• Why Reformed Evangelicalism Has Splintered: Four Approaches to Race, Politics, and Gender. Kevin DeYoung writes “We won’t be able to put all the pieces of Humpty Dumpty back together again—and maybe some pieces shouldn’t have been glued together in the first place. But if we can understand what’s going on—in our networks, in our churches, and in our hearts—we will be better equipped to disciple our own people and reach out, where we can, to those who may disagree.”
• The Equality Act and the Rise of the Anti-Theological State. Albert Mohler writes “The legislation known as the “Equality Act” represents the greatest present threat to religious liberty in the United States.”

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• The opposite of joy is not sadness. It’s hopelessness. Tim Keller
• Following Christ does not mean the subtraction of all trials, but the addition of His strength to go through them triumphantly. Steven Lawson
• We’re not saved by the sinner’s prayer, but by the praying Savior. Scotty Smith
• No one simply denies the glory of God; we always exchange the glory of God for the glory of something else. Tim Keller
• The Gospel never was, isn’t, and never will be about the “victorious Christian life.” It’s about the victorious Christ. Scotty Smith
• Jesus was forsaken by God so that we would never have to be. His death means no death for us. His resurrection means our resurrection. Tim Keller
• We do not retire from the Christian life. As we age, we should become more intentional about discipling and encouraging the next generation, neither stepping out of the way nor standing in it. Let’s run alongside those coming up until the baton is passed and our race is finally run. Jared Wilson
• God sovereignty is on every page of Scripture, it’s true, and so is God’s love, God’s redemption, and God’s mission. Burk Parsons
• Revival occurs when those who think they already know the gospel discover they do not really or fully know it. Tim Keller