“This generation listens with its eyes & thinks with its feelings.” (Ravi Zacharias)

by Cesar Vigil-Ruiz

Feliz Friday! The Lord has gotten us all through this week, and continues to work through His saints in providing rich content to digest. I hope you enjoy this week’s links!

• This past Sunday, Jerry Bridges went home to be with the Lord at 86 years of age. Tributes have been written about him all week, most of which have been collected by Don Whitney. Paul Tautges wrote what most of us would consider our perspective: Bridges as an unseen mentor. Also, the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals, in honor of Bridges’ life and ministry, have made available some of the messages he gave at their Philadelphia Conference on Reformed Theology for free this month. Make sure you get a chance to continue to be blessed by the faithful life of one of God’s servants.
• Jason Engwer annually posts about Easter and the number of topics that come up around this time on the Triablogue website. Here’s his post for 2016, which also includes links to previous years’ posts. This is a great tool to get involved in apologetics about the central event in all of Christianity, actually in all of history.
• Danielle Spencer writes of the importance of thinking of the next generation as our culture continues to spiral downward into moral darkness, providing a few goals for those involved in the discipling of children in the church, whether they’re your own or someone else’s. Natasha Crain addresses a common question many kids eventually ask: “why does God matter so much?”
• On church history matters, Kenneth Samples gives a crash course post on Augustine, while Steve Lawson was recently interviewed on his newest book about Pastor Martin Lloyd-Jones. Time to marvel again at the work God has done in the past, and thank Him for leading us to the truth still.
• In a day where psychological ideas run rampant in the culture, and in the church, Kelly Needham writes the truth about self-pity and low self-esteem.
• Recently, at the 2016 Ligonier National Conference, a statement on Christology was presented to the attendees, and made available to the church at large. Stephen Nichols gives the reasons why they made a statement, which includes affirmations & denials, an explanatory essay, and more. This could be a great resource for further study into the Person and work of our Savior. They even translated it into 15 languages (including Spanish and Chinese)!
• Michael Kruger writes of the problem of the lukewarm church. Trust me, it’s a bigger problem than most people think!
• How should we approach the Bible? Robert Zink shows us nine aspects that not only engage the mind in reading it, but also the heart.

That’s all for this week! Keep our collegians in prayer, as finals are coming up for both UCSD and SDSU very soon! See you all on Sunday!

Soli Deo Gloria