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  • His Mercy Is More — Some Lyrics Last A Lifetime

    Hymn Sunday is a collaboration with Getty Music, and in this post, my friend Keith shares why singing the Psalms is so very necessary for our hearts. You’ll also find a video of a favorite psalm along with downloadable sheet music. You don’t usually want your child to stand in a chair, but this time,…

  • Weekend A La Carte (May 4)

    There’s a whole stack of Kindle deals you’ll want to work through today. (Yesterday on the blog: Between Life and Death) The Gospel of Inclusion is Far Too Narrow Trevin Wax: “What put Christianity in the crosshairs of Caesar and the Roman authorities was this explosive combination of inclusivity and exclusivity—this little group of people…

  • Free Stuff Fridays

    Free Stuff Fridays (Moody Publishers)

    This week’s Free Stuff Friday is sponsored by Moody Publishers who also sponsored the blog this week. They are giving away five copies of Dean Inserra’s book The Unsaved Christian. Here is how they describe the book: What to do when they say they’re Christian but don’t know Jesus Whether it’s the Christmas and Easter…

  • Between Life and Death

    Between Life and Death

    We’ve all heard the witticisms about death and taxes as the world’s only inevitabilities and about humanity’s mortality rate continuing to stick stubbornly at exactly one hundred percent. We all know we are going to die and that we ought to prepare ourselves accordingly. But what’s equally inevitable and perhaps even more painful, is that…

  • friday

    A La Carte (May 3)

    There is once again a solid list of Kindle deals for you to consider today. We’re spoiled. Those Who Suffer Are My Teachers “Living as an American in a developing country has forced me to wrestle hard with what I believe. Am I believing an American gospel? Or the actual gospel? Even though it’s easy…

  • thursday

    A La Carte (May 2)

    Today’s Kindle deals include a big list of titles from Eerdmans. They include some commentaries as well as four great books by David Wells. Westminster Books has a Mother’s Day Gift Guide that contains lots of really good books for mom. (Yesterday on the blog: No Squishy Love, No Brutal Truth) Where Do the Prayers…

  • Focus Clarity

    No Squishy Love, No Brutal Truth

    Sin has made our vision opaque and our minds dull. We do not see God for who he really is and ourselves for who we really are. We think far too little of God and far too highly of ourselves. On our own we are doomed to look blindly and think badly. But as our…

  • wednesday

    A La Carte (May 1)

    Today’s Kindle deals include a pretty good selection from a bunch of publishers. Logos users will want to look at the free (and discounted) books of the month. Why the Apple Card Is the Gleaming Future of Money This may seem like an article about technology, but it’s more about money and how we spend…