Resource Roundup – 1/25/19

A few articles and a few highly recommended books (to read to your kids!) this week.

WALSH: You Can’t Give A Lethal Injection To Criminals In New York But You Can Give It To Infants – “Speaking of lethal injection, in case you haven’t yet grasped how twisted this law is, consider that capital punishment has been ruled unconstitutional in New York. You are not allowed to give a lethal injection to convicted serial killers, pedophiles, rapists, school shooters, or any other species of monster. But you can give a lethal injection to an infant. Indeed, you can only give lethal injections to infants in New York. The crime of child rape will not earn you the needle. The crime of being conceived in the wrong womb might. It is a capital offense, and you may well be made to suffer dearly for it.”

Your Obedience in Christ Means War – “Jesus loves you, which is why he would kill that part of you that loves sin. If we want to live well, we must learn to die in him. Your identity in Christ is what gives you the courage, the ability, and the desire to do this. In Christ, your sin cannot rule over you. In Christ, you do not want it to. In Christ, we have the strength to fight it. And in Christ, we will ultimately have the victory.”

Cultivating Self-Control – “Yet the Apostle Peter exhorts us to godly effort even as the Spirit is working. “For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness” (2 Peter 1:5–6). Lack of self-control leads to ineffectiveness and lack of fruitfulness, Peter says. Even worse, it may lead to our destruction. Remember Achan’s craving for the devoted things in Joshua 7? In stark disobedience to the Lord’s command, he coveted the beautiful cloak, two hundred shekels of silver, and a gold bar of fifty shekels, and he seized them against the Lord’s clear command. His lack of self-control proved devastating to himself and his entire family.”

Important books to read to your kids-

Good Pictures Bad Pictures Jr.: A Simple Plan to Protect Young Minds – In our morally depraved culture, children are seeing pornography at younger ages than ever, and sometimes, quite by accident. If you have a phone, tv, computer, ipad, etc., they have access. Please steward their eyes, minds, and hearts well with this fantastic resource. This book is for ages 3-6.

Good Pictures, Bad Pictures: Porn Proofing Today’s Young Kids – This is an excellent book for the older kids. It explains what porn is, happens when they see it, and a plan of action for when they are exposed to it. At some point your children WILL be exposed–please inform and equip them beforehand.