Narnia Among the Deathworks
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Meryl Streep voices a Bowie-inspired and rainbow-striped Aslan. Is Greta Gerwig’s Narnia a tribute to C.S. Lewis, or a deathwork that profanes what he made?
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A La Carte (September 23)
2 ways to fail your child / The lost luggage afterlife / How to have a soft heart / The secret strength in seeing weakness / What do pastors do with all their time? / Thirty-five questions for maturing a Christian marriage / Sales and deals.
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A La Carte (September 22)
On women who think they regret motherhood / John Piper’s six traits of a forgettable sermon / 6 ways a Christian husband cherishes his wife / Two ways to worry about AI / Where will 35,385 people pray? / Four questions every counselor must be able to answer regarding suffering
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The Riddle of Time: Shepherding What God Has Given
Scripture offers a freeing perspective on our time. The responsibilities and expectations are not riddles to be solved with a better app. God presents time as a stewardship to be shepherded, one that reveals what we actually believe about him, ourselves, and the Kingdom we serve.
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A Pair of Important Lessons from the Demise of G3
G3 Ministries is no longer in operation. Here are two lessons I have drawn from its demise: a founder’s weaknesses go deep, and right action is not always sufficient action.
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A La Carte (September 21)
Your social media feed doesn’t tell the whole story / Meet the first embryo ever adopted / The sports gambling epidemic is getting worse / You are not your trials / Why Aslan is male / We know what kind of society we are: we’re just haggling over the price / Kindle deals
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Works & Wonders (September 20)
Works & Wonders: New music, fall migration, the perfect photo, Abide with Me at a royal funeral, underground aqueducts.
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Weekend A La Carte (September 19)
Apple’s new parental controls for your kid’s iPhone / A theology of music / Canada’s MAiD regime: how we became a world leader in assisted death / Are evangelical worship songs driving young men to Eastern Orthodoxy? / An open letter to Greta Gerwig / The future of woke / and more.
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Free Stuff Fridays (The Good Book Company)
Enter to win 1 of 3 Be Changed Bundles and learn how God is at work in you (even when it doesn’t feel like it).
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Helping Pastors Shepherd Their Time Well
I have had the privilege of traveling across the world to visit local churches located on each of earth’s inhabited continents. I have been able to meet with pastors who minister in fast-paced world cities and in slow-paced rural villages. I have been able to spend time with pastors who are at the cutting edge…
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A La Carte (September 18)
You must go on. You can’t go on. You will go on. / Am I good enough? / Pause AI for humanity’s sake / Where is God when sleep won’t come? / The Beholding Method / A pastor’s wife’s rules for marriage. / The Funnies / and more.
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A La Carte (September 17)
Rosaria Butterfield on Christian women and porn / Ministry embellishment / Why Gen Z is lonely and what to do about it / How should I deal with my anger? / Why we said ‘no’ to IVF and ‘yes’ to embryo adoption / Are you a contentious wife?
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Should You Read Books by Fallen Pastors?
I recently saw a photo that alarmed me. Several men were participating in a panel discussion at a major conference, and I realized that almost all of them had either died or been disqualified from leadership—two very different ways for a ministry to come to an end.
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A La Carte (September 16)
10 tech protection strategies for your kids and their friends / Why Protestants are drawn to Catholicism and Orthodoxy / What if AI devastates the world? / A husband’s call after miscarriage / Live outside of the Christian bubble / Is predestination fair? / New movie trailers.
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A La Carte (September 15)
Emotional affairs: am I in one? How do I get out? / Who’s ruling your home? / You think you’re willing to die for Christ, but will you work in the nursery for him? / Gluttony in the age of GLP-1s / Invite God into your anxieties / Vipers in diapers? / Book sale.
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Your Life is a Sermon
“God saves us just as we are, but he is not content for us to remain just as we are. No—God’s great purpose for us, having saved us, is to conform us into the image of Christ (Romans 8:28-29).”
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Why Your Church Needs an Abuse Prevention Policy
Every church needs an abuse prevention policy. Here’s what a good one accomplishes, who should oversee it, and some helpful resources for drafting your own.
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A La Carte (September 14)
The kind of mom I’ve become / Young Christians, you need older Christians in your life! / 6 observations about ‘online’ church / An age of mechanical providence / God’s people don’t become angels at death / Why women are celebrating Lindsay Clancy / Kindle deals / and more.
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Works & Wonders (September 13)
Works & Wonders: Wonderful Paradoxes, Stone Wall Trees, Spiral Embryos, Saved by Grace, Play the 101, Just as He Said.
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Weekend A La Carte (September 12)
It’s 10 p.m., and your kids want to know where you are / The dark side of mindfulness / Planet of bots / How to love your local public school / The beautiful complexity of the human eye / Hard cases: no time to talk / Reader recommendations.
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Free Stuff Fridays (Harvest House Publishers)
This week, the blog and this giveaway are sponsored by Harvest House Publishers. Dear Millie, You are cordially invited to The God Party.Love, F, S, & HS Who sent this strange invitation and what does it mean? Millie has no idea—that is, until her fiendishly funny friends, the REAL BAD GUYS, shed some light on the…
