“As the power elite is increasingly imposes godlessness on the general cultures, churches are more important than ever. Churches are God’s sleeper cells. Although some megachurches are prominent, most churches are pretty inconspicuous. The impact they have on the neighborhood usually eludes the apparatus of the surveillance state–leaving a moral, spiritual, and intellectual footprint rather than a digital footprint.

By the same token, Christians are God’s sleeper agents, like spies behind enemy lines. God has them embedded throughout the culture, in the public and private sector. Once, when I was at the hospital, by the bedside of an ailing relative, I got into a conversation with a nurse’s aid, who was a Christian. Not a glamorous job. But the kind of job you’d expect a Christian with a heart for service to take.

The power elite can try to stamp out the overtly public symbols of Christianity, but like a tree with a deep root system, what’s most influential about Christianity lies underground rather than above ground.” (Steve Hays, “Why Churches Matter More Than Ever”)

by Stephen Rodgers

As is our custom, it’s the first Friday of the month, so you get a post from me with links to a veritable pile of free resources so you can start your weekend right.

• There’s a new edition of Tabletalk out for the month of September on the subject of “The 13th Century.”
• Ligonier’s free ebook of the month is Anthony Carter’s Blood Work. You can get it in just about every format imaginable, so there’s no reason to let this great book slip past you.
• Pairing up nicely with that, is another free offering from Ligonier: RC Sprouls series on “The Atonement of Jesus.” Ligonier has seriously given us a lot to be thankful for this month!
• Themelios 38.2 is out, with a few articles of note and more book reviews than you can shake a stick at. I’m particularly looking forward to Ovey and Orr’s specific articles, but let me know if you think any of the others are diamonds in the rough as well.
• The free audio book of the month from Christianaudio.com is David Wilkerson’s The Cross and the Switchblade.
• And last but not least, Logos has not one by two free resources available right now! The first is an ESV audio Bible; the second is George Muller’s Jehovah Magnified.

That should be enough to keep you busy all weekend.  Enjoy!

Pro Rege

Themelios 38.2

http://christianaudio.com/the-cross-and-the-switchblade-david-wilkerson-and-john-elizabeth-sherrill-audiobook-download

https://www.logos.com/product/34146/esv-hear-the-word-audio-bible

https://www.logos.com/product/15056/jehovah-magnified-addresses