Grab bag

Some helpful articles I’ve bookmarked recently (or not so recently):

• “I’ll See You in Court” (Jesse Johnson, The Cripplegate) — a helpful explanation of 1 Corinthians 6 and its application in lawsuits and insurance dilemmas.
• “Unmarried Sex Is Worse Than You Think” (TGC, Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra and Collin Hansen )
• “The Conversation About Sex You Need to Have with Your Spouse” (TGC, David White)
• “Come to Church Desperate” (Desiring God, John Piper) — how to prepare for weekly worship
• “The Missing Conversation in Our Accountability” (Desiring God, Ryan Griffith) — a plea that we be more purposeful in our conversations 
• “T206 Honus Wagner baseball card sells for $6.606 million, shattering previous record” (ESPN) — for my baseball loving, ballcard-collecting friends
• “How Afghan Pastors Reflect on God’s Sovereignty” (TGC, Mark Morris) — a sober reminder about the cost and benefits of defending the faith
• “Shock news: Judas Walks Away From Faith” (Stephen McAlpine) — making sense of senseless apostasy
• “The Seminary of Suffering” (TMS, Caleb Cunningham)
• “Don’t Quit the Everyday Work of Marriage” (Crossway, Paul David Tripp)
• “Why You Should Resist Conspiracy Theories” (Stand to Reason, Aaron Brake)
• “10 Things You Should Know about the Danger of Media” (Crossway, Tony Reinke)
• “The Most Unlikely of Heroes” (Tim Challies) — a story of special needs children and adoption
• “36 Purposes of God in Our Suffering” (Paul Tautges, from material written by Joni Eareckson Tada)
• “John MacArthur Celebrates 50 Years at Grace Church” (TGC, Jeff Robinson and John MacArthur) — this is a couple of years old, but still worth reading
• “How to Play Church” (John MacArthur) — this was his first sermon at Grace Community Church — more than 50 years ago, and still worth hearing.