Earlier this week at ThomRainer.com:
Parents, Please Don’t Let Your Kids Watch Logan and Jake Paul — Chris Martin
On YouTube, and really in the world of social media in general, the year 2017 belonged to two brothers who compete for the attention of same audience (preteen-to-teen boys and girls): Jake and Logan Paul.
5 Benefits of Pastoring a Rural Church — Jay Sanders
It wasn’t my plan to be the pastor of a church with a name that I couldn’t pronounce in a town with more cows than people but I’m glad that it worked out that way. Here’s why.
3 Reasons Churches Must Be Concerned about Mental Health — Eric Geiger
Thankfully, in recent years church leaders have developed a better understanding that struggles with depression and battles with mental health are not solely spiritual issues. Just as godly people can struggle with physical sickness, godly people can struggle with mental sickness. Both are a result of our fallen and broken world. While we have made progress in this area, according to a recent LifeWay research project on 1,000 people, there is still work to do. You can read the whole research project here; the research points to at least three reasons pastors must be concerned about mental health:
The Best CCM Debut Albums — Tim Challies
I recently began thinking of bands and artists within Christian Contemporary Music whose debut album was so good that it immediately established them as exceptional. Here are the ones I came up with.
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