“The only necessary key to understanding the Bible is to approach it with a humble and contrite heart softened by the Holy Spirit, ready to listen to what God says, and just as ready to obey him.” (David Helm, One-to-One Bible Reading)

by Cesar Vigil-Ruiz

Feliz Friday! Seems like this week has flown by, but not fast enough to not have links for you all. There is much that is taking place, and I hope this week’s links will bring about thanksgiving and prayer to God.

• Rick Pearcey writes of an actress’ recent comment that abortion is a human right, noting the utter incoherence of that claim.
• To catch you up with all things Planned Parenthood, a total of 15 states have sought to defund the organization in light of the undercover videos put out by the Center for Medical Progress earlier this year.
• The Association of Certified Biblical Counselors (ACBC) recently had their 40th annual conference, approving a new Standards of Conduct that was accepted by 99% of their members. If anyone plans on becoming certified in biblical counseling, or wants to grow in their understanding of how to do biblical counseling, this would be a good place to start.
• Recently, InterVarsity has made a bold move in affirming a biblical view of marriage, asking their employees to do the same. One of the results from this has been the call of the executive director of the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) to prevent InterVarsity Press (IVP) from having a booth at SBL’s conference, thereby removing member access to some of their many good books. Michael Kruger, who has published though IVP, reports on the matter.
• Regarding the recent outburst from members of the Society of Christian Philosophers (SCP) towards Christian philosopher Richard Swinburne concerning his remarks about homosexuality, Swinburne posted a statement since the controversy began. Be sure to read the concerns made by the author of the post, Edward Feser, linked at the beginning.
• Do you struggle with anxiety? Biblical counselor Paul Tautges recently preached on remedies for anxiety from Scripture, and posted his notes in three parts. Hopefully, this will be a blessing to you and those around you.
• Many have heard of the importance of Martin Luther and John Calvin with respect to the Protestant Reformation, but not many know about the contributions of Ulrich Zwingli. Zwingli biographer William Boekestein was interviewed about this neglected reformer, and I think you will learn a lot about him in this podcast.
• With the recent publication of the special report on sexuality and gender from two professors at the John Hopkins School of Medicine, the Human Rights Campaign, the biggest LGBT organization, has threatened John Hopkins University if they do not publicly renounce the conclusions that this report came to. We will keep an eye out for upcoming developments.

That’s all for this week! Please be in prayer for Lumos and College Life, as they meet tonight. See you all on Sunday!

Soli Deo Gloria