Growing in Grace: May 2015

Don't Let Pride Steal Your Joy - "Jesus came to deliver us from the power of pride and restore all the joy it steals. 'Death to the tyrant pride!' is the great gospel battle cry of freedom."

The Well-Gifted Grad - It's officially graduation season and if you're looking for a gift, I'd have to agree with this article that says books are the best grad gifts. This is an excellent list of ideas.

An Interview with Courtney Reissig - Reissig is the author of the newly-released The Accidental Feminist and this interview with her covers the influence of feminism, how men can encourage women, submission, and more.

How Do I Know I'm a Christian? - Kevin DeYoung: "Whenever counseling Christians looking for assurance of salvation, I take them to 1 John. This brief epistle is full of help for determining whether we are in the faith or not. In particular, there are three signs in 1 John given to us so we can answer the question 'Do I have confidence or condemnation?'"

Children: Necessary or Optional? - "'First comes love and then comes marriage, then comes a baby in a baby carriage.' At one point in time, this song would have come true for almost every couple. It was generally understood and expected that a couple have children once they married. But today, it’s another story."

Musing on Wanting God - "How much of God do I want?"

Pregnant at Harvard? - This is one of the saddest articles I've read in a long time. Welcome to the culture of death.

The Importance of Friendship - Friendships are important in the Christian life. Just ask Jonathan Edwards' daughter and John Calvin.

When Trials Steal Your Joy - Do you believe that good is coming?

Pixar Hidden Secrets - I love videos like this. This one highlights a bunch of connections between Disney's Pixar movies.