How Well Do You Know Your Hymns? (A Quiz)

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As Christians, we are blessed with a long legacy of great hymns. As contemporary Christians, we are blessed with many modern-day hymn writers who are carrying on the art. So how well do you know your hymns and their authors? This little quiz is designed to find out!

Weekend A La Carte (January 11)

Today’s Kindle deals include several excellent classics and a couple of newer works. (Yesterday on the blog: Piercing Heaven: A Prayer Book You’ll Actually Use) Humbly Coming Before Our Father “Although most people, even many professing Christians, believe that everyone is a child of God in a spiritual way, the word of God is undeniably…

Jan 11, 2020

A La Carte

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DVD Review – Hymns of Praise: Charles Wesley

Charles Wesley was a prolific hymn writer who penned a mind-blogging 6,500 hymns over the course of his life, often writing one hymn per day for extended periods of time. Of course only a tiny percentage of these continue to be sung with regularity in today’s churches. Among the enduring favorites are the holiday mainstays…

Mar 24, 2006

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A La Carte (March 16)

May the Lord bless you and keep you today. Today’s Kindle deals include a commentary on Revelation. This week Westminster Books is offering a steep discount on an excellent new series of books. Is Every Sin the Same in God’s Eyes? Kevin DeYoung answers a common question. “The Bible simply doesn’t make sense—not the Mosaic…

Mar 16, 2022

A La Carte

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A La Carte (June 5)

A La Carte: The dangerous secret young men are keeping / Gratitude for closed doors / Sex, love, and marriage in Africa / Why and how to begin Scripture writing / Seeing myself more clearly / Trust the process / Kindle deals / and more.

Jun 5

A La Carte

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Non-Political Lessons from “Original Sin”

Like so many other people, I came to understand that I was witnessing something deeply significant on the evening of June 27, 2024, as Donald Trump and Joseph Biden met for their fateful debate.

Jun 4

Articles

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A La Carte (June 4)

A La Carte: Failing boys and wrong men / A response to N.T. Wright on abortion / Breaking gender stereotypes / Beth Anne’s Bible / Brick by brick / Why I didn’t deconstruct after church hurt / and more.

Jun 4

A La Carte

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A La Carte (June 3)

A La Carte: The astounding persistence of life / To the single lady at the wedding / Love on display / Can women serve as deacons? / Bottled up tears / Logos and Kindle deals / and more.

Jun 3

A La Carte

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What Does a Name Mean?

Few matters are more consequential to a man than his name, for a name has importance, a name has association, a name has meaning. The name of Caesar means power. The name of Herod means cruelty…

Jun 2

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A La Carte (June 2)

A La Carte: Telltale signs of Christianity gone south / Evangelicals after Obergefell / What we can learn from the Josh Buice situation / Therapy culture from different generations / Unclean street dogs / Kindle deals / and more.

Jun 2

A La Carte

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New and Notable Christian Books for May 2025

While the month of May has already almost fully waned, it has proved to be a good month for Christian book releases. I sorted through the stacks that landed on my desk and arrived at this list of new and notables.

May 30

Resources

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Non-Political Lessons from “Original Sin”

Like so many other people, I came to understand that I was witnessing something deeply significant on the evening of June 27, 2024, as Donald Trump and Joseph Biden met for their fateful debate.

Jun 4

Articles

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What God Forbids You To Judge

I am a judgmental person. I’m often amazed and dismayed by how quickly I leap to judgment, often without facts, without knowledge, without sympathy. Of course there are times when judgment is right and good…

May 28

Articles

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You, Me, and G3

I have fond memories of the early years of the G3 Conference. When G3 held its debut event in 2013, I was one of the invited speakers and it quickly became a tradition. For eight years I fell into the comfortable pattern of making an annual trip to Atlanta. I would almost always speak in…

May 23

Articles

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One for the Substackers To Consider

I do my best to maintain Inbox Zero. At least once or twice a day, I like to process my emails and take action on each one of them. Though this can be onerous at times, it ensures I stay on top of my correspondence. As I went through this process the other morning, I…

Jun 1

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