The closing prayer poem from my Sunday School lesson on Gentle and Lowly Chapter 12: A Tender Friend.

Body Image and a Better Understanding of Beauty / No, I’m Not a Pro: How to Parent our Children’s Souls / Christian Ministries: Say No to Orphanages / Some Practical Advice for Helping Suffering Christians

Every edition highlights what’s new in book reviews and what I’ve been enjoying reading. As always, I point you to all of the new free eBooks I’ve found around the web.

Be Like Children: Jesus's Surprising Advice for Growing in Christian Maturity / What Grieving Parents Wish You Knew

No One But You (Tapestry Church) / Sovereign (Lighthouse Community Church)

Expressive Individualism in the Church (9Marks Journal) / Pursuing Health in an Anxious Age, by Dr. Bob Cutillo (TGC/Crossway)

Defending Shame with Te-Li Lau (Kevin DeYoung's Life and Books and Everything Podcast) / Knowing God: A Reader’s Guide to a Christian Classic (Sam Storms/DesiringGod) / If We Are Kings and Queens, by Faith Chang

Life and Books and Everything: Defending Shame with Te-Li Lau (Kevin DeYoung) / Getty Sing! Conference: Five Reasons for Missional Singing (John Piper)

Free download of my sermon transcript. Correction, Confrontation, and Condemnation: The Glory of God on Display as Jesus Dwells Among Us.

The Reformed Expository Commentary series aims to be biblical, doctrinal, redemptive-historical, and practical. Daniel Doriani’s entry is exemplary. With the book of Romans, he shows a full grasp of the text and how it is relative for modern audiences.

What do we learn of God’s holiness in the Old Testament book of Hosea? As an excellent volume in the Reformed Expository Commentary, Richard D. Phillips’ Hosea is beautifully moving with a powerful Gospel message.

How can you learn to trust God even in your darkest days? In 31 Days toward Trusting God, Jerry Bridges shows you God’s sovereignty, and tells you that it is good to choose to trust Him.