{"id":8510,"date":"2013-08-30T01:00:10","date_gmt":"2013-08-30T08:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/?p=8510"},"modified":"2014-11-17T14:53:18","modified_gmt":"2014-11-17T22:53:18","slug":"weekly-links-8302013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/2013\/08\/30\/weekly-links-8302013\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Links (8\/30\/2013)"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>We must not be grieved, that we have nothing to trust upon besides Christ for our salvation; but rather we are to rejoice, that we need nothing else, and that we have a sure foundation to rely on, incomparably better than any other that can be imagined. (Walter Marshall)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>by Richard Shin<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Be encouraged!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I did not know such a thing as Mommy Wars existed; it almost sounds like a bad reality TV show. Regardless, if this is something with which a mother struggles, she would be good to read <a href=\"http:\/\/lovingmylot.com\/2013\/08\/23\/mom-vs-mom-the-war-i-didnt-see-coming\/\">this article<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>On the Ligonier website, Sinclair Ferguson shares four helpful principles when considering the exercise of Christian liberty. You can find them <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ligonier.org\/blog\/4-principles-exercise-christian-liberty\/\" class=\"broken_link\">here<\/a>. This is an excerpt from his book <em>In Christ Alone<\/em>, whose digital version you can find for free <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ligonier.org\/blog\/christ-alone-free-ebook\/\">here<\/a> (until the end of August, which is tomorrow!).<\/li>\n<li>This past week, America celebrated the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.&#8217;s famous &#8220;I Have a Dream&#8221; speech. Al Mohler looks back on the setting and the effects of the speech <a href=\"http:\/\/www.albertmohler.com\/2013\/08\/28\/the-content-of-our-character-fifty-years-later-many-challenges-remain\/\">here<\/a>. Russell Moore also comments on what his speech can teach us today about preaching <a href=\"http:\/\/www.russellmoore.com\/2013\/08\/26\/what-martin-luther-king-can-teach-us-about-preaching\/\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Timothy Beougher from 9Marks answers the question, &#8220;Must every Christian evangelize?&#8221; You can find the article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.9marks.org\/blog\/must-every-christian-evangelize\">here<\/a>. Jonathan Leeman also asks and answers, &#8220;Is evangelism an individual sport or a team sport?&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.9marks.org\/blog\/connecting-evangelism-and-church\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>This is a good thought exercise. What would we do without the Gospel? You can find Marshall Segal&#8217;s article on this topic <a href=\"http:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/blog\/posts\/what-would-we-do-without-the-gospel\" class=\"broken_link\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Joe Holland from the Christward Collective blog shares an article about our prejudices to eat with certain people. You can find it <a href=\"http:\/\/info.alliancenet.org\/christward\/you-are-who-you-eat#.UiBEfBvD98E\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>There are many articles and videos and sermons and [insert favorite medium here] about social justice these days. Matt Chandler, John Piper, and David Platt sit together and talk about social justice and the young evangelicals. If you have ten additional minutes, watch <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/article\/social-justice-and-young-evangelicals-encouragement-and-concern\/\">this<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hope you were encouraged!<\/p>\n<p><em>Coram Deo<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We must not be grieved, that we have nothing to trust upon besides Christ for our salvation; but rather we are to rejoice, that we need nothing else, and that we have a sure foundation to rely on, incomparably better than any other that can be imagined. (Walter Marshall) by Richard Shin Be encouraged! 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