Now for some “on holiday” fun:

Good post from Joe Carter on God being a pacifist - or not.

There are a few things he mentions that we’ve been studying in Sunday School, namely submitting to and respecting authority. I’ll be the first to admit that this is easier said than done, especially since it’s so easy to criticize the people who’ve been given leadership positions directly over us. Areas of authority that we’ve been looking at include direct-from-God authority, family authority, church authority and civil authority. I will say this about the entire authority study: the next several months are going to be quite interesting, because exercising submission and respect in a couple of those areas is going to feel more like a chore than a gift.