Weekly Links (4/26/2013)

From the first sin in the garden of Eden to the final judgment of the great white throne, human beings will continue to embrace the love of God as the gift of everything but Himself. Indeed there are ten thousand gifts that flow from the love of God.

The gospel of Christ proclaims the news that He has purchased by His death ten thousand blessings for His bride. But none of these gifts will lead to final joy if they have not first led to God. And not one gospel blessing will be enjoyed by anyone for whom the gospel’s greatest gift was not the Lord Himself. (John Piper)

by Richard Shin

  • I’m not a big fan of rap (I can barely understand slower songs, let alone conversations), but this open letter to Paula White Ministries by Shai Linne is quite good.
  • In case you haven’t heard, there’s an ongoing trial revolving around abortion practices of Kermit Gosnell. He is facing a number of charges, including murder. You can find why may not have heard about it here. Trevin Wax imagines how Planned Parenthood would respond to such practices here. Russell Moore comments on it here. Stephen Altrogge considers how to pray for such a man here.
  • Apologetics315 links us to an interview Michael J. Kruger did on the canon of Scripture, talking about his book Canon Revisited. He also has a new book coming out in November on why the New Testament exists at all. You can find an introduction here.
  • Kevin DeYoung shares a set of advices for raising godly children from John Witherspoon. You can find them here.
  • Do you know what the Holy Trinity is? What’s the “essence” of each person in the Trinity?  Here‘s a short primer and some resources you can use.
  • How does one grow in holiness without reeking of the “holier than thou” mentality? By actually becoming holy.
  • I came across this set of videos through Challies on frontline missions work. I plan on buying the full set as soon as I’m done with this article, so let me know if you want to watch any of them. Maybe we can have a movie night or something.

Hope you enjoyed them. Have a great weekend, y’all!

Coram Deo