Thank God it’s Friday
This is excerpted from my TGIF column at SOLA Network.
Articles From Around The Web
1. Sandra Peoples: Caring for a Family in Your Church Who Receives a Disability Diagnosis
“The first step is to ask families what they need and attempt to meet those needs. It can be hard for parents to admit what their needs are, but as we partner with them and ask questions, we can find ways to meet those needs.”
2. Mack Stiles: Faithful Missions, Sovereign Fruit: How God Tracks Gospel Success
“Ultimately, success means trusting in God’s sovereignty and fulfilling our task to faithfully sow the seeds of the gospel with perseverance, leaving the rest to him.”
3. Jen Oshman: In Adoption, Only Jesus is the Hero
“As the gospel propels us to set out in faith to adopt, let us not forsake it once we arrive home. Let’s not stop short, but continue to rehearse it to ourselves and to our children. May the beauty and pain, joys and sorrows of earthly adoption point us—both parents and children alike—to our perfect adoptive Father in heaven.”
Books, Podcasts, Music, And More
1. Joel Cho: What Herman Bavinck Taught Me About Modern Medicine
“Medical healing isn’t possible without common grace. And medicine isn’t the final authority on human health—God is.”
2. 5 Minutes in Church History Podcast: Deserted Island with Joel Kim: History and Leadership
If you could take only five books to a deserted island, which would you choose? Today, Joel Kim joins Stephen Nichols to share titles he’d bring, and what they reveal about leadership, perseverance, and history.
3. Aaron Lee: Related Works
Book reviews: Faith Simplified by Aaron Armstrong, Victorious Lives republished by Sharon Jeong Ide. Article: Seven Principles for Studying Scripture by George Whitefield. Listen to our TGIF playlist on Spotify. Join my Asian American Worship Leaders Facebook group.
Featured This Week On SOLA Network
1. Danny Kwon: Episode 9: What is Family Ministry? Featuring Pastor Terrence Shay of FCBC Walnut
Danny and Terrence discuss how parents should see what family is, how they can create spaces for it, and how they can partner with their churches in ministry to their children and teenagers.
2. Aaron Lee: Actual Relationships: A Book Review of “AI Shepherds and Electric Sheep”
“Rather than artificial connection, we must seek actual relationships—with God and with each other—as we pursue what it means to flourish as humans in faith.”
3. Tom Sugimura: Wisdom from the Prophets
“The prophetical books also feature obscure places and surreal visions which modern readers struggle to understand. As a result, they are barely read, hardly preached, and oft-neglected. Yet our Bibles are far too thin if we ignore this vital portion of Scripture.”
4. TGIF: Roundup for July 4, 2025
Saved From Divorce by Amazing Grace / Take a Closer Look at Noah’s Ark / Being the Best You Can Be / Asian American Spiritual Formation: A Journey of Integration / What Should I Read Next?
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