Works & Wonders (Oct 11)
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Blue Planet, Past the Gates 🎵, Lobster Is Lobster, Radio Garden, Blue Planet, Comedy Wildlife Awards
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Weekend A La Carte (October 10)
How a Boeing 737 MAX survived a nosedive at the speed of sound / One saving word / The Wild West of commercial surrogacy / The best apologetic is you / Why baseball for 6-year-olds is breaking the bank / The trouble with kids’ sports / Rise Under / and more.
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Free Stuff Fridays (Harvest House Publishers)
This week, the blog and this giveaway are sponsored by Harvest House Publishers. Help your child see how the Bible is organized and how key people, events, and themes in each of its books connect. The Bible Infographics for Kids Bible Handbook uses fun, colorful, easy-to-follow visuals to give kids helpful context as they read…
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A Big Batch of New Books for Children and Teens
Here is a whole big batch of new books for kids of all ages (up to and including teens).
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A La Carte (October 9)
John Piper on marriage miracles / Why I regret getting a vasectomy / Vaccinated against God / A worship leader’s take on the Caleb Flynn case / Pastor, you will get hurt / Addressing the pastor shortage with the gospel / Podcast recommendations / Kindle deals
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A La Carte (October 8)
How you handle criticism is a test of your humility / The rise and fall of Jim Bakker / One simple principle for a more satisfying marriage / Why churchgoers escaped the ‘sex recession’ / Should Christians use apps like TikTok or Instagram? / Parenting like Aslan / Suffer and do not sin / Kindle…
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4 Truths to Preach to Your Sorrows
All has been well, and your life has been good. It has been easy to love God and trust him, to pray to him and sing his praises. But then suddenly you are struck by a great trial or a deep sorrow, and for a time it can be difficult to adjust. Here are truths…
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A La Carte (October 7)
Some marriage advice: just shut up / How to be happy at work / Is Jesus the social justice champion of progressives? / Get a grip: ‘Claude’ isn’t a person / Why Christians should not buy into AI catastrophism / Don’t suppress young men / and more.
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Prime Big Deals Days for Christians
These are Prime Big Deal Days at Amazon. This page is a roundup of some of the best deals I’ve been able to track down. Check in a couple of times on Tuesday and Wednesday as I’ll be adding deals as I find them.
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A La Carte (October 6)
When you’re not sorry / What is her body for? / Is AI the new Covid? / On dying well / Why translation must have fingerprints / When friends turn against you / Kindle deals / Prime Big Deals
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Ed Sheeran Proves Trueman Right: We All Live in Marx’s World Now
Ed Sheeran’s is in a heap of trouble. His shift from neutrality to attempting to mollify both sides has done little to rescue him from the mob. To understand why, I have been helped by Carl Trueman.
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A La Carte (October 5)
What I’ve learned in the cancer school of wisdom / 10 Things you should know about heaven / There is no secular remedy to rape culture / How to talk to strangers / Why surrogacy can’t be redeemed / Kindle deals
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Works & Wonders (Oct 4)
Works & Wonders: Eclipse Chasing, Gilded Mansions, Other Windows, The Risen Conqueror, Astronomy Photography, Ask and Expect
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Weekend A La Carte (October 3)
If my kids get into America’s top colleges, I hope they don’t go / Why Americans stopped throwing dinner parties / The Botkin sisters apologize / The case against video preaching / Reader recommendations
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Free Stuff Fridays (Zondervan Reflective)
Free Stuff Fridays: Win a copy of Why Christianity Makes Sense!
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Liturgies to Help Your Church Worship (Take Them for Your Own Use!)
A year’s worth of complete worship liturgies—calls to worship, confessions, benedictions, and full services. They are free to use or adapt, with no attribution needed.
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A La Carte (October 2)
What fills your mind? / Where have all the funerals gone? / Remote work and sexual temptation / Caring for a woman in an abusive relationship / Invade or retreat from politics? / Kindle deals / Logos deals / Funnies
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A La Carte (October 1)
‘I’m thankful I almost drowned’ / What to do instead of killing your wife / When urgent cries are met with silence / Give up your ladders to nowhere / Your marriage needs a thesaurus / Kindle deals
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New and Notable Christian Books for September 2026 (and What’s Coming in October)
September is fading into October, but before the month becomes a distant memory, I’d like to tell you about some of the new books that it brought our way. Here is a selection of new and notable titles that I hope will be of interest to you.
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A La Carte (September 30)
Is it worth going to church when I can’t even be in the service? / The Americans having the most sex / Reflections on Steve Lawson’s latest book / Entering middle age / Why does life seem to move faster as we get older? / 12 Reasons to go to church on rainy Sundays /…
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The Question of Meaning
Deep in the human heart, there is an ache—an ache for transcendence, for love, for justice, for happiness. It might be the deepest reality in the human heart. Yet despite this, we tend not to think about it as much as we ought. Why is this?
