Jared Mellinger

Amen. Long live the understory.

Recent criticisms of Tim Keller and Gavin Ortlund only increase my respect for these good and faithful men. I thank God for their ministries and I disagree with the strong critiques I’ve read. I’ve benefited from their ministry of the word and their approach to apologetics.

Don't trust online personalities whose brand would be damaged if things got better.

Perhaps the greatest #AscensionDay verses: “Even now my Witness is in heaven; my Advocate is on high. My Intercessor is my Friend as my eyes pour out tears to God; on behalf of a man he pleads with God as one pleads for a friend.” Job 16:19-21 4 names for the ascended Christ…

We were thrilled to be able to host our 3rd National Strategy Conference this weekend. What a joy to bring together our fellowship of churches to celebrate all that God is doing in and through ACME.

I commend joy. “And I commend joy, for man has nothing better under the sun but to eat and drink and be joyful, for this will go with him in his toil through the days of his life that God has given him under the sun.” (Eccl. 8:15)

So good. Another great interview with @BenSasse.

Thank God for the Pastors College of Sovereign Grace Churches.

This summary of @TimKellerNYC’s teaching on the Christian life released one year ago today. Grateful to all who have read it. amazon.com/Tim-Keller-Chr…

Really enjoying this book by @JMellinger. If only I could pump its message into the bloodstream of every church—starting with my own heart.

@danielhnichols Thanks Dan! It’s sold through 10ofThose. us.10ofthose.com/product/978196…

@MattSmethurst @JMellinger Awesome! Where can I buy it? Don't see it on Amazon, and the TGC bookstore link is broken.

This week, we had the privilege of welcoming 97 pastors from across the country to attend Jeff Purswell’s class on the Pastoral Epistles. We are grateful for every pastor who joined us—we’re thankful for the opportunity to serve those who are serving the church.

Spending a profitable week at the @sovgracepc learning about the pastoral epistles from my favorite teacher. "Jesus Christ and His mercy to sinners is to be the governing reality for pastoral identity and ministry." (Purswell)

My heart will sing of the King who forgave me.

Last week I gave a lecture on gender, focusing especially on the question of patriarchy. Here are some of my favorite resources.

Justin Taylor: “As you turn eighty this year, which feels like a milestone, none of us knows our day or our hour, but statistically you will be seeing Jesus sooner rather than later. What is that experience like now in your eighties, contemplating seeing him face to face?” John Piper (today): “He sees to it that it stays real, because I had a heart attack last July and got three stents in here now. And I think this black eye right here is owing to blood thinners. I’m on two blood thinners and I woke up the other morning and said, ‘What’s that?’ And I went to ChatGPT. [Laughter] Doctor Chat! [Laughter] It said, number one, age. [Laughter] Thin skin. Number two, blood thinners. Anyway, the point is, God keeps me on the brink of eternity. I look at that and think, what if it covered my face!? And that’s a great place to live. On the edge of eternity. … So the effect being old has is that it forces me to demand from the Lord that he be real. ‘I want you to be *starkly real* so that in the moment of death there’s no question, there’s no doubt, there’s no fear. And the meeting on the other side would not be totally surprising.’ … I didn’t use to plead like this when I was 40. But I plead for a kind of stark, present, precious, spiritual sense of the Lord’s reality, and that’s a wonderful thing to be driven to day after day, so that my devotions now are of a special order of urgency day by day.” #coramdeopascon

I highly recommend @gavinortlund's book "The Art of Disagreeing." It is saturated with grace and biblical wisdom. If you are looking for a resource to help you grow in godliness when in the middle of disagreement, this will serve you well. Thanks, Gavin!

This is a great list. Praise God for gifted song writers and musicians.

How often do you think about this paragraph that DeYoung wrote a few years ago in his review of Wolfe’s book on Christian Nationalism? Not as often as I do. Lol.

If you haven't checked out the new worldview podcast, THE CLASH VS produced by my friends Ricky Alcantar @RickyAlcantar and Ben Kreps @BenKreps give it a listen/watch: sovereigngrace.com/the-clash-vs/