BCL Online Picks — September 25, 2025
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Sifting through endless content to find what’s truly worth reading takes time—more time than most of us have. Here are Beautiful Christian Life’s picks for this week to equip and encourage you.
1. Why No One Wants to Work Anymore
Over at Sola Veritas, pastor and Just Thinking Podcast co-host Virgil Walker explores the deep shifts in our culture’s understanding of labor and the dignity of work. Against a backdrop of entitlement, burnout, and shifting incentives, he challenges us to rethink not just why we work, but how we live in a world that increasingly resists the grind.
2. There Is No Mary Problem in “It’s a Wonderful Life”
We were planning to save this article for the Christmas season (and we’ll likely share it again in December), but it’s just too good to hold back. In the beloved film It’s a Wonderful Life, one puzzling question lingers: Why does Mary Hatch end up as a single small-town librarian if George Bailey never existed—especially when she was so attractive, charming, and pursued by wealthy Sam Wainwright? It doesn’t seem to add up. Over at The Bulwark, author Clare Coffey not only unpacks this mystery but also helps us appreciate Frank Capra’s masterpiece even more.
3. A Few Problems with the Papal Communion
Protestants who are contemplating converting to Roman Catholicism may not be aware of the numerous ways the Roman Catholic Church has departed from what God has revealed in Scripture. In this Aquila Report article, Tom Hervey highlights seven serious issues to consider about the current state of Rome.
4. Mdiv not MD
Pastors are often asked all sorts of questions, but not every concern falls within their expertise. In a recent blog post, pastor and theologian J. V. Fesko shares a personal story to illustrate that some problems aren’t spiritual at all—they’re medical and require the care of a physician rather than a minister.
5. Fencing the Table
Have you ever heard the expression, “fencing the Table” and wondered what it means? Over at the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland website, Matthew Vogan, author and general manager of Reformation Scotland, shares why it is necessary and helpful for everyone to have the Table fenced prior to partaking of the Lord’s Supper.
6. Sin Separates?
We’ve all heard the phrase “sin separates us from God,” but what does that really mean? Over at Abounding Grace Radio, Pastor Wes Bredenhof invites us to take a closer look at this familiar saying through the lens of Scripture.
7. The Role of Hope in the Christian Life
In this Ligonier Ministries article, R. C. Sproul encourages us that Christian hope is far more than wishful thinking. It’s not “taking a deep breath and hoping things will turn out all right” but instead the confidence of “faith looking forward.”
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