Growing in Grace: October 2016

Lord, Align My Heart with Yours - I need this reminder so often. "We all have dreams of one kind or another. And in America, pursuing our dreams is a nearly sacred cultural value, a moral obligation even. But the Bible teaches us to be wary of our dreams." Related to that is ...

Is "Follow Your Dreams" the Best Advice? - Spoiler alert: nope, it's really not.

Lay Aside Every Suitcase - "A suitcase is a perfectly good thing that may just kill you in an emergency evacuation."

Why I Am a Christian - I can definitely resonate with Dr. Russell Moore's conversion story.

10 Essential Short Reads on Gospel Centrality - Jared Wilson: "In no particular order, here are 10 key short documents (sermons, articles, blog posts) that help communicate the centrality and the versatility of the gospel and thus, in my opinion, are must-reads."

Why Go to CROSS 2016? - Kevin DeYoung: "Several students from our church attended the first Cross Conference in 2013. Devon and Taylor were two of those students. Three years later, Devon and Taylor are married, have one child (and another on the way), and are preparing to go overseas with Mission to the World (the sending agency of the PCA). Devon’s story, and the role Cross has played in that story, is below."

Ben Zobrist: Major League Believer - "For Zobrist, the utility player hired fresh off his World Series victory last year with the Kansas City Royals, it isn’t all about the win. It isn’t even all about the game."

How to Pray for Pastors' Kids - Fantastic advice. Every church member would benefit from reading this.

Why Christians Love Books - "We are readers. We are writers. We are forward-looking people, bookish people, and we will not stop writing and publishing until the earth is submerged under a second global flood — a tsunami of truth."

Why NOT Read Him? - This piece focuses on Augustine, but it can apply to many old writers.

You Get What You Pay For - True in a lot of ways. A lot.

Comedy Wildlife Photography Award Finalists - So good. Try to look through these without smiling.