Thank God it’s Friday
This is excerpted from my TGIF column at SOLA Network.
Articles From Around The Web
Matthew Carpenter: He Meets Our Mistreatment with Reward
“Sitting on a floor mat in a cell, wrongfully detained in a foreign prison, I struggled with this text and others like it. First, without a physical copy of God’s word in front of me, I struggled to be sure I was remembering each word. Then I struggled in faith for the confidence to take its unlikely claims as true. I am happy to say God met me in that struggle.”
N. Gray Sutanto: Orthodox Yet Modern: Herman Bavinck as Cultural Apologist
“Christianity provides the theological resources that civil life needs: the virtues of toleration and of taking religion seriously beyond what the secular worldview can provide.”
Zach Cochran: When Passion Outpaces Prudence
“Passion and white-knuckling our way through ministry can be fun, but it is often not wise. Like the church in early Acts and Moses coming out of Egypt, we often do what we think is best in our own eyes, not what is best for the whole.”
Books, Podcasts, Music, And More
9Marks Pastors Talk Podcast: On The Ministry of Small Things and Fighting Pastoral Cynicism
“Jonathan Leeman talks to Reuben Bredenhof, author of The Ministry of Small Things. They consider the ordinary ministry of pastors, focusing on all the small things they must be faithful to, and reflect on the temptation of pastoral cynicism.”
Andrew Wilson: What Kids Think About God Matters
“A. W. Tozer once said, “What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.” If that is even close to being true, then children need to be taught theology as much as anybody does.”
Aaron Lee: Related Works
Book review: Disciplines of Devotion series by TGC/Crossway, Making Sense of Us by TGC. Listen to our TGIF playlist on Spotify. Join my Asian American Worship Leaders Facebook group. Find me on Substack.
Featured This Week on SOLA Network
SLP EP 16: Engaging the Next Generation for Global Missions With Lisa Pak
“Join us as we explore Lisa Pak’s inspiring journey from Korean-Canadian roots to global missions, her insights on overcoming cultural and gender barriers in the church, and her passionate call for the next generation to finish the Great Commission.”
David Larry Kim: Leaders, Beware of Living Off of Yesterday’s Anointing
“Unfortunately, for many Christian leaders, their interaction with Scripture, public prayer, and fellowship with other Christians become vocational obligations rather than an overflow of intimacy with the Father.”
Karis Lai: Waiting: A Holy Occupation and an Invitation
“Earthly life is divinely and indelibly marked by waiting. But our posture in the waiting reveals what we believe to be our hope.”
Grace Hsu: Psalm 103: Good News for the Recovering Perfectionist
“Perfection in Christ is going to be a reality at the resurrection. The path to get there, with all the bumps in the road and stones we trip over, is meant to be walked in the light of His compassion and grace.”
TGIF: Roundup for March 20, 2026
The One-Hundredth-Day Name: A Story of Becoming / Mercy Ministry Is Not Missions / ‘Jacob I Loved’: The Heart Behind Election / The Black Sheep & the Laptop Girl / ‘Project Hail Mary’ Offers the Good, Clean, Fun Moviegoers Have Missed
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