links

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To hear a good word on growing in personal holiness – watch this short video interview with Kevin DeYoung.
“There are no secrets or shortcuts to personal holiness. We just have to do some very ordinary things more consistently.”

http://www.crossway.org/blog/2012/10/four-ordinary-means-of-grace/


Thom Rainer is on a rampage here (a good one) about evangelism in the local church. RBC has a ways to go in this area. Pray for us. And help us move forward.

http://www.thomrainer.com/2012/10/seven-reasons-why-evangelism-should-be-a-priority-of-your-church.php


This week is the fiftieth anniversary of Vatican II. Read the following for a good write up about contemporary Roman Catholic teaching.

http://www.desiringgod.org/blog/posts/what-happened-at-vatican-ii-and-how-to-pray-50-years-later


Finally, I really liked this little post on “More” by Justin Buzzard:

More isn’t necessarily more.

100 isn’t always greater than 1. I’d rather have 1 ambitious, risk-taking leader willing to fail over 100 “leaders” who accept the status quo and never fail.

50 isn’t always greater than 3. I’d rather have 3 really close friends than 50 people I kind of hang out with sometimes.

20 isn’t always greater than 4. I’d rather study, digest, argue with, and apply 4 really good books rather than merely read 20 books.

7 isn’t always greater than 6. I’d rather work really hard for 6 days and take 1 day to completely rest than work without a full tank for 7 days.

Don’t focus on more. Focus on the more important variables.