{"id":2566,"date":"2011-01-07T01:15:19","date_gmt":"2011-01-07T09:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/?p=2566"},"modified":"2016-10-08T22:13:44","modified_gmt":"2016-10-09T05:13:44","slug":"weekly-links-172011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/2011\/01\/07\/weekly-links-172011\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Links (1\/7\/2011)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>by Stephen Rodgers<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Welcome back everyone! \u00a0I already said my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/?p=2547\">&#8220;Merry Christmas,&#8221;<\/a> so I guess this is &#8220;Happy New Year!&#8221; \u00a0Anyhow, we know that a lot of people are having a bit of a tough time getting back into work, school, etc. after the Christmas break, so I&#8217;ll just ease us back into the Weekly Links&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I know how much our church enjoys the writing of Paul Tripp, which I wholeheartedly understand and appreciate. \u00a0I also know that y&#8217;all seem to enjoy New Year&#8217;s resolutions&#8230;I never got that part. \u00a0But regardless, Mr. Tripp has a new article over at Desiring God that I think we&#8217;ll all love: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/articles\/trading-one-dramatic-resolution-for-10-000-little-ones\" class=\"broken_link\">Trading One Dramatic Resolution for 10,000 Little Ones.<\/a> Enjoy! \u00a0(WEB)<\/li>\n<li>Elder Mike Chon has recently been going through a series on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/?s=%22decisions%2C+decisions%2C+decisions%22\">Biblical decision-making.<\/a> So this article from GTY on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gty.org\/blog\/B101230\">Decision Making to the Glory of God<\/a> was both good and well-timed! \u00a0(WEB)<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/christianaudio.com\/free\/\" class=\"broken_link\">free audio book<\/a> from ChristianAudio for the month of January is Jerry Bridges&#8217; <em>The Pursuit of Holiness<\/em>. \u00a0If you haven&#8217;t been in the habit of taking advantage of their free monthly book, this would be a great time to start!<\/li>\n<li>Ligonier recently did a Q&amp;A entitled <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ligonier.org\/events\/\">&#8220;Ask RC Live.&#8221;<\/a> If you&#8217;ve enjoyed RC Sproul&#8217;s material in the past, then I think you&#8217;ll enjoy this as well. 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