The Bachelorette and Fishing for Men: A woman’s view on the Bachelorettes strategy in hooking their man. “A Wild Thing uses a fly-fishing approach toward relationships, but a Wise Thing rejects the worldly idea that in order to get a guy, a girls needs to manipulatively toss out the bait and reel him in. She seeks to be godly, above-board, unpretentious, and without guile in her relationships with men.”

An App for Sharing the Gospel: Two Ways to Live is a familiar resource for South Shores Church youth staff. It is a simple six point presentation of the gospel (see online version here) that is easy to use, clear and to the point. I love how it frames the gospel within the overarching framework of the Biblical story beginning with God as the loving ruler and creator of the world. Anyhow, they now have Two Ways as an app. I highly recommend getting it because you never know when you will have the opportunity to share the good news with someone and this is a helpful tool to have! Also, check out the Christianity Explored App that has a gospel presentation video and videos answering hard questions.

The Freedom of the Regulative Principle: Does the Bible proscribe how Christian corporate worship should look or are we left to our own devices in thinking up how to lead God’s people in services? “Why try to improve on the elements we know were pleasing to God and practiced in the early church?” In other words, the regulative principle gives us the freedom to unapologetically to go back to basics. And stay there.”

God Really Cares About the Lost: “Just as the housewife sought for her missing coin, so God seeks out the lost, those who have rebelled against Him and His ways. He does not shrug His shoulders at the thought of one missing person. He stretches out His arms, ready to sacrifice Himself to bring back the lost soul in need of Him….I’m overwhelmed with gratitude when I consider how God lovingly pursued me. But this story reminds me of my need to have the same missionary heart that God has.”

God Will Give You More Than You Can Handle: John Newton, writer of Amazing Grace, wrote a song about God answering prayer. The song doesn’t turn out quite how you may except it to and that’s the whole point.

John Piper Books for $5 Each: Please don’t miss this deal. Stock up. John Piper will be read, discussed and rejoiced in for centuries to come.

That Lovely, Lovely Man: This is heart wrenchingly beautiful. A man speaks about his experience with an eldery lady who can’t go to church because of her health conditions: “She loves her Bible. She particularly loves Romans 8, Proverbs 3, and Isaiah 53. She loves to read the Gospels, and she talks about “that lovely, lovely man” of whom she reads, and how he lived and suffered and died for her, and her eyes fill with tears as she talks about how her eyes fill with tears whenever she thinks of how they hated, and spat at, and slaughtered “that lovely, lovely man.” You see, she knows him.”

And now watch a monkey demonstrate amazing acrobatic abilities in attacking a man:

From the uploader…

This is at the cafe inside the Memphis Zoo. The manager of the cafe told me that the alpha male monkey noticed me the second I walked in the door and started going crazy, because, as the alpha male, he feels threatened by tall males. So she told me to go stand by the window and turn my back on him and that he would “attack” me…

And attack he did…