This is our weekly roundup of links for 12/18/2017-12/23/2017 from around the web. We hope you find the following articles helpful to your growth in godliness.
Unexpected Grace in a Secular place: Revitalizing a Church in Maine by Owen Strachan over at TGC. https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/unexpected-grace-secular-place-revitalizing-maine/
How To Begin A Bible-Reading Habit in 2018 by Paul Martin over at Challies https://www.challies.com/articles/how-to-begin-a-bible-reading-habit-in-2018/
What Expository Preaching Is Not by H.B. Charles https://ftc.co/resource-library/blog-entries/what-expository-preaching-is-not
Our Contributors Articles from Around the Web
Each week we will be featuring articles our writers write at a variety of places like TGC, Desiring God, For the Church, ERLC, and more.
The Marvelous Condescension of Christmas by Justin Huffman. http://gcdiscipleship.com/2017/12/24/the-marvelous-condescension-of-christmas/
When Your Reconciliation Doesn’t Reconcile by Gaye Clark. https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/when-reconciliation-doesnt-reconcile/
Top Articles on Servants of Grace this week.
The top ten most read articles on our website this past week.
1) Why Does the Church Matter? by Justin Huffman https://servantsofgrace.org/why-does-church-matter/
2) Joy in the Journey by Michael Milton. https://servantsofgrace.org/joy-in-the-journey/
3) Why Justification by Faith Alone is Necessary for Good Works by Matt Perman. https://servantsofgrace.org/why-justification-by-faith-alone-is-necessary-for-good-works/
4) The Three Offices of Christ by Matt Adams. https://servantsofgrace.org/the-three-offices-of-christ/
5) The Patient God by Nick Batzig https://servantsofgrace.org/the-patient-god/
6) Remembering RC Sproul: Our Need for Theological Giants in the Church Today https://servantsofgrace.org/episode-124-remembering-rc-sproul-need-theological-giants-church-today/
7) What is the Doctrine of Justification? by Matt Perman https://servantsofgrace.org/what-is-the-doctrine-of-justification/
8) Why Contend for the Faith? by Costi Hinn https://servantsofgrace.org/why-contend-for-the-faith/
9) Please Stop Saying “God Told Me” by Josh Buice. https://servantsofgrace.org/please-stop-saying-god-told/
10) Why Justification by Faith Alone is Necessary for Good Works by Matt Perman. https://servantsofgrace.org/why-justification-by-faith-alone-is-necessary-for-good-works/
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Dave Jenkins is happily married to his wife, Sarah. He is a writer, editor, and speaker living in beautiful Southern Oregon. Dave is a lover of Christ, His people, the Church, and sound theology. He serves as the Executive Director of Servants of Grace Ministries, the Executive Editor of Theology for Life Magazine, the Host and Producer of Equipping You in Grace Podcast, and is a contributor to and producer of Contending for the Word. He is the author of The Word Explored: The Problem of Biblical Illiteracy and What To Do About It (House to House, 2021), The Word Matters: Defending Biblical Authority Against the Spirit of the Age (G3 Press, 2022), and Contentment: The Journey of a Lifetime (Theology for Life, 2024). You can find him on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, or read his newsletter. Dave loves to spend time with his wife, going to movies, eating at a nice restaurant, or going out for a round of golf with a good friend. He is also a voracious reader, in particular of Reformed theology, and the Puritans. You will often find him when he’s not busy with ministry reading a pile of the latest books from a wide variety of Christian publishers. Dave received his M.A.R. and M.Div through Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary.
