Worth The Read

06 Aug

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It's been a super busy week around the Whitt house. I enjoyed preaching a revival for a local church and spending some time this week with our summer interns before they headed back to college. On Thursday I was honored to lead in the celebration of a couple's ten years of marriage as they renewed their wedding vows and this morning I'll preach the funeral for a young man - a friend and very supportive church member - whose life ended far too soon. In between these various ministry commitments I was able to select the following list of posts to help you understand better the state of our world and how to respond as a Believer. As always, I want to challenge and encourage you. I don't necessarily agree with all of these writers or what they have written, but believe that these posts will help stretch and strengthen you as a follower of Christ in a fallen world. 

30 Jul

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It’s been a wild week in American politics and church world. The Democratic National Convention kicked off by omitting “under God” from the Pledge of Allegiance and ended by nominating the first woman to the presidency of the United States. As a life-long political junkie, the past two weeks have been intriguing if not infuriating. In between the speeches and the pundits I’ve found time to read several posts that caused me to think and reaffirmed convictions I’ve held for decades. I hope that you enjoy and are helped by this week’s list, and don’t forget that just because I list an author or article here doesn’t mean that I fully endorse or even agree with them at all.

23 Jul

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Summer is coming to a close and school is just around the corner. I hope you’ve had a great couple of months, gotten a little rest and refreshment and are ready for things to get back to “normal.” This week’s post contains several helpful articles that deal with time management and efficiency from which I think you'll benefit. There is one article on eschatology whose premise I disagree with (I don’t believe that premillennialism began in the early 19th century. I hold that our view of the rapture and end of the age – that Jesus could physically return for His church at any moment is clearly taught in scripture and was held by the earliest Christians), but it’s helpful to read nonetheless. My former professor, George Guthrie’s post on the importance of word studies is a beneficial, practical read, and the rest deal with many of the current issues facing Christians living in a fallen world. Enjoy!