Thank God it’s Friday
This is excerpted from my TGIF column at SOLA Network.
Articles From Around The Web
1. Brooks Buser: A Better Way to Look at Missions
“The missionary task has always included planting churches among those who have never had access to the gospel. Church planting among these language groups is distinctly “Pauline” missions as it aims to go where no foundation has been laid. There are roughly 3,100 language groups who still have yet to hear the name of Christ.”
2. Faith Chang: 5 Prayers for Fighting Perfectionism in Motherhood
“The good news for the mom struggling with perfectionism is that God knows, and he cares. And in his care, he invites us to bring our burdens to him. Here are five prayers you may find helpful as you come to the Shepherd of your soul.”
3. Geoff Chang: Spurgeon’s Love of Poetry: An Excerpt from Christ Our All
“For Spurgeon, poetry was about more than just entertainment. It gave him the perspective of a Christian pilgrim. It provided spiritual nourishment for his tired soul. And it strengthened him with a renewed joy in God for the week ahead.”
Books, Podcasts, Music, And More
1. Ruth Chou Simons GraceLaced Podcast: A Biblical Framework with Nancy Guthrie
Ever wondered why even though you know you’ve been made new in Christ nothing actually feels new? Or been curious about how your life right now fits into the bigger story of redemption?
2. Crossway Podcast: Jackie Hill Perry on Recording the Entire ESV Bible: “It Changed Everything”
In this special episode, Bible teacher, author, and hip hop artist Jackie Hill Perry shares what it was like to spend over sixty-five hours reading God’s word aloud in a recording studio with unsaved audio engineers listening in the whole time. She also shares how God used that experience to change the way she views the Bible.
3. Aaron Lee: Related Works
Book review: Ruined Sinners to Reclaim by Crossway. Listen to our TGIF playlist on Spotify. Join my Asian American Worship Leaders Facebook group.
Featured This Week On SOLA Network
1. Carissa Samuel and Benjamin Chow: Gen-Z Reflections from AALC 2024
The following article is a short Q&A with Carissa Samuel and Benjamin Chow, two members of SOLA’s Young Writer’s Cohort who attended AALC 2024. They share about why they attended the conference, some takeaways, and how they see themselves in ‘writing the next chapter’.
2. Vera Christian: Getting Out of the Burnout Pit
I’ve always been a hard worker. But that was not the issue. The issue was the false beliefs that kept me working endlessly. I could fool others, but I could not fool God.
3. Christine Song: Imperfect Parents, Perfect God
“I understood that the brokenness in my family was the exact reason why Jesus came into this world, and I cannot be more grateful for the truth that His shed blood fully paid the costs of both my parents’ iniquities and my own.”
4. TGIF: Roundup for May 17, 2024
I Didn’t Want a Baby. I Wanted This Baby. / The State of Global Missions in 2024 / Ecclesiology: What Do We Believe about the Church? / Blessed are the Stuntmen and Stuntwomen / Shogun’s Radical Depiction of Self-Sacrifice