The April 2012 Top 10 : Links Roundup

This month’s theme is simplicity.

So, it’s the end of April.

Wasn’t that a great introduction?

On to the links.

1. How about a two-fer to start? Daniel Gaines wrote a simple post on his blog, then had his wife, Tiffany, write a follow up. Daniel’s post is “Four Questions that Every Husband Should Ask His Wife Once in a While.” Tiffany’s follow up is “Four Questions that Every Wife Should Ask Her Husband.”

2. I love the Gospel. It really is good news! But, we need to answer the question that Neal Pollard asks: “Do They Know It’s Good News?”

3. Walking around local stores, I see that it’s immodest clothing season again. Jeremy Pate writes a post that every teenage girl and every parent needs to read, re-read, and re-re-read…then heed! It’s called “I Have Nothing to Say about Modesty.”

4. Scott Bond’s “Gospel Glow” blog is really good. My favorite recent post is a simple list, but one that should lead to some personal reflection. It’s called “9 Things More Important than the Gospel.” [Additional note: I sure wish I had the creativity to come up with the picture headings for each post like Scott does. They are always really great!]

5. Seth Godin’s marketing blog must be taken with a grain of salt, but every so often he writes something that congregations need to think about. Such is the case with his post “Do you have a people strategy?”

Now, for something funny. Enjoy a classic clip from Bill Cosby.

Now for the final five links.

6. I love social media, but I also see the many dangers that are found in it. My dad wrote a wonderful post recently that I hope you will think about. It’s called “Ponder before You Post.”

7. Daniel Howell recently did two posts on the issue of homosexuality. Both posts were terrific, but the first is the one that I think you will find most practical. It’s called “Ten Things I Wish the Church Knew about Homosexuality: A Response.”

8. A lot of Christians are asking the title question in Chris Gallagher’s post that we are linking to this month. He gives some sobering facts, then a Christian response to the question, “Can Our Country Survive?”

9. More and more, I am convinced that a lack of knowledge of the Bible is the reason behind most of the problems we see both inside and outside the Church. Hugh Fulford shares some of his thoughts on the topic of “Biblical Illiteracy.”

10. Chuck Webster’s blog is simply amazing. It is a must-read for me each day, and I could fill this links roundup with nothing but links back to his posts. My favorite this month truly hit home. It is called “Have You Ever Been Persecuted?”

That’s 10. We’re done.

Except for our usual song. Enjoy, well, a strange combo.

How was that for simplicity? See you in May.