Credo’s Cache

Each week we will be highlighting important resources. Check back each Friday to see what we have dug up for you. From this week’s cache:

1. Bring Back the Holy Kiss: By Megan Hill – Hill says: “Last Sunday, my church celebrated the Lord’s Supper. I looked at my hand and at the cupped hands of my brothers and sisters, each of us holding a piece of bread. And I gave thanks that Jesus has given us something to touch. The sacraments are themselves a holy kiss of sorts—a visible, physical confirmation of mutual love.”

2. The Exclusivity of Treasure Pursuit: By Paul Tripp – Tripp notes: “Only grace can make your heart choose the pleasure of God over the pleasure of the created world. Only grace can make you humble enough to admit your need for more grace.”

3. Waiting on Character: By Aaron Earls – Earls says: “So, maybe, God would like you to find some extra moments to wait. If He really loves us as He says He does, He will do whatever it takes to make us into the people He created us to be. Maybe the person He created you to be is waiting on you in that long line at Walmart.”

4. The Gospel Includes Sanctification: By Rick Phillips – Phillips says: “What a glorious gospel, the message of which is the coming of Christ and his comprehensive victory over sin for those who believe! What a celebration of his saving grace, when we not only refer to the gospel in terms of justification but when we press on to the righteous life to which we are called and equipped by the grace of Christ! How many rich themes we find in the gospel to sing the praise of the grace of Christ!”

5. N Is for Nazareth: By Russell Moore – Moore notes: “The Islamic militants mean it for evil when they mark homes with ‘N’ for ‘Nazarene.’ They assume it’s an insult, an emblem of shame. Others once thought that of the cross. But in that intended slight, we are reminded of who we are, and why we belong to one another, across the barriers of space and time and language and nationality. We are Christians. We are citizens of the New Jerusalem. We are Nazarenes all.”

Matt Manry is the Assistant Pastor at Life Bible Church in Canton, Georgia. He is currently pursuing a Master of Arts in Religion at Reformed Theological Seminary and a Masters of Arts in Christian and Classical Studies from Knox Theological Seminary. He blogs regularly at gospelglory.net.