"Jesus, as always, is at the centre of Christianity. So if we are confused about something – like how we should view the Bible in a generation that dislikes authority, for instance – we can turn to him."
Coffee is on, kids are awake. I guess it is time to start Tuesday now. I'm still trying to recover sleep after a few late nights at the retreat. But you know what helps with sleep deprivation? Awesome articles to read! (Well, not really, but you can still read them). Here are five top-notch posts from the interwebz.
Gigaplexes of Andromeda: Absolutely insane shots of the Andromeda galaxy from Nasa put on video.
5 Simple Ways to Teach Theology to Your Kids: Teaching. Kids. Theology. Easy. Those words don't make sense together do they? Um, they can!
Work Bolstered by Faith: Should your faith change how you do my work? Yes and no.
"Haven't You Read?" Answering modern-day Pharisees: A refreshing look at a contemporary issue that we often see framed in a totally different way.
How does DHBC live out its identity: The latest in my series on the Church's nature, mission and activity. This one looks at how what we do lines up.
A powerful conversation with Lecrae, John Piper, and John Ensor on the story behind Lecrae's song "Good, Bad, Ugly", the remorse of abortion, and the healing of the gospel of Christ. Well worth watching and considering our own response/actions when our circumstances come up against our theology.
C.S. Lewis' argues that one of the key ways to work out difficult relationships with others is to recognize that we each have our own fatal flaw.
"You also have a fatal flaw in your character. All the hopes and plans of others have again and again shipwrecked on your character just as your hopes and plans have shipwrecked on theirs. It is no good passing this over with some vague, general admission such as "Of course, I know I have my faults." It is important to realize that there is some really fatal flaw in you: something which gives others the same feeling of despair which their flaws give you. And it is almost certainly something you don't know about--like what the advertisements call "halitosis", which everyone notices except the person who has it..." Read more here.