A La Carte (12/17)

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Monday December 17, 2007

Christmas Procrastinators
If you’re a Christmas procrastinator, you may want to keep in mind that today is the last day to qualify for Amazon’s free shipping. I’m almost ashamed to admit that I did nearly all of my Christmas shopping at Amazon this year!

Mohammed and Jack
The Telegraph reports that this year Mohammed is likely to surpass Jack as the most popular boys name in the U.K.

Remember Hanson?
Remember the band Hanson (of “MMMBop” fame)? Writing for Christianity Today, La Shawn Barber provides an update on the one-hit wonders who are now aged 27, 24 and 22.

A La Carte (6/7)

Thursday June 7, 2007 Interview: Adrian talks to the guys who wrote “Pierced for our Transgressions.” Church: “Christianity Today” has an interesting slideshow that “shows hymnals from around the world, from a medieval codex to a not-yet-written Ghanian composition.” Conference: The New Attitude blog has the content of a “spoken word meditation” done by Curtis…

Jun 7, 2007

A La Carte

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A La Carte (December 25)

Christmas A La Carte: Puppy points and God’s free gifts / Peace on earth: Middle East? / Dreaming of a white Christmas, or heaven / When every day is Christmas no day will be / The larger longing / Advent and expectations / and more.

Dec 25, 2023

A La Carte

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A La Carte (December 24)

The Violence of Christmas – “Do yourself a favor before Christmas. Read the Gospel accounts of Jesus’ birth. Then read Genesis 1-3. Then read Revelation 12. Then throw in Romans 16:20 for good measure. That’s the whole Christmas story. It’s not simply the poetic and sweet story of a child’s birth, welcomed by stars and…

Dec 24, 2013

A La Carte

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A La Carte (April 25)

A La Carte: For everything there is a seasoning / Influencer culture is toxic for teenagers / The death of attention and loss of our ability to listen / Evangelism in ordinary life / On using wine in communion / And more.

Today

A La Carte

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Optimistic Denominationalism

It is one of the realities of the Christian faith that people love to criticize—the reality that there are a host of different denominations and a multitude of different expressions of Christian worship. We hear it from skeptics: If Christianity is true and if it really changes people, then why can’t you get along? We…

Yesterday

Articles

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A La Carte (April 24)

A La Carte: Growing in hospitality / What happens when the governing authorities are the wrongdoers? / Transgender meds for kids? / 100 facets to the diamond of Christ / Spiritual mothers point us to Christ / and more.

Yesterday

A La Carte

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A La Carte (April 23)

A La Carte: Climate anxiety paralyzes, gospel hope propels / Living what God has written / How should I engage my rebellious child? / Satan hates your pastor / How to navigate our spiritual highs / The art of extemporaneous preaching / and more.

Apr 23

A La Carte

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The Path to Contentment

I wonder if you have ever considered that the solution to discontentment almost always seems to be more. If I only had more money I would be content. If I only had more followers, more possessions, more beauty, then at last I would consider myself successful. If only my house was bigger, my influence wider,…

Apr 22

Articles

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A La Carte (April 22)

A La Carte: Why my shepherd carries a rod / When Mandisa forgave Simon Cowell / An open mind is like an open mouth / Marriage: the half-time report / The church should mind its spiritual business / Kindle deals / and more.

Apr 22

A La Carte

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How I’ll Be Reading the Bible in 2024

Speaking broadly, there are two approaches to daily Bible reading: reading for intimacy or reading for familiarity. Intimacy with the Bible comes by slow, meditative reading that focuses on small portions—deep study of books, chapters, and verses. Familiarity with the Bible comes through faster reading of larger portions—the entire sweep of the biblical narrative. Both are perfectly good…

Dec 28, 2023

Articles

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New Year, New Joys, New Sorrows

As the calendar turns from December to January and as 2023 gives way to 2024, a new year is laid out before us. We may have already drawn a few lines and circles on some of the dates—appointments here, vacations there. We may have slotted in a few dreams and plans for certain days and…

Jan 1

Articles

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The Happiest Year You Will Ever Know

There are some hymns that disappear because they are simply not very good. There are some hymns that disappear because they are too tied to a particular niche. And there are some hymns that disappear because their language becomes antiquated. I think this hymn/poem by John Newton spans the latter two categories. It is closely…

Dec 31, 2023

Quotes

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I Feel At Home in Your Church

It is one of the realities of the Christian faith that skeptics love to criticize—the reality that there are a host of different denominations and a multitude of different expressions of Christian worship. But while believers have become accustomed to responding to this criticism with a sense of shame, I choose to see it in…

Jan 10

Articles

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8 Sins You Commit Whenever You Look at Porn

We know that pornography is an ugly and harmful sin. We know that those who indulge in porn have committed the sin of lust, but there is so much more to it than that. When you open your browser and begin to look at those images and videos, you are sinning in ways that go…

Apr 25, 2017

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