Thank God it’s Friday
This is excerpted from my TGIF column at SOLA Network.
Articles From Around The Web
Jeremy Linneman: How to Recognize Insecure Spirituality
“A spirituality uncertain of God’s love will always have to perform. It will always have to prove. It will always have to defend. It will always be scheming and striving, and it will never be at rest. An insecure spirituality is a brutal type of life.”
Lois Flowers: How to Avoid the Comparison Trap
“The message was clear. The things that happen in the lives of other people are part of “their story,” and it is neither our responsibility nor our business to know why God allows them to happen. Ouch. And yet, what a relief!”
Keri Folmar: The Holy Spirit Makes Ordinary Women Extraordinary
“Consistent time in Scripture does extraordinary work in our hearts over time.””
Books, Podcasts, Music, And More
Justin Wong: What is ‘KPop Demon Hunters’? A Primer for Youth Ministers and Parents
“The longings the film taps into—identity, belonging, purpose—are exactly the places where the gospel speaks most powerfully and eternally.”
Charisse Compton: Forget Not His Faithfulness: How Telling Stories Stirs Hope
“Telling and retelling our stories of God’s faithfulness guards our hearts against forgetfulness.”
Aaron Lee: Related Works
Book reviews: A Light on the Hill (The Story of Capitol Hill Baptist Church) by Caleb Morell, Jesus Loves You More (Children’s Book) by Hunter Beless. Listen to our TGIF playlist on Spotify. Join my Asian American Worship Leaders Facebook group.
Featured This Week On SOLA Network
Asian American Parenting Podcast Episode 15: Dating and Asian American Teenagers
Danny and Monica consider the views of dating growing up as Asian Americans and how it has changed. They then discuss a parent’s approach to dating and how it relates to racial issues, faith, and how and when as parents, we can talk about dating with our teenagers.
Aaron Lee: Partner Together with God: A Book Review of “Providence in the Story of Scripture”
“While many pastors might have read about providence in seminary through systematic theology, this book reframes it with the storyline of Scripture. It brings a classic doctrine into contemporary life. Before reading this book, I viewed myself as passive in response to God’s providence. I now see that I can actively partake in it.”
Nicolette Choi: Entering Hogwarts: My Experience as a Woman in Seminary
“As with all things in life, any negative experiences of seminary were far outweighed by the mindblowing grace of God – more specifically in this case, the gift of an education that forever changed the way I view God, human life, and daily living.”
Moses Y. Lee: A 19th-Century Theologian for 21st-Century Culture Wars
“We live in confusing, divided, and often brutal times. Conservatism can close its eyes to change, while progressivism can lose its footing without truth. But Bavinck was right: the path forward is not loyalty to either side, nor a nostalgic attempt to resurrect the past, but a continual re-formation by the gospel itself.”
TGIF: Roundup for September 26, 2025
The Sunday Preaching Moment Impacts Discipleship / Five Thousand Text Messages / Ways We Support Women Missionaries / Dealing with the Praise of Men / History as a ‘Vast Treasury’ for Godly Living
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