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The Early Bird Gets The Link

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The Early Bird Gets The Link is a daily roundup of interesting and thought provoking articles, videos, or audio clips.

The Feminization of Christianity

This series by the Art of Manliness has definitely been interesting. “Welcome back to our series on the relationship between Christianity and masculinity, which aims to explore the historical and cultural factors that have made women statistically more likely to be committed to the religion than men.”

Given Deborah, Jael, and Judith, Why Shouldn’t Women Serve in Combat?

Here are three different views concerning women in combat. 

Simon Goulart’s Path to Joy

John Piper isn’t kidding when he says that he didn’t make this Christian hedonism stuff up. There is a rich history of “God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him”. 

6 Observations about Leading Children to Jesus

There is no greater honor as a pastor than to lead someone to trust in Jesus. When it comes to the children in our churches, this honor is a great responsibility. Here are 6 observations about talking with children regarding faith in Jesus Christ.

10 Ways to Lie About Addiction

Fragmentation: One helpful way to think of deception within addiction is fragmentation; telling parts (i.e., fragments) of your story as if they were the whole story and expecting others to respond accordingly.

The Gospel According to ‘Stranger Things’

I must admit I enjoyed the Netflix original Stranger Things. Here is one writers take on seeing the Gospel in Stranger Things. 

The Early Bird Gets The Link 

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The Early Bird Gets The Link is a daily roundup of thought provoking and insightful articles from various sources. 

Are Young Evangelicals More Liberal Than Their Parents?
Interesting study. “The young, restless, and… liberal? Are younger evangelicals really more left-leaning than their parents? The easy answer is, “Of course they are! Look at how many of them are voting for pot legalization and driving those tiny cars!”

Signposts: Why Christians Must Keep Christianity Strange

The Gospel thrived in the 1st century, one reason is because the Gospel was radically different from all they were used to. Moore says “Only a strange gospel can differentiate itself from the culture around us. But the strange, freakish, foolish old gospel is what God uses to save sinners and to build the Church.”

Do You Pray Like a Nonbeliever?

So then, what is the difference? How should Christians pray? Do they not pray for these good things?

Four Types of Churches That Will Soon Die

In simple terms, there are four types of churches that will soon die. It is sad to watch the churches in these categories. Some congregations are in more than one category. And some are in all four.

5 Levels of Motivation for Overcoming Addiction

We want to, but we don’t. We’re motivated, but we’re not. We think we should, but wish people would just leave us alone. This mindset is called “ambivalence” – feeling two contradictory emotions about the same thing. Even if we didn’t know what ambivalence was, we’re good at it.