Each Friday, I’ll post links to 3–5 resources from around the web you may want to check out.
If I Could Change Anything about the Modern Church
If Tim Challies could, he’d “return the graveyard to the churchyard.” He makes a compelling argument.
How would it change your worship if you were constantly confronted with the reality of death in this way yet also comforted by the proximity and the nearness of those who had gone before? How would it change your understanding of the church if the living and the dead maintained such a close distance? How would it change the way you prepare your heart to worship and prepare yourself to die? Speaking personally, I think it would be deeply moving and spiritually comforting. It would be a blessing to worship where my people are buried and to be buried where my people worship.
Enough with the Valorization of Doubt!
Trevin Wax laments the way many praise religious doubt as a virtue.
Of course, the life of faith isn’t easy. Thomas doubted the reality of the resurrection. A number of disciples doubted the truth even after they’d seen the risen Lord. Struggle is to be expected. That’s why Jude tells us to “have mercy on those who doubt.” Honesty about our doubt is a virtue, but it’s the honesty that’s commendable, not the doubt itself.
For The Church Podcast: Contentment
I appreciated this episode of the For the Church podcast on contentment. You might too! (Note: I do not see a transcription for this podcast episode.)
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