Will being closed up to the power of God stifle evangelism? No! It will prompt the most needed activity of the hour–more prayer! Then it will send out preachers in confident zeal that the God who still raises the dead goes with them. And it will send sinners to their knees beseeching God to give salvation. (Walter J. Chantry, Today’s Gospel)

By Richard Shin

This week’s Weekly Links consists of some new but also some old. I have for whatever reason held on to these, and I unleash them for your edification now. Enjoy.

• John Starke from The Gospel Coalition interviewed Fred Sanders about his position as a Wesleyan and his thoughts on the Arminian-Calvinist debate. I welcomed what Fred had to say very much. Justin Taylor certainly appreciated it. And so did Denny Burk.
• Do you ever wonder about why Jesus didn’t know when his time was (Matt. 24:36)? Well, I believe C. Michael Patton does a great job of explaining the reason behind this seeming paradox.
• Monergism.com has a number of great free resources you can tap into in these formats: online, eBooks, MP3. We’ve shared this before, but I think it’s worth sharing again because there’s enough in there to last you years.
• Jared C. Wilson’s quote from his book Gospel Deeps (not out yet) is dead on. There’s something terribly wrong with us as Christians if we ever find ourselves bored or lazy.
• Kevin DeYoung pens his convictions on the difference between a “vibrant, robust Bible-believing church” and one that falls under the umbrella of “squishy evangelicalism.”
• Paul Tautges’ opening two sentences to his article‘s review (i.e. a bunch of quotes) of Tony Reinke’s Lit! on the importance of reading says it all: “A reading Christian is a growing Christian. A non-reading Christian is a shrinking one.”

Have a great weekend, everyone.

Coram Deo