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My Review of Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, rated PG-13
*** ½

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale is a pleasing ending to the television and film franchise about the aristocratic Crawley family and their domestic servants in England. The film was directed by Simon Curtis (Downton Abbey: A New Era), and was written by Oscar winner Julian Fellowes (Gosford Park). It is the sequel to 2022’s Downton Abbey: A New Era, and is the third, and presumably final, Downton Abbey film.
The film takes place in 1930, a year after the stock market crash, in London and Yorkshire. Long-time fans of the television series will be pleased to see most of the loved characters from the series returning (Dame Maggie Smith, to whom the film is dedicated, died in 2024). Continue reading →


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We Have Lost Another Giant

As I write this, I’ve just watched the memorial service for John MacArthur. You can watch it here. I’ve written before about my appreciation for John MacArthur. You can read my article “Why I Love John MacArthur here.
The loss of MacArthur follows the recent loss of other giants in the Reformed/Evangelical camp. R.C. Sproul died in 2017 and Tim Keller in 2023. Sadly, there have also been men, who through their sin, have disqualified themselves from ministry. Among the giants still remaining are John Piper, Sinclair Ferguson, and Alistair Begg, all of whom are in their 70’s.
As we considered the loss of MacArthur, I was talking to my long-time pastor about who the leaders of the future would be. With so many of the giants departing, who will take up the mantle? Who will be the next Charles Spurgeon, or Martyn Lloyd-Jones? His response was to look to the faithful pastors who labor in the local church. Continue reading →


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THIS & THAT: A Gathering of Favorite Articles and Quotes

  • Glorifying God with Our Bodies Isn’t About What We Don’t Do. David Mathis writes “Glorifying God in our bodies isn’t mainly about what we avoid and don’t do with them. It’s far more about what we do with them—where we go with our feet, what we do with our hands to help others, and what we say with our mouths to give meaning to the acts of our bodies.”
  • When Weakness Overwhelms Us. Joni Eareckson Tada writes “Our call to suffer for the sake of Jesus comes from a God who is tender beyond description. In your pain and weakness, he is nearer than a brother (Proverbs 18:24), he heeds your cry of affliction (Psalm 9:12), he treasures all your tears (Psalm 56:8), and he’ll reward your endurance with all the joy eternity can muster (2 Corinthians 4:17). Perhaps best of all, if we suffer with him, “we will also reign with him” (2 Timothy 2:12). Oh, the joy!”

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  • Favorite Quotes of the Week

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FAITH AND WORK: Connecting Sunday to Monday

Faith and Work News ~ Links to Interesting Articles

  • Key Ways to Increase Our Awareness of God’s Presence at Work. Joshua Nangle writes “Proverbs 3:5-10provides timeless truths for raising our awareness of the presence of God in all of life, including in our work. Several principles can be gleaned from this passage, but there are three that call for attention here. When applied, these principles will help us work with God rather than only working for God. He is Lord, but he desires to work with us in our careers.”
  • A Leader Worth Following. My new book A Leader Work Following: 40 Key Leadership Attributes and Applications to Masteris available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle editions. Read a sample of the book (found under the book cover in the above link).
  • Your Work Is an Apologetic. Jacqueline Isaacs shares the third installment in a series on work as an apologetic.

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  • The Top 10 Faith and Work Quotes of the Week
  • Faith and Work Book Review ~ Why Your Work Matters: How God Uses Our Everyday Vocations to Transform Us, Our Neighbors, and the World by Tom Nelson
  • Quotes from the book Creation Regained: Biblical Basis for a Reformational Worldview by Albert Wolters

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