Weekly Links (4/20/2012)

See the man at midnight [described in Luke 11:5-8].  Imitate that man.  Act it all alone at midnight.  Hear his loud cry, and cry it after him.  He needed three loaves.  What is your need?  Name it.  Name it out loud.  Let your own ears hear it. . . . The shameful things you have to ask for.  The disgraceful, the incredible things you have to admit and confess.  The life you have lived.  The way you have spent your days and nights.  And what all that has brought you to.  It kills you to have to say such things even with your door shut.  Yes, but better say all these things in closets than have them all proclaimed from the housetops of the day of judgment.  Knock, man!  Knock for the love of God!  Knock as they knock to get into heaven after the door is shut!  Knock, as they knock to get out of hell! (Alexander Whyte, “The Man Who Knocked At Midnight,” in Lord, Teach Us To Pray (New York, n.d.), pages 174-176; HT Ray Ortlund)

by Richard Shin

Happy Friday! We’re back with a great set of links.

  • Many would say Romans is their favorite book from the Bible. Desiring God attempts to summarize this fantastic epistle with 45 Tweets.
  • Kevin DeYoung shares an article on the implications of theistic evolution.
  • I appreciate this post by Chuck Swindoll very much. He encourages the servant that God will not forget his work, whether it be someone behind the scenes or the senior pastor of a church.
  • You know the article’s a hit when it’s posted four times. Team Pyro has an article on modesty of dress that’s done just that.
  • Jim Stitzinger from The Cripplegate shares an article on five common ways we can misdiagnose our struggles, repackaging sinfulness into holiness.
  • Do you remember when Esau plotted against Jacob, how Esau wanted to kill Jacob for stealing his birthright (Gen 27:41-45)? So you can imagine the shock when the next time we see Esau, it’s with Esau weeping for joy for seeing his brother again (Gen. 33:4). Well, Ray Ortlund pens an article on the ministry of reconciliation that each Christian has.

Have a fantastic weekend, everyone. God bless!

Coram Deo