• Biden’s New Regulation Reinforces Transgender ‘Orthodoxy’. Joe Carter writes “The Department of Education’s new rule’s expanding protections for LGBT+ students could lead to punishment for those who disagree with transgender orthodoxy.”
• What the Pro-Palestinian Campus Protests are Really About. Carl Trueman writes “The recent pro-Palestinian student protests on elite university campuses across the country offer fascinating, if somewhat depressing, insights into the state of modern American culture. It is not so much that the lunatics have taken over the asylum as the kindergartners have taken over the nursery.”

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• Am I Confident or Arrogant? On this episode of the Ask Pastor John podcast, John Piper responds to the question “Can we feel powerful or confident or have a high self-worth in who God has made us to be through Christ? How do you distinguish this from pride that leads to destruction? If so, how do we do this? How do we pursue the feeling of power or confidence or high self-worth in living out what God has created us to be, but humbly so? You seem like someone who does it well.”
• Since God’s Call is Effectual, How Can Someone be a False Convert? Since the Lord effectually calls His people to Himself, how can a professing Christian turn out to be a false convert? From one of the live Ask Ligonier events, Stephen Nichols helps us think carefully about this subject.
• What is Your Favorite Book of the Bible and Why? From one of the live Ask Ligonier events, Sinclair Ferguson identifies the book that God used to awaken him to the Christian faith, a book he has cherished ever since.
• How to Write a Good Sentence. On this episode of the Ask Pastor John podcast, John Piper responds to the questions “What makes a great, edifying sentence? How do you write and rewrite sentences like this? And what would be your five (or so) pieces of advice for crafting edifying prose, beyond all that we’ve already covered on the podcast — something relevant for book authors and for Christians who just want to send an edifying text message?”
• Are Parents to Blame for Prodigals? On this episode of the Ask Pastor John podcast, John Piper responds to the question that reads in part “Recently I’ve heard about many adult children who grew up in a strong Christian home — some who even had parents who were leaders in the church — who eventually left the faith as adults. This has become my biggest fear for my own daughter. Can you explain Proverbs 22:6and give me some practical ways I can help my daughter have a true, authentic relationship with Jesus — one that she will not abandon later on?”
• How Much Power Does Satan Have? Is Satan Omnipresent? Dr. Bruce Ware answers that question on this episode of Honest Answers.
• How Can I Grow in Expressing Affection? On this episode of the Ask Pastor John podcast, John Piper responds to a question that reads in part “How would you counsel and encourage a brother in Christ who finds it difficult to express or discuss ‘deeper’ emotions like joy, despair, wonder, and fear? That’s me.”
• Why Does God Allow Satan to Block the Gospel? On this episode of the Ask Pastor John podcast, John Piper responds to the question “I know that Satan and demons have tremendous physical power and influence over the world, the material world. My question is about his power over thespiritual  Why did God give Satan such immense power to blind people to the glory of Christ (2 Corinthians 4:4) and to snatch from hearts the very saving gospel so that people are left without any hope of salvation (Luke 8:12)? Why was he given such immense spiritual power to abort the gospel in the lives of sinners?”

• Wisdom from the Letters of John Newton. In this article, Tim Keller looks at the treasure of wisdom found in the letters of John Newton — specifically looking at how we can fall into the trap of not recognizing subtle areas of sin in our lives and how damaging that can be to a person’s witness. He also shows how grace is the key to living in the way God calls us.
• Are These the End Times? A Conversation with Robert Godfrey, Burk Parsons, and Cornelis Venema. Chaos and moral confusion abound in our fallen world, causing many Christians to wonder if we are living in the end times. Here is a recent conversation on eschatology with Robert Godfrey, Burk Parsons, and Cornelis Venema. Watch as they consider how God’s people find hope and strength to endure as we trust in the promise of Christ’s return. The program begins at the 14:06 point.

• Masters Champion Scottie Scheffler’s Faith and Focus Make Him Unshakable, and Perhaps, Unstoppable. Kyle Porter writes “Scheffler is guided by his Christian faith, about which he has become increasingly vocal.”
• Tim Challies’ Epic: An Around-the-World Journey through Christian History Documentary is Now Free to Watch on YouTube. Tim Challies’ 10-episode documentary is now available for free, taking you on location and providing an immersive experience for understanding the history of Christianity.

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• God wants us to take everything off of our “worry list” and put it all on our “prayer list”. H.B. Charles Jr.
• We have permission to approach His throne at all times—in midnight’s darkest hour or in noontide’s most burning heat. Exercise your right, believer, and enjoy this privilege. Charles Spurgeon
• In all your weaknesses and failures remember and rest in the truth that mercy triumphs over judgment. Paul Tripp
• Some of the rarest pearls have been found in the deepest waters, and some of the choicest utterances of believers have come when God’s waves and billows have been made to roll over them. Charles Spurgeon
• God will either give us what we ask or give us what we would have asked if we knew everything he knows. Tim Keller
• I have a great need for Christ: I have a great Christ for my need. Charles Spurgeon
• Don’t set boundaries for others God didn’t set. God’s law is loving, wise, protective and enough. Paul Tripp
• Sin is not just doing bad things. It is taking good things and making them ultimate in your life. Tim Keller
• God is in charge of the great reversals; He turns us from darkness to light, from sadness to joy, from death to life. Alistair Begg