All that can properly be called truth, not just “religious truth,” resides first in God and men know truly only as they come to God’s revelation of Himself as the source of truth… ( Psalm 94: 10)… This dependence on God in the area of knowledge does not mean that men are without the true ability to think and reason… Men do actually think, yet true knowledge is dependent on and derived from God’s knowledge as it has been revealed to man. (Richard Pratt)

by Cesar Vigil-Ruiz

Feliz Friday! Another week of God’s blessings and sovereign power over all things has come and gone. Here are this week’s links!

• The audio from this year’s Shepherds’ Conference has now been uploaded! Make sure you take advantage of the wisdom from many of the pastors that spoke at this great conference!
• Speaking of conferences, one that has sprung up recently has to do with how to be a faithful Christian in the workplace, in relation to the book The Gospel at Work by Greg Gilbert and Sebastian Traeger. Called by the same name, it has many resources (audio and video of past events, particularly) that give a deeper look into the doctrine of vocation. This is a post specifically for the singles, but it can be helpful for anyone who is either entering the workforce or has been in it, and wants to grow in greater faithfulness to their service to God in this area.
• If you haven’t heard already, news broke out concerning World Vision’s policy change to now allow professing Christians in a legal same-sex marriage to work in their organization. Some of the responses are: Denny Burk (here and here), Al Mohler (essay and radio), Matthew Anderson (specifically, wise considerations for those who currently sponsor a child through World Vision), and Kevin DeYoung (here and here). World Vision did, however, remove that new policy a couple days later after supporters expressed disagreement. Additional responses came from Timothy Dalrymple, Todd Pruitt, Peter Jones, and many more.
• Bart Ehrman, an apostate from the Christian faith and professor/author of a number of books attacking Christianity, has come out with a new book called How Jesus Became God promoting the idea of Jesus’ divinity as a human concept that developed within the church, and was even contested early on at the start of Christianities (plural, not singular, according to Ehrman). Coming right on the heels of Easter, this book has already generated a book-length response from some evangelical scholars titled How God Became Jesus. An interesting take comes from the Answering Muslims blog, along with a long review by Christian scholar Rob Bowman and some comments from James White. Who knows? This may come up in conversation this Easter. Be prepared.
• If you have a Kindle, or use the Kindle App on your phone or computer, you may have been aware of R.C. Sproul’s Crucial Questions series of booklets that are free. Now Logos has followed suit. Go get ’em!
• Lyndon Unger has continued his series of practically living out the doctrine of biblical sufficiency. This time around, it’s not as weird as the last post, but the process is what is most beneficial. Read on!
• Steve Lawson was recently interviewed concerning his new book The Evangelistic Zeal of George Whitefield. This one is worth watching.
• If you had any plans on watching the movie Noah, I’d invite you to read this early analysis and critique from Christian screenwriter Brian Godawa. It was of the screenplay, but he later confirmed after watching the movie that it did not stray too far from the script. He wrote a number of posts leading up to the release of the film, if you’re so inclined.

That’ll do it for this week! Looking forward to seeing you all on Sunday!

Soli Deo Gloria