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Explore September 2016

  • Thank God For Your Job (Doesn’t Matter What Your Job Is!)

    Labor Day is one of only a few non-religious holidays that is celebrated on the same day in both Canada and the United States. Today all across North America we are taking a break from our normal labors in order to rest. And as we rest, we do well to remember and to thank. More…

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    A La Carte (September 5)

    Today’s Kindle deals include : Do More Better by Tim Challies; Crazy Busy by Kevin DeYoung; Shopping for Time by Carolyn Mahaney; God at Work by Gene Edward Veith; The Pillars of Christian Character by John MacArthur; and Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey. Get them right here. Also, today only there’s a list of…

  • Letters to the Editor (Petra, Marriage, Sex in Movies)

    This was a banner week when it came to letters to the editor. I had a lot of letters to choose from on a lot of different subjects—something I found rather a joy. Here are some of the best of them. Comments on War, Women, and Wealth Thank you for your article on War, Women,…

  • Why Marriage Is Better Than Cohabitation

    Though Christians continue to affirm the uniqueness, the goodness, and the necessity of marriage, our society continues to legitimize cohabitation as either a common precursor to marriage or a complete alternative. This slide is troubling, for marriage offers a number of important benefits that are absent from cohabitation—benefits that extend to couples, to their children,…

  • Weekend A La Carte (September 3)

    I have just 3 new Kindle deals to tell you about: Perspectives on the Extent of the Atonement edited by Andy Naselli, The Wages of Spin by Carl Trueman, and Those Who Must Give an Account by John Hammett. Of course there are plenty of others listed there as well. You Can’t Claim a Promise…

  • Free Stuff Fridays (Disciple-Making Resources)

    This week’s Free Stuff Fridays is sponsored by Matthias Media. You remembered from their sponsored post that they have released The Vine Project, an unexpected sequel to The Trellis & the Vine. Today they are giving it away as part of a collection of disciple-making resources. There will be 5 winners this week and each…

  • “No Man’s Sky” and 10,000 Bowls of Plain Oatmeal

    No Man’s Sky was supposed to change gaming forever. It was pitched as offering players a vast world with nearly endless opportunities to explore and nearly infinite varieties of planets and life to discover. It promised an incredible 18 quintillion (that’s 18 billion billion) planets to find—far more than a million gamers on a million…

  • A La Carte (September 2)

    I’ve dug up just 3 new Kindle deals today: Tulip by Duane Edward Spencer, Transforming Grace by Jerry Bridges, and Pleasing God by R.C. Sproul. You can always find new deals at the Kindle Deals for Christians page. I sorted through the monthly Logos deals and found a few noteworthy ones: The excellent Focus on…

  • On “Stranger Things” and Being a Big Prude

    Stranger Things is a smash hit, the talk of Twitter and the toast of the town. Its story is captivating, its characters well-formed, its acting first rate, its tributes to the 80’s priceless. With so much buzz and so many friends celebrating it, I figured I’d give it a go. But this isn’t an article…

  • A La Carte (September 1)

    Today’s Kindle deals include : We Cannot Be Silent by Al Mohler, True Friendship by Vaughan Roberts, Building Blocks in Earth Science by Gary Parker, Transforming Homosexuality by Denny Burk & Heath Lambert, and Beginning at Moses by Michael Barrett. You may also be interested in looking through their monthly general market deals for $3.99…