{"id":7211,"date":"2013-01-25T01:00:12","date_gmt":"2013-01-25T09:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/?p=7211"},"modified":"2013-01-25T07:20:36","modified_gmt":"2013-01-25T15:20:36","slug":"weekly-links-1252013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/2013\/01\/25\/weekly-links-1252013\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Links (1\/25\/2013)"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>I do believe that the very angels have never wondered but once and that has been incessantly ever since they first beheld it. They never cease to tell the astonishing story, and to tell it with increasing astonishment too, that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, was born of the Virgin Mary, and became a man. Is he not rightly called Wonderful? Infinite, and an infant \u2014 eternal, and yet born of a woman \u2014 Almighty, and yet hanging on a woman\u2019s breast supporting the universe, and yet needing to be carried in a mother\u2019s arms \u2014 king of angels, and yet the reputed son of Joseph \u2014 heir of all things and yet the carpenter\u2019s despised son. Wonderful art thou O Jesus, and that shall be thy name for ever. (Charles Spurgeon, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.spurgeon.org\/sermons\/0214.htm\" class=\"broken_link\">His Name&#8211;Wonderful!<\/a>&#8220;)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>by Richard Shin<\/em><\/p>\n<p>God has been good this week. One way is in the way he used these men to write these articles.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>David Platt, who preached <a href=\"http:\/\/t4g.org\/media\/2012\/05\/divine-sovereignty-the-fuel-of-death-defying-missions-2\/\">this death-defying sermon<\/a> on the sovereignty of God in global missions at the last T4G conference, writes an article introducing this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/blog\/posts\/retreat-or-risk\" class=\"broken_link\">new book<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0John Piper. Titled\u00a0<em>Risk is Right<\/em>, the book is\u00a0about denouncing the comforts of this world and taking risks for God, which mentality many of us need to adopt.<\/li>\n<li>Is anxiety really sin? That&#8217;s the question Julian Freeman seeks to answer in <a href=\"http:\/\/julianfreeman.ca\/sanctification\/anxiety-sin\">this post<\/a>. It is biblically convicting to see what both Jesus and the Apostles taught in regards to anxiety.<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s a great testimony of God&#8217;s faithfulness that both Presbyterians and Baptists can have differing views on different topics and still work together to advance the gospel to the nations. Ligon Duncan (a Presbyterian) and Thabiti Anyabwile (a Baptist), both leaders within The Gospel Coalition, discuss the issue of church polity in <a href=\"http:\/\/thegospelcoalition.org\/blogs\/tgc\/2013\/01\/24\/who-governs-the-church\/\">this video<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Sanctity_of_Human_Life_Day\">National Sanctity of Human Life Day<\/a> was this past Sunday, January 22. Russell Moore <a href=\"http:\/\/www.russellmoore.com\/2013\/01\/22\/abortion-and-the-gospel\/\">charges the church<\/a> to consider how to encourage those who may have participated in an abortion, whether it be as the mother or a supporter.\u00a0Church, we are not above this.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;How do I explain the wrath of God toward Jesus and his separation during [his death] for our sin and not separate the Godhead?&#8221; Matt Jenson from the Gospel Coalition seeks to answer this question <a href=\"http:\/\/thegospelcoalition.org\/blogs\/tgc\/2013\/01\/21\/you-asked-does-the-fathers-wrath-upon-the-son-sever-the-unity-of-the-trinity\/\" class=\"broken_link\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>What does your evangelism look like? Do you even do it? Or are you the type that preaches &#8220;Evangelize always, and use words when necessary&#8221;? Matt Queen asks <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theologicalmatters.com\/index.php\/2013\/01\/23\/i-question-your-evangelism\/\" class=\"broken_link\">eight helpful questions<\/a> the evangelist can ask himself to assess whether his evangelism is biblical or not.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hope everyone is having a great Flocks week. See you when I see you.<\/p>\n<p><em>Coram Deo<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I do believe that the very angels have never wondered but once and that has been incessantly ever since they first beheld it. 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