Daily Links 3-5-14

In today's post: why Satan hates your family, who is your lion, reasons to avoid sexual immorality, Reddit saves a bakery, and more.

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Why Satan hates your family. Some good points here about why Satan works so hard to attack families.

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How to write an e-mail that will get a response. Some of these tips will seem a little obvious. However, it amazes me the number of e-mails I get that don't abide by even the simplest of guidelines.

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Who is your lion? Whose lion are you? Or to put it another way: who has had the biggest impact on your Christian walk? And who have you had the biggest impact upon?

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"Dear Soldier -- my dad was a soldier. He's in heaven now."  A heartwarming story about an 8 year old boy who decided to pay it forward with a soldier.

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Hire slow, fire fast. A very unconventional way of thinking about hiring and firing employees. It has a lot of merit.

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10 reasons to avoid sexual immorality. A very sobering list to reflect upon.

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25 motivational Winston Churchill quotes. How we so desperately need a leader like him today.

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Don't doubt the power of social media: how Reddit came to a bakery's rescue. (Hat tip: Food Riot)

Daily Links 2-6-14

In today's links: was a Christian film a victim of bias, how to become a professional author, how Christians should engage culture without falling into the fundamentalist trap, and more.

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I previously noted that Alone Yet Not Alone was honored with an Oscar nomination for best song. But not long after the film was honored the Academy decided to rescind the nomination based on the efforts by the song's producer to lobby Academy members for votes. But his behavior does not seem to be all that different from many other producers. This begs the question whether the film was really victim of some anti-Christian bias in Hollywood.

Related: the producer of Schindler's List says the Oscars are bigoted. Perhaps there is something there after all.

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There's been an ongoing discussion in evangelical circles about how to properly engage the culture and how much we can safely engage before running the risk of sin. Now, Aaron Earls weighs in with some further observations as well as a word of caution for all concerned.

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A good read from Relevant Magazine: the most damaging attitude in our churches.

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Seven ways to judge the effectiveness of your church. Notice that none of these are how many people show up for Sunday morning services.

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Some advice on becoming a professional author from Dave Barry. Hilarious.

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Loads of surprises to be found in these special edition LEGO sets. Fun stuff.

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