short the known blessings of the present.”

2. Faith Chang: How to Read the Bible with Your Family

“When we read together, we are simply opening up the Word of God to discover together how amazing, captivating, powerful, holy, beautiful, and wonderful he is.”

3. Timothy Isaiah Cho: How and Why to Pray the Korean-Style Prayer of Tongsung Kido

“We do not have to compare ourselves to others when we pray aloud together and we are able to utter prayers that clean, polished words may not be able to express.”

4. Hannah Chao: Simone Biles, Mental Health, and the Church

“But church, since we know this problem exists and we see that the world is looking for answers for how to cope with mental health, then we must be a place where people can find compassion, support, and healing.”

5. TGIF: Roundup for August 6, 2021

‘Fertile Soil For Abuse’: A Reckoning At Covenant Fellowship Church / Come, Let Us Return to the Local Church / Patrons’ Saints: Christians Turn to Patreon, Substack, and Kickstarter

6. SOLA Network: TGIF Subscription

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