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BCL Online Picks — April 9, 2026
Read about the fundamental divide between Protestants and Catholics, God’s presence amid fear, shepherding a tender conscience, Christian unity amid disagreement, courageous love, and more in this week’s online picks!
7 Ways to Be a Friend According to the Bible
People lack friends, and they suffer for it. They are doing life alone, and that is hard. We need to learn to be friends again, and the apostle Paul teaches us how in his first letter to the church in Thessalonica.
Navigating Friendship in the Local Church
It’s easy to bring lofty ideas of friendship into the church, oftentimes in a way that is unfair to others, causing us to neglect the body of Christ for not meeting our unreal expectations.
5 Ways to Respond to Mental Illness in the Church
Mental illness can be difficult to recognize physically. Some people may not even know they have a mental illness. What encouragement can we find in Scripture and the church for those who are living with this health condition?
Does Increased Access to Knowledge Satisfy More in the Long Run?
We are a people with more knowledge at our fingertips than any other time in history; yet, we are more depressed than most of our ancestors. Why?