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. Forgive Us Our Trespasses: Chelsea Vaughn – Vaughn says, “Wounds are tender, and they have to be treated with care. When I was a young girl playing tug of war, I felt more pain when I grabbed my leg in arrogance. I had to dig my fingers into the fleshy burn and see it with my own eyes, instead of just accepting that I was hurt and in need of help. We must examine our hurt as well.”

2. What Impedes Our Growth?: Erik Raymond – Raymond notes, “Have you wondered why some professing Christians seem to bloom and others seem to languish spiritually? They can be in the same church or even the same family, sharing many of the same experiences yet seem to differing starkly in their progress.”

3. The Heart of Hospitality: Christina Fox – Fox says, “Unlike the images we see online or in magazines, Biblical hospitality isn’t always pretty. It’s imperfect and messy. When we invite strangers into our home and share our food and life with them, it gets complicated.”

4. Pastors, Let Your Deacons Serve: Matt Capps – Capps says, “I am thankful for a body of deacons that love Jesus, and are willing to serve in a way that glorifies God. Their servant leadership frees the pastors to focus on the ministry of the word and prayer.”

5. The Honest Truth About Passive-Aggressiveness: Stephen Witmer – Witmer notes, “The most effective way to battle passive-aggressive speech — and all other sins of speech, and all other sins in general — is to identify the promises they make to us, recognize these false promises as lies, and then trust the superior promises of Jesus, by the power of the Holy Spirit.”

Matt Manry is the Assistant Pastor at Life Bible Church in Canton, Georgia. He writes at matthewwmanry.com.