• What Justin Welby’s Resignation Can Teach Evangelicals. Bernard H. Howard writes “Last Thursday, the Church of England published a report known as the Makin Review (named for its lead reviewer, Keith Makin). Initially, Archbishop Welby refused to resign, but five days later, in response to mounting public outrage at the contents of the report, he offered his resignation to King Charles.”

• Humbly Admitting We Are Vulnerable to Sexual Temptation Is the First Step to Avoiding a Fall. Randy Alcorn writes “It doesn’t matter where you are and what you’re doing. We still have to be humbly alert in this area, or Satan the roaring lion will take us down, and God will humble us.

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• Can We Know Truth With Complete Certainty? On this episode of the Ask Pastor John podcast, John Piper answers this question from a father whose infant son recently died “Can I freely rejoice in the fact that my son is in heaven? Or will this be something I cannot be completely sure of until I am with Jesus in heaven, too?”
• Did Jesus Diminish His Divine Power to Become Human? Kyle Claunch answers that question in this episode of Honest Answers.
• Can a Church Require Tithing? On this episode of the Ask Pastor John podcast, John Piper responds to a question that reads in part “What do you think about forced tithing? Recently in my church there has been an expectation that our church leaders tithe ten percent of their income back to the church as a condition of their ongoing employment at the church. While I understand the importance of supporting the church financially, I’ve found myself conflicted about the approach being taken by our leaders.”
• Is Every Psalm About Christ? Richard Belcher addresses this question on Wisdom Wednesday.
• The Visible and Invisible Church. Not everyone who visibly appears in the church actually belongs to God’s redeemed people. On this episode of the Simply Put podcast, Barry Cooper helps us make the crucial distinction between the visible and invisible church.
• What’s True and False in Job? On this episode of the Ask Pastor John podcast, John Piper responds to the question “How do we parse fact from fiction as we read Job’s words, along with his wife and all of his friends, trying to interpret providence?”

• What is the Unpardonable Sin? (Matthew 12). Dan Doriani writes “Jesus does not define this ominous act, traditionally called the unpardonable sin, which cannot merely be a heinous sin (such as murder), since “every sin” can be forgiven.”
• Preaching Christ in Every Sermon. On this episode of the The Everyday Pastor podcast, Matt Smethurst and Ligon Duncan visit with Bryan Chapell on the topic of Christ-centered preaching, and on why (and how) to make Jesus Christ the hero of every sermon.

• Luther, Calvin, and Economics — A Conversation with Professor Benjamin M. Friedman. On this episode of the Thinking in Public podcast, Albert Mohler visits with Benjamin M. Friedman, the William Joseph Maier Professor of Political Economy and former chairman of the Department of Economics at Harvard University, Benjamin M. Friedman. They discuss his latest book, Religious Influences on Economic Thinking.

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• As long as you hold onto the idea that you can produce a life that will win the favor of God, you won’t see why you need Jesus. Jerry Bridges
• We too often worry about tomorrow because our focus is on tomorrow and not on our God who is sovereign over tomorrow. Burk Parsons
• We are not free to do what is right in our own eyes. We are called to do what is right in His eyes. R.C. Sproul
• The Christian believer is at one and the same time justified and yet a sinner. Sinclair Ferguson
• True security is found not in people, places and things, but in the faithful, loving, protecting, and providing presence of the Lord. Paul Tripp
• Prayer is hard because dying to self, humbling ourselves, coming to the end of ourselves and admitting we’re helpless is hard. Burk Parsons
• Sin promises short-term pleasure but ends in long-term misery. Christ promises short-term hardship that results in everlasting happiness. John Piper
• Only the Word of God has the kind of authority that can bind the consciences of men forever. R.C. Sproul
• God is always doing ten thousand things in your life, and you may be aware of three of them. John Piper