Are we the idols? Andrew Noble says, “It is strange to become an idol, isn’t it? It’s hard to wrap your mind around. Yet every day, people are morphing into something like mud. Instead of functioning as images of God, they worship idols and turn into lifeless dust. Life goes wrong when we don’t worship right.”
Weakness in God’s economy: Kirsten shares, “As I consider my heart, my struggle does not come in whether or not I believe that God is able to heal; I believe that God is able to do all that pleases him. Rather, my struggle comes in believing whether or not God is willing; at least in the timeframe I am hoping and praying.”
Slim majority backs physician-assisted suicide: Discouraging news here from Lifeway, “Half of Americans believe a terminally-ill person should be able to ask a doctor for help in ending their life. Legal approval has outpaced the growth in public support.”
The gospel of relief is killing us: Chrisopher Cook begins, “We are not simply living in a culture of addiction; we are living in a culture that canonizes it, celebrates it, sanctifies it, and disguises it under layers of emotional language that sound compassionate but are, in truth, spiritually anesthetizing. In the name of self-care, we have sanctified our dysfunction, calling it authenticity.”
You need to be bored. Here’s why: In this video, Arthur Brooks explains why boredom unlocks creativity, and more.

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