A La Carte (July 31)
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A La Carte: What is the gospel? / Ambitious goal setters / The digital tug-of-war / Filthy rags or fragrant offerings? / Dear weary caregiver / The change along the way / and more.
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What’s Going On In Your Pastor’s Mind?
It is one of the strengths, or perhaps one of the weaknesses, of the human mind that it can have different “tracks” playing at the same time. Even as one series of words is emerging from a person’s mouth, an entirely different series of words may be flitting through his brain. He can have an…
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A La Carte (July 30)
A La Carte: How John MacArthur changed American preaching / David French and Chip Gaines / Baptism blunders / No one who abides in him keeps on sinning / Guardrails for humor and joking / and more.
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A La Carte (July 29)
A La Carte: The simple, but precious, faith of our fathers / Will my dog be in heaven? / Read books, not AI summaries / Remembering Hulk Hogan / Why am I anxious? / Tired of hard things / Logos and Kindle deals.
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Dying Comfortably
Although we face difficulties—the world, temptations, and self-love—an active meditation on and a constant view of things above will maintain our spiritual-mindedness. If we ignore these, death will take us by surprise. #Sponsored
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A La Carte (July 28)
A La Carte: AI and the essence of creation / Life is absurd / Sharing the gospel without pushing others away / Don’t find your identity in your suffering / The drift toward cynicism / Kindle deals / and more.
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Selfish, Lifeless, Loveless Christianity
Hospitality is a concrete expression of Christian love and family life. Giving oneself to the care of God’s people means sharing one’s life and home with others. An open home is a sign of an open heart and a loving, sacrificial, serving spirit.
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It’s a Package Deal
When we come to Christ, we gain God as our Father and Christ as our King. But we do more than that. We also gain a family.
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Weekend A La Carte (July 26)
A La Carte: Comfort in the loss of a child / Just and gentle parenting / A new Getty hymn / How parents can get school choice right / Don’t overlook Sunday / Sing anyway / and more.
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Free Stuff Fridays (PrayMore)
Free Stuff Fridays: Free subscriptions to the new PrayMore app for your whole church or ministry! #Sponsored
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A Little Theology of Exercise
It is a sedentary age. It is true for so many of us that if we do not deliberately pursue opportunities to exercise, we can remain unhealthily static. Those of us whose work is with words and whose primary tool is a keyboard may face special challenges in this regard.
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A La Carte (July 25)
A La Carte: Among the Amish / Time to talk bride price / Our biggest problem is not other people / Prayers to pray for your church / Loving God in life’s disappointments / Hypocrisy / and more.
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Preorder My New Book and Documentary!
A few years ago I had an audacious idea: To travel the world and worship with Christians from east to west and north to south. The idea became a proposal and the proposal became a journey. Before I knew it I was traveling to Tonga, Fiji, Australia and far beyond.
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A La Carte (July 24)
A La Carte: Carl Trueman on abolishing ourselves / In praise of honest hypocrisy / The path to growth / Is marriage a submission competition? / What really is the gift of tongues? / and more.
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The Quiet Power of a Courageous Word
Sometimes it is the simplest of matters that bear the greatest fruit. A simple deed, a simple gift, a simple word can make all the difference. They can even begin a cascade that changes lives and changes the world.
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A La Carte (July 23)
A La Carte: That thing that happened at the Coldplay concert / Marrying an unbeliever / Caring for elderly parents / Test yourself, but trust in Jesus / Dangers to avoid in parenting / H.B. Charles remembers John MacArthur / and more.
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A La Carte (July 22)
A La Carte: Coldplay and hypocrisy / Unconditional election explained / Scottie Scheffler’s secret / A brilliant apologetic strategy / Bad dreams / How prayer works / Kindle deals / and more.
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Prayer Is Like Breathing–Why Are We Holding Our Breath?
Prayer is like breathing—why are we holding our breath? Learn how the PrayMore app can get your church praying more with group sharing, customized reminders, and personal connections through prayer. #Sponsored
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A Few Memories of John MacArthur
Because others have written tributes that focus on MacArthur’s pulpit ministry, book writing, leadership, and much else, I thought I would offer just a few personal memories.
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A La Carte (July 21)
A La Carte: Alistair Begg remembers John MacArthur / A great Christ for my great need / Slay destructive phone habits / My prodigal prayers / How to disagree well / Kindle deals / and more.
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By and By They Meet
Our prayers run along one road, and God’s answers by another, and by and by they meet. God answers all true prayer, either in kind or kindness.
