Simply put, God’s will for your life is that you be holy. That you live a life of set-apartness. That, by the power of the Holy Spirit, you strive for utter purity of character (Heb. 12:14). Every admonition contained in all of Scripture can be reduced to this. Every warning,…

'I’ve heard it said that the Bible is God’s love letter to us. Now I can see where that’s coming from. It’s not a hundred percent wrong.': —Jen Wilkin

'I've Heard It Said That the Bible Is God's Love Letter to Us':
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In this breakout session at #TGC23 , @JenniferWilkin discusses how the ideals of individualism, personal fulfillment, and self-directed paths to happiness can negatively affect family relationships.

Most of us picture endless years of vacation in the New Jerusalem. Few think of the hereafter as a place of work. After all, it’s the eternal Sabbath where we cease our labors, right? Well, yes and no.

My lates at Christianity Today

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It’s back! Season 2 of the Women of the Word Podcast launches today! In Ep 1 we explore the question, “Who wrote the Bible?”Find us on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wom…

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'He holds authority over us because he’s our Author.' —Jen Wilkin

Read the full article from The Gospel Coalition here:
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We’re releasing a second season of the WOTW Podcast on April 3! Subscribe and don’t miss an episode - we’ll be addressing the most common questions and roadblocks associated with studying the Bible in a literacy-building way. Check it out: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wom…

Via Jen Wilkin

Really enjoyed joining FamilyLife and Jen Wilkin for a discussion on You Are A Theologian.

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'And when we're bored with these lists, like when we rush through them in a reading plan, we don't connect the poetic language to the other places in scripture where we should, & the metaphor doesn't strike us the way that it should or the way that it could.' -Jen Wilkin

This is a great deal!

'When we come to the scriptures, we think it's this amazing coincidence, but the divine and human author partnership that we see in scripture placing these themes there is deliberate. The cohesion is there because of the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.'
-Jen Wilkin

Over on Instagram, I ran a quick poll asking two questions:

1.What is the most encouraging book of the Bible?

2.What is the most intimidating/scary book of the Bible?

Check out the results from 1600 respondents. I have thoughts, and I’ll share them soon.

Great news:

The next eleven months

will give us a wealth of opportunities

to practice the Christian virtues

of being

✨quick to listen
✨slow to speak, and
✨slow to become angry.

This was insightful, and gave me helpful language for a current phenomenon: the tendency to “pathologize normal human conflict”. I would have said we were prone to hyperbole in conflict these days, but the therapy-speak aspect of articulating conflict is particularly interesting.