Wisdom For Your Weekend: your weekly installment of things we’ve been reading around the web.
Video of the Week
Tim Keller helps us read the Old Testament: “Jesus is the ‘true and better…’”
Articles of the Week
7 Signs You’re Looking at Your Phone Too Much, Jesse Carey. Our phones aren’t really just phones anymore. They’re ridiculously tiny computers (unless you own a Samsung Galaxy, which is larger than my head), connecting us to the wide world of the web. But just as often, they can separate us from the world. It’s no secret that I’ve got a strong strain of Luddite in me, but I’m not the only one pointing to the dangers of tech dependence. Carey helps us diagnose whether our pocket computers (i.e. cell phones) are our servants or our masters.
How to Deal with a Bad Boss, Dan Doriani. “Today, the most common occupations in America are cashier, retail sales assistant, and food preparer. They’re not slavery, but they’re not glamorous either. Those who hold these positions may feel underpaid, unappreciated, and boxed in. Yet no one—not even executive leadership—gets to use all their skills or pursue all their interests at work. For everyone is a ‘slave’ to someone. The CEO answers to the board and stockholders. The state university president answers to the legislature, which answers to the citizens, including students, who are, therefore, both subordinate and superior to the president.”
America Deserves the Osteens, Albert Mohler. The message isn’t particularly new, but a recent video of Victorian Osteen—wife of the famed Joel Osteen—has made gone viral, drawing the scorn of evangelical and secular viewers alike. The message? “Do good for your own sake, because that’s what makes God happy.” Mohler gives a healthy critique of the Osteen message, because “happiness cannot bear the weight of the Gospel.”
5 Things Not to Do in Your Marriage, Elisha Galotti. “It’s honestly okay for marriage to be hard sometimes. Almost everything in life that has lasting value is hard at one point or another. Stay committed to Christ, stay committed to your spouse, and watch as God brings you safely through that season.” Here are five potholes to avoid, helping you along the winding and (hopefully!) long road of your marriage.
On The Lighter Side
It’s that time again, ladies and gentlemen: football is back. And even if you don’t care about sports, a new season means more “bad lip reading.”
