Rebecca Stark is the author of The Good Portion: God, the second title in The Good Portion series.
The Good Portion: God explores what Scripture teaches about God in hopes that readers will see his perfection, worth, magnificence, and beauty as they study his triune nature, infinite attributes, and wondrous works.
Wednesday, January 22, 2014 at 7:32PM 
Things
A list of five criteria we can use to examine ourselves to see if we are in the faith (Joseph Rodriquez at 9Marks).
Ways
From Erik Raymond, five things to ask when you pray for your own church family:
Read an explanation of each request at Ligonier Ministries Blog.
Tuesday, January 21, 2014 at 12:04PM 
preaching
“God speaking in the power of His Spirit about His Son from His word through a man”;1 “[t]he proclamation and explanation of the Word of God in Scripture with relevance to particular communities and their context.”2
And I, when I came to you, brothers, did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom. For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. And I was with you in weakness and in fear and much trembling, and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God. (1 Corinthians 2:1-5, ESV)
Monday, January 20, 2014 at 8:01PM 
Question 19. From where do you know this?
Answer: From the holy gospel, which God himself first revealed in Paradise; (a) and later proclaimed through the patriarchs (b) and prophets, (c) and represented by the sacrifices and other ceremonies of the law; (d) and lastly, he fulfilled it through his only begotten Son. (e)
(Click through to see scriptural proofs.)