What I’m Reading and Viewing This Week:
Can the Gospels Survive Historical Scrutiny?
This video from Wes Huff is full of great information about the historical reliability of the biblical gospels. Wes Huff is a very active, insightful, and reliable Christian apologist, serving as the Vice President for Apologetics Canada.
How North Korea Became the Most Religious Place on Earth
This was a fascinating video featuring journalist Jonathan Cheng (the Wall Street Journal’s China correspondent) talking about his new book on the origins of the Kim Il-Sung regime in North Korea. I had never heard until recently about the explosion of Christianity in the area of NORTH Korea in the decades before the communist revolution took place. How did a massive success of missionary evangelism turn into a dystopian communist nightmare? Did you know that Kim Il-Sung was only 33 years old when he took power and that his father was a Christian evangelist?
The Enduring Word commentary on Ephesians
The Enduring Word commentary on Ephesians has been a helpful tool as I’ve been studying the book of Ephesians for our new sermon series. I have lots of great printed commentaries, but when it comes to freely-available resources available online, the Enduring Word series by David Guzik is one of the best.
10 Ways to Savor Sundays – Pastor Joel Kurz
God told us to rest on the Sabbath. How can we practice a biblical, modern, Christian Sunday sabbath? Here are ten ways to benefit more from Sunday worship and rest.
A Crisis in Formation: How AI Is Shaping Teenagers and Their Spiritual Lives – Pastor Justin Wong
Pastor Wong describes how AI and the Internet, especially on our ever-present phones, are having a huge influence on all of us. This influence is obviously going to be far stronger on those who are growing up with these influences. This is a very helpful and insightful article on the problems with this and how to understand and deal with them.
The STEP Bible
I’ve been enjoying a new online Bible study tool: STEP Bible. This website has many, many translations available and has excellent search and study capabilities. It is definitely one of the better free Bible study tools available.