Wisdom For Your Weekend – 3/22/13

Your weekly installment of things we’ve been reading around the web.

Articles of the Week

Battling Sinful Sarcasm, Lindsey Carlson.

Prayer Is a Great Place to Begin Biblical Counseling, David Powlison.

Read the Fine Print Before Supporting “Marriage Equality,” Trevin Wax.

What the Church Needs Now, Ross Douthat. A surprisingly insightful piece from the New York Times reminds us that the world is watching. The church has a responsibility to live according to a higher standard, and to eschew the watered-down theology that requires nothing of us.

Dude, Watch Your Jargon, Jonathan Parnell. None of us wants to present the gospel and be met with, “Uh-oh, here we go again.” Jonathan Parnell helps show us how to avoid sounding redundant and dull.

On The Lighter Side

Things You Don’t Say to John Piper