December Links - Cassie Watson

Twice a month, I gather up links to some of my favourite reading and resources from the past fortnight. I’d love to know what you’ve been reading in the comments too.

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A Call to Live Like People Matter

“I tend to elevate tasks and schedules and crossing items off of my to-do lists. These things fit nicely into the boxes I draw for how I want my life to look. In contrast, valuing people requires much of my time and energy. It’s often messy. It rarely sticks to a schedule.” Whoops, this is a struggle for me too!

What I Learned About My Sins at Sixty-Four: How to Make War on Old Enemies

I always appreciate how honest John Piper is about his continuing struggles with sin. As a young person, it’s also important to be reminded that my war against sin will be lifelong.

Doctrinal Pride

I love theology, but it can be dangerous to my pride. There’s a helpful list of evidences of doctrinal righteousness, which you can use to evaluate your own heart.

Legalism: 5 Questions to Ask Yourself

Another great article on the theme of pride and legalism. Sam Storms helps us distinguish what legalism actually is, and evaluate whether we fall into this trap.

On John Chau: There’s been plenty of coverage in the media about the death of missionary John Chau. Even Christians have disagreed about how we should view his actions. We need to be careful and nuanced—here are a few articles that have helped me as I think through the issue:

Was Murdered Missionary John Chau An Arrogant Fool? (Garrett Kell)

10 Lessons From the Death of John Chau (Jordan Standridge)

On the Death of John Allen Chau (Tim Challies)

Podcasts

When You Sin at Home: Learning to Pause and Repent (Ask Pastor John, episode 1260)

“We must never let ourselves get into a mindset that God’s favor is on us only in the moments after significant confession of sin. That’s a legal mindset that contradicts the gospel.” Practical counsel on repentance from John Piper.

“Is God Anti-Gay?” with Sam Allberry (Centre for Christian Living, episode 20)

Sam Allberry always brings much-needed love, gentleness, and nuance to this issue. Whenever I’ve heard him speak, I’ve come away reminded again that the Cross puts us all on a level playing field: desperately needing Jesus!

Tweets

Christ might easily have avoided his crucifixion, but he loved us constantly, steadily and to the end; and patiently bore his agonies.

— Jonathan Edwards (@Edwards_SDG) November 18, 2018

If you are thirsty, come. If your life is not fully satisfied, come. If you have sinned, come. If you think there must be something more to this life, then come. Come to Jesus and drink of living water.

— Kevin DeYoung (@RevKevDeYoung) November 27, 2018

Just because a friendship is getting difficult doesn’t necessarily mean it’s supposed to end. Anything of depth takes work to maintain.The difficulty could be the natural consequence of moving beyond the surface & into a friendship that’s built on something more than commonality.

— Jackie Hill Perry (@JackieHillPerry) November 23, 2018

If we feel more righteous as we read the Bible, we are misreading it; we are missing its central message. We are reading and using the Bible rightly only when it humbles us, critiques us, and encourages us with God’s love and grace despite our flaws.

—@timkellernyc

— Sam Allberry (@SamAllberry) November 16, 2018

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