I do believe that the very angels have never wondered but once and that has been incessantly ever since they first beheld it. They never cease to tell the astonishing story, and to tell it with increasing astonishment too, that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, was born of the Virgin Mary, and became a man. Is he not rightly called Wonderful? Infinite, and an infant — eternal, and yet born of a woman — Almighty, and yet hanging on a woman’s breast supporting the universe, and yet needing to be carried in a mother’s arms — king of angels, and yet the reputed son of Joseph — heir of all things and yet the carpenter’s despised son. Wonderful art thou O Jesus, and that shall be thy name for ever. (Charles Spurgeon, “His Name–Wonderful!“)

by Richard Shin

God has been good this week. One way is in the way he used these men to write these articles.

• David Platt, who preached this death-defying sermon on the sovereignty of God in global missions at the last T4G conference, writes an article introducing this new book by John Piper. Titled Risk is Right, the book is about denouncing the comforts of this world and taking risks for God, which mentality many of us need to adopt.
• Is anxiety really sin? That’s the question Julian Freeman seeks to answer in this post. It is biblically convicting to see what both Jesus and the Apostles taught in regards to anxiety.
• It’s a great testimony of God’s faithfulness that both Presbyterians and Baptists can have differing views on different topics and still work together to advance the gospel to the nations. Ligon Duncan (a Presbyterian) and Thabiti Anyabwile (a Baptist), both leaders within The Gospel Coalition, discuss the issue of church polity in this video.
• The National Sanctity of Human Life Day was this past Sunday, January 22. Russell Moore charges the church to consider how to encourage those who may have participated in an abortion, whether it be as the mother or a supporter. Church, we are not above this.
• “How do I explain the wrath of God toward Jesus and his separation during [his death] for our sin and not separate the Godhead?” Matt Jenson from the Gospel Coalition seeks to answer this question here.
• What does your evangelism look like? Do you even do it? Or are you the type that preaches “Evangelize always, and use words when necessary”? Matt Queen asks eight helpful questions the evangelist can ask himself to assess whether his evangelism is biblical or not.

Hope everyone is having a great Flocks week. See you when I see you.

Coram Deo