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Explore January 2021

  • tuesday

    A La Carte (January 5)

    Good morning, and may the Lord be with you today. Today’s Kindle deals include a couple of Bible studies for women, a book by Mark Jones, and a few others. (Yesterday on the blog: Grief Should Always Make Us Better) The Human Ear Sometimes it’s good to take a deep dive into just one little…

  • Grief Should Always Make Us Better

    Grief Should Always Make Us Better

    Death is the great interrupter. Death is the great interrupter because, far more often than not, it strikes when it’s least expected. When death comes it invariably interrupts plans, dreams, projects, goals. One author observes how very sad, how very pathetic it is, when a man dies suddenly and we go into his home or…

  • monday

    A La Carte (January 4)

    It is Monday, January 4. And right now, at this very moment, God is on his throne. Don’t we all need to be reminded of that from time to time? In case you missed it over the weekend… Logos users will want to be sure to take a look at this month’s free and heavily-discounted…

  • Pastoral Prayer

    A Sunday Blessing

    One of my favorite things is to find someone else’s prayer that I can pray quietly by myself on a Sunday morning. I suppose there’s a kind of freshness to it—a different way of expressing similar truths. On this Sunday morning I’m praying along with J.R. Miller who once created a whole collection of prayers…

  • Weekend A La Carte (January 2)

    Logos users will want to be sure to take a look at this month’s free and heavily-discounted books. The freebie this month is a new, theologically-sound commentary on Galatians. Today’s Kindle deals include mostly classics. Marriage: The Beginning of a Revolution I enjoyed reading this account of a surprisingly significant wedding. “Yesterday was packed with…

  • friday

    A La Carte (New Year Edition)

    Happy new year! I hope your 2020 ended safely and that your 2021 has begun well. Say what you will about 2020, but there has certainly never been another year quite like it. I, for one, am not terribly sad to bid it adieu. As we embark on a new year, here are a few…