{"id":2738,"date":"2011-02-11T01:15:39","date_gmt":"2011-02-11T09:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/?p=2738"},"modified":"2013-03-21T19:19:31","modified_gmt":"2013-03-22T02:19:31","slug":"2738","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/2011\/02\/11\/2738\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Links (2\/11\/2011)"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Screwtape to Wormwood<strong>:<\/strong>\u00a0&#8220;It sounds as if you supposed that argument was the way to keep him out of the Enemy&#8217;s clutches. That might have been so if he had lived a few centuries earlier. At that time the humans still knew pretty well when a thing was proved and when it was not; and if it was proved they really believed it. They still connected thinking with doing and were prepared to alter their way of life as the result of a chain of reasoning. But what with the weekly press and other such weapons we have largely altered that. Your man has been accustomed, ever since he was a boy, to have a dozen incompatible philosophies dancing about together inside his head. He doesn&#8217;t think of doctrines as primarily &#8216;true&#8217; or &#8216;false&#8217;, but as &#8216;academic&#8217; or &#8216;practical&#8217;, &#8216;outworn&#8217; or &#8216;contemporary&#8217;, &#8216;conventional&#8217; or &#8216;ruthless&#8217;. Jargon, not argument, is your best ally in keeping him from the Church.&#8221; (C.S. Lewis,\u00a0<em>The Screwtape Letters<\/em>. HT:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aomin.org\/aoblog\/index.php?itemid=4452\">AOM<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>by Stephen Rodgers<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Welcome back to another edition of the Weekly Links!\u00a0So, assuming you&#8217;re ready to move on to the weekly links&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Since our annual missions trips are coming up (if you&#8217;re not familiar with them, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/?cat=13\">here&#8217;s a great place to start reading<\/a>), so I was particularly excited to see this article over at DG on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/blog\/posts\/30-ways-to-stay-alive-to-missions\" class=\"broken_link\">30 Ways to Stay Alive to Missions.<\/a> (WEB)<\/li>\n<li>Also, I know a lot of people are doing some shopping for books. \u00a0We all know places like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/\">Amazon<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianbook.com\/\">Christanbook.com<\/a> have deals, but did you know that the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wtsbooks.com\">Westminster Bookstore<\/a> has a special section of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wtsbooks.com\/category\/763\/Imperfect-Books\" class=\"broken_link\">&#8220;imperfect books?&#8221;<\/a> Most of these are in pretty good condition; they just have a crease here or a scuff mark there. \u00a0And they discount them a little bit extra. \u00a0If you love books and love being frugal, this is a good place to start looking. \u00a0(WEBSITE)<\/li>\n<li>Over at the Ligonier blog, Sinclair Ferguson wrote <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ligonier.org\/blog\/discernment-thinking-gods-thoughts\/\" class=\"broken_link\">an article on discernment<\/a> that I thought was particularly well-put. \u00a0You\u00a0definitely\u00a0should check that out. (WEB)<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;ve mentioned before that Jon Acuff can be rather hit-or-miss for me, but his three points of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jonacuff.com\/stuffchristianslike\/2011\/02\/4398\/\">what to do when you encounter a confusing Bible passage<\/a> were helpful. \u00a0And actually funny as well. (WEBSITE)<\/li>\n<li>Back to the DG website, they have an very brief article that sets up a quote from John Frame on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/blog\/posts\/avoiding-smarty-pants-theology\" class=\"broken_link\">&#8220;avoiding smarty-pants theology.&#8221;<\/a> The more I read Frame, the more I benefit from his insight into both the Scriptures and the human heart. (WEB)<\/li>\n<li>This week, I have a special article for those in the Single&#8217;s Ministry (although honestly, anyone with a job will benefit from it). \u00a0Matt Perman offers a summary of a recent Tim Keller article on how <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whatsbestnext.com\/2011\/02\/keller-both-spiritual-and-secular-jobs-are-gods-work\/\">both spiritual and secular jobs are God&#8217;s work.<\/a> (WEB)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That&#8217;s all for now. \u00a0The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/?p=2561\">Recommended Resources<\/a> page should be updated sometime this weekend. \u00a0I&#8217;ll let you know when that happens.<\/p>\n<p>See you Sunday!<\/p>\n<p><em>Pro Rege<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Screwtape to Wormwood:\u00a0&#8220;It sounds as if you supposed that argument was the way to keep him out of the Enemy&#8217;s clutches. That might have been so if he had lived a few centuries earlier. 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