A La Carte (11/7)

Nov 7, 2007

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Wednesday November 7, 2007

Vote for Zach
Alex and Brett Harris want you to vote for Zach Hunter–a 15-year old abolitionist who is up for voting in a CNN Heroes Special Report.

Christians and Culture
Tullian Tchividjian has compiled a list of 20 books to read on Christians and culture.

Government Probing Televangelists
CBS News reports that a senate panel is investigating six prominent televangelist ministries for possible financial misconduct.

With the Master
Susan Heck, whose new Bible study book for women has been endorsed by Martha Peace and Phil Johnson, now has a web site explaining what her book is all about.

Sinking Currency, Sinking Country
An interesting article at Yahoo Finance brings some perspective to the decline of the American dollar.

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Preaching Matters – Here’s a link for the preachers. “Preaching Matters is a monthly video series designed to equip, encourage and inspire those who teach God’s word. Each month we sit down with preachers and ask what they have recently been thinking about and preaching on.” There’s a new episode available today. 100 Abandoned Houses…

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Alistair Begg on Trump Alistair Begg: “Last week, Susan and I attended a Republican presidential debate. The moderator had his hands full attempting to maintain some semblance of order as the five presidential hopefuls re-enacted a playground brawl…” An Analysis of Celebrate Recovery The Cripplegate has a two-part analysis of the popular Celebrate Recovery program.…

Mar 4, 2016

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Invisible Grief

There is no path through this life that does not involve at least some measure of grief. This world is so broken that at different times and in different ways, grief affects us all. Some grief flows from what we loved and lost but other grief flows from what has never been and may never…

Feb 6

Book Reviews

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Feb 6

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Feb 5

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Tiptoeing to the Edge of Cliffs

Not too long ago, there was a trend in which people would see how close they could come to being hit by a train without actually being hit by a train. That’s about as stupid a game as I can imagine. Play stupid games, win stupid games, as the kids say. But researching sin when…

Feb 4

Articles

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Feb 4

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A La Carte: Scheduling hospitality / False teachers / Dating Christian women / Stoking the fire / Origins of the evil one / Love and accept / Kindle deals / and more.

Feb 3

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New and Notable Christian Books for January 2026

As you know, I like to do my best to sort through the new Christian books that are released each month to see what stands out as being not only new but also particularly notable. I received quite a number of books in January and narrowed the list down to the ones below. I have…

Jan 29

Resources

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Lots of Single Christians but Few Weddings

I find it one of the great mysteries of the modern church. It does not exist in every context and every congregation, but as I’ve traveled and inquired, I’ve become convinced it exists in a great many of them. Here is the mystery: A lot of churches have many single men and many single women…

Feb 5, 2025

Articles

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Amplify Not a Fool by Responding to His Folly

Where you think your wisdom may make the fool better, it’s more likely that his folly will make you worse. You are more likely to stoop to his level than he is to rise to yours. Ironically, fools can be clever at times and wise men naive, for the fool has an intuitive understanding of…

Jan 28

Articles

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Love Is the Interpreter

There have been a few bands and musicians I did not particularly care for when I first heard their music. I came across them on a cassette or CD in the old days, or on YouTube or Apple Music in more recent days, and found that their music didn’t really resonate. I set them aside…

Feb 2

Articles

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Invisible Grief

There is no path through this life that does not involve at least some measure of grief. This world is so broken that at different times and in different ways, grief affects us all. Some grief flows from what we loved and lost but other grief flows from what has never been and may never…

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