What Do Contentment, Identity, and Joy Have in Common? Three Great New Resources
So, pleased to see three great new resources released this year by my wife, Melissa. And they cover the topics of contentment, identity, and joy.
First, Ligonier ministries just released a new 8-part video series with Melissa on contentment which would be fantastic for Bible studies, women’s groups, or Sunday School classes.
Here’s the summary from Ligonier
Many Christians struggle with comparison, covetousness, and complaining. But the Apostle Paul was content in plenty and in want. What was Paul’s secret, and how do we cultivate contentment in our lives? In Contentment, Melissa Kruger considers what it really means to be content: to place our trust in our good and sovereign … Continue reading...
Wonderful New Book: The Envy of Eve
My wife Melissa has just published a wonderful new book, The Envy of Eve: Finding Contentment in a Covetous World (Christian Focus, 2012). The issue of coveting is one that does not get much attention in today’s church (when’s the last time you heard a sermon on it?). Yet, as she points out in her book, coveting is really a “mother” sin. That is, when left unchecked it can give birth to all kinds of other sins.
Thus, coveting is the foundation for suspicion of, and rebellion against, both our maker and our neighbor. In this sense, coveting is the direct opposite of the two greatest commandments: “And you shall … Continue reading...