Thank God it’s Friday
This is excerpted from my TGIF column at SOLA Network.
Articles From Around The Web
1. Jonathan Hayashi: Sufficiency of Scripture
“The sufficiency of Scripture is important not only because it speaks of our authority and trust we have, but also in the counseling realm. If we were to go with the secular route, as any moment we do so, we are in a sense telling the world what we reveal our trust in. The Bible offers superior answers to the secular thoughts on the problems people face.”
Related: Why Does It Matter That Scripture Is Inerrant? by Adam Co
2. Benjamin Eggen: Are AI’s Promises of Productivity Worth the Risks for Pastors?
“AI may save you time, but it will cost you something far more valuable—your ability to be the pastor your people need you to be. AI might make you more efficient, but it cannot make you godlier.”
Related: Why not AI Sermons? by Aaron Lee
3. Jason DeRouchie: Jesus Will Gather the Scattered: Zephaniah’s Vision of the Global Church
“The minor prophet Zephaniah offers a window for better understanding God’s heart and purpose for world missions. In his proclamation about the days of the church, Zephaniah foretells how God would gather and transform a multiethnic remnant of worshipers — the descendants of those that God once scattered across the earth in punishment. His vision gives hope for the church’s mission and anticipates the day when some from every tribe will glorify Christ.”
Related: AALC Transcript: The Asian American Church and the Call to Global Missions by Lloyd Kim
Books, Podcasts, Music, And More
1. Sarah Finley Purdy: The End of Personal Aesthetics
“Craftsmanship and beauty matters to God, Scripture is explicitly clear, but it is not merely superficial. Beauty comes from and is offered for the One from which all beauty flows. When I warped things like clothing or fashion to function solely to glorify self instead of God, it became a means of destruction, instead of real creation.”
Related: What Wearing A Mask Taught Me About My Fear And Shame by Judy Lee
2. Brett McCracken: Read Books, Not AI Summaries of Books
If the next generation outsources reading to AI and, in the process, loses the capacity to decipher long-form text, what will that mean for biblical literacy and spiritual formation?
Related: Balancing Our Wisdom Diet in the Internet Age: An Interview with Brett McCracken by Aaron Lee
3. Aaron Lee: Related Works
Book reviews: Romans Word and Spirit Commentary by Sam Storms, Pastoral Preaching by Conrad Mbewe, Biblical Preaching by Haddon Robinson. Listen to our TGIF playlist on Spotify. Join my Asian American Worship Leaders Facebook group.
Featured This Week On SOLA Network
1. Aaron Lee: Telling East Asia’s Stories at Christianity Today: An Interview with Isabel Ong
Aaron Lee interviews Isabel Ong, East Asia editor at Christianity Today. They talk about presenting Asian stories to a majority culture, her research and writing process, and what she hopes her readers can learn from East Asia.
2. David Lee: Teens (and Parents), Test Your Time on TikTok
“Despite what is being preached in our feeds, you are not your social media presence, you are not your engagement metrics, you are not your data, you are not your bio, you are not the sum of your followers.”
3. SOLA Network: Asian American Youth Ministry Training Day 2025: Part 1
Partnering with Rooted Ministry, our first inaugural Asian American Youth Ministry Worker Training day was back in March 2025. We’re delighted to release seminar content from this training day with the hope that it will encourage and equip youth ministry workers. Part 1 of our release includes seminars focused on aspects of “the heart”.
4. TGIF: Roundup for July 25, 2025
Two Truths and a Lie for Those Abandoned by Loved Ones / Saved from Divorce by Amazing Grace (Part 2) / Listen Well to Love Well / Worship Leader, Tell the Whole Story / Some Advice for Rising Christian Writers
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