Your weekly installment of things we’ve been reading around the web.
Video of the Week
What “Guess Who?” Can Teach Us About Race
Articles of the Week
Five Ways to Fight Distractions, Geoff Surratt. “I admire the Getting Things Done people who have a system, stick to the system and get more done before 9:00 a.m. than the rest of us accomplish in a week, but I’m not that guy. The best I can do is beat back the distraction monster and fight my way through the digital jungle.”
Is Eric Metaxas the next Chuck Colson? Sarah Pulliam Bailey, The Washington Post. “Before evangelical leader Chuck Colson fell ill at a conference last year, crumbling at the podium and later dying at the hospital, it was Eric Metaxas who introduced him. At the time, Metaxas seemed primed and ready to become the next Colson — a key leader in the evangelical movement, known for his prison ministry, but also credited with keeping Christians engaged in politics and culture through books, radio and other outlets.”
Sex in Leviticus—Why Comparing Homosexuality to Eating Shellfish Misses the Point, Christopher Wright. “The sexual laws in Leviticus must not be isolated, stuck alongside shellfish, and mocked into irrelevance. They are one small piece of a much larger and consistent pattern of whole-Bible teaching about the gift and joy and purpose and disciplines of our sexuality.”
10 Ways Your Spouse’s Sexual Sin Effects You, Brad Hambrick. This is a solid resource taken from Brad Hambrick’s “True Betrayal” seminar. If you are in the Raleigh-Durham area, make sure to RSVP for the upcoming seminars:
TRUE BETRAYAL: OVERCOMING THE BETRAYAL OF YOUR SPOUSE’S SEXUAL SIN
Part One: Saturday August 10, 2013
Part Two: Saturday August 17, 2013
Time: 4:00 to 5:30 pm or 6:00 to 7:30 pm
Location: The Summit Church, Brier Creek South Venue
Address: 2415-107 Presidential Drive; Durham, NC 27703
Cost: Free
RSVP: Part One(Aug. 10) // Part Two(Aug. 17)
On The Lighter Side
Google Autocompletes Your Denomination. Google offers a little window into how various Christian denominations are viewed, via popular search history. Unsurprising: the most common autocomplete is “Why is [insert denomination here] wrong?”
