The blessedness of God’s inner life is the only thing that is even better than the good news. The life of God in itself is the source of all the riches that fund the economy of salvation. It is also the guarantee that God’s grace is based on his character rather than on anything outside himself.” (Fred Sanders, The Deep Things of God: How the Trinity Changes Everything)

And we’re back with another set of weekly links. Here we go!

• We start with a short lesson Ray Ortlund learned from his dad.
• Desiring God has a few short videos and articles advertising the 2012 Conference for Pastors. They are targeting fathers. So, if you are one, or desire to be one some day, it would be good to look here, here, here, and here.
• At the Gospel Coalition blog, Matthew Lee Anderson wrote a review of the debate between Al Mohler and Jim Wallis on the question “Is Social Justice an Essential Part of the Mission of the Church?” Wallis took affirmative position and Mohler took the negative. The recording will be posted within a couple weeks here.
• In case you didn’t know, the Pyromaniacs blog also has a weekly Spurgeon thing going on. To their credit, they started it first. While theirs mainly revolve around Spurgeon’s past sermons, ours focus on his devotions from Morning and Evening. In any case, a couple weeks ago they posted on the Benefits of Trying Times in Our Churches. It’s quite encouraging to witness God’s sovereignty at work even in persecution, is it not?
• Eric Davis from the Cripplegate has a sound article on the false dichotomy people place between preaching from the pulpit and church-planting.
• In light of all the church-hopping happening (haha), I thought this article by Brian Croft on how long to check out a church was helpful.
• Frank Turk from Pyromaniacs wrote a letter to the 7 billionth person (alive currently). While it’s kind of a hodgepodge of information, you’ll find that it strangely and appropriately applies to you as well.