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  • friday

    A La Carte (August 7)

    Today’s Kindle deals include a few good titles, though many of them go on sale quite often. Sinclair Fergusons To Seek and to Save is, of course, worth checking out. Westminster Books has a deal on volumes of the ESV Expository Commentary which is establishing itself as an excellent series. It’s Ok To Disagree Sometimes…

  • thursday

    A La Carte (August 6)

    I’ve come to day 6 of my first 14-day quarantine. I’ve been writing lots, but also reading some excellent pre-pub books: Cynical Theories (Helen Pluckrose & James Lindsay), Live Not by Lies (Rod Dreher), and The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self (Carl Trueman). Each is compelling in its own way, and each helps…

  • White Fragility

    Is White Fragility a Helpful Resource for Christians?

    For the past couple of weeks I have been laboring to write the third and final part of my review of Robin DiAngelo’s White Fragility. The first two parts took an unusually long time to prepare, but in the end I was pleased with the results. In the first article my goal was to summarize…

  • wednesday

    A La Carte (August 5)

    Westminster books has some deals on Lexham Press books. My top picks would be The Care of Souls, Piercing Heaven, and Jesus Wins. There are just a couple of Kindle deals today. Leadership Savvy Doesn’t Make a Pastor “For all those lessons, I never quite became the leader I’d imagined, and it never seemed to…

  • tuesday

    A La Carte (August 4)

    Here’s a single sentence from Paul Martin’s pastoral prayer that I think is worth pondering. Praying specifically for our Premier (think Governor if you’re American) he prayed, “Help us to pray for him more than we complain about him.” Ouch! Methinks many of us have some repenting and praying to do… Today’s Kindle deals include…

  • Why I Need To Spend a Month in Quarantine

    Why I Need To Spend a Month in Quarantine

    There was that time I flew to Houston for an afternoon. A few years ago a conference had wanted me to deliver a single keynote address and nothing more, so they suggested I fly down in the morning, speak in the afternoon, and head home in the evening. It ended up being quite a day—I…

  • monday

    A La Carte (August 3)

    I recently decided to start slowly reading through church history while taking careful notes to help with my retention. I opened my note-taking app and found … notes I had taken while slowly reading through church history. Not only had I forgotten the history, but I’d forgotten the notes! This is an uphill battle… Today’s…

  • Puddle

    Little Mud Puddles at Night

    We are mirrors. We are mirrors that reflect something of Christ. We gaze upon him, and as we do so some of his character, some of his attributes, some of his loveliness is reflected in us. The old author J.R. Miller once pondered this reality in a sweet little devotional. Take a few moments and…

  • Weekend A La Carte (August 1)

    I am traveling today! For the first time since February I am going to board an airplane and cross an international border. At least, that’s the plan. This should be interesting… There are lots of Kindle deals to sort through today! You may also want to take a look at their monthly general market deals.…