Weekend A La Carte (May 31)
A La Carte: The heart of a Christian father in the college search / Baby Boomer secrets of power / Prioritize hospitality this summer / The Beast of Revelation 13 / The Church of Scotland goes woke and broke / and more.
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Free Stuff Fridays (NAMB)
Free Stuff Fridays: 10 Study Packs!
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New and Notable Christian Books for May 2025
While the month of May has already almost fully waned, it has proved to be a good month for Christian book releases. I sorted through the stacks that landed on my desk and arrived at this list of new and notables.
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A La Carte (May 30)
A La Carte: God’s pain megaphone / One of us / Destroying ministerial reputations / Prepare your heart for pride month / What does it mean to give quietly? / One step closer / and more.
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A La Carte (May 29)
A La Carte: Radicalized loneliness / There is no Christian defense of pornography / The problem with idols of the heart / Fear not fatherhood / Serving the God who served us first / The myth of the irreligious world / Kindle deals / and more.
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What God Forbids You To Judge
I am a judgmental person. I’m often amazed and dismayed by how quickly I leap to judgment, often without facts, without knowledge, without sympathy. Of course there are times when judgment is right and good…
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A La Carte (May 28)
A La Carte: When your spouse doesn’t believe / Cherish Christ / The defensive pastor / The church calendar / Outlaw pornography now / AI and pastoral education / Book and Kindle deals / and more.
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A La Carte (May 27)
A La Carte: How to do controversy well / Restoring repentant adulterers / Nothing is “just” anything / Was Mary born without sin? / The hill I’m dying on / AI and work predictions / and more.
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The Great Use of a Life: How to Leverage Your Life for the Mission of God
What Are You Living For? “The great use of a life is to spend it for something that outlasts it.” – William James The early church was filled with ordinary people who turned the world upside down. What made them so effective? They lived for God’s glory, not their own. In Leverage Your Life, a…
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Four Good Questions To Ask Your Tech
Have you ever considered how much time we spend talking to our tech? How many times a day do we command Alexa, ask Siri, or give an order to ChatGPT? We are in constant communication with our devices and through our devices. And since we are already in the habit of asking them our deep…
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A La Carte (May 26)
A La Carte: Empty of all but memories / When you don’t feel like going to church / How to be human / Not every sermon is a challenge / The sorrow of saying goodbye / Kindle deals / and more.
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Prayer Fetched the Angel
We would not pray if we did not have confidence that God answers prayer. And indeed, his Word promises that he does.
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Weekend A La Carte (May 24)
A La Carte: When the music stops / Not every meal is a steak dinner / I don’t know where the streams are / The wonder of forgiveness / Authentic preaching in the age of AI / and more.
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Free Stuff Fridays (Redeemer University)
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You, Me, and G3
I have fond memories of the early years of the G3 Conference. When G3 held its debut event in 2013, I was one of the invited speakers and it quickly became a tradition. For eight years I fell into the comfortable pattern of making an annual trip to Atlanta. I would almost always speak in…
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A La Carte (May 23)
A La Carte: Pornography and the threat of men / When there’s no time to pray / When ball becomes Baal / Six answers to the problem of evil / 7 secular sermons / and more.
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A La Carte (May 22)
A La Carte: Kevin DeYoung reviews John Mark Comer / Kay Arthur (1933-2025) / Overcoming fear in the waiting room / Be drunk with love? / Church grandpas and grandmas / Do you see God? / and more.
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AI Makes Me Doubt Everything
Most technological innovations take place slowly and then all at once. We first begin to hear about them as distant possibilities, then receive the first hints that they are drawing near, and then one day we realize they are all around us.
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A La Carte (May 21)
A La Carte: It’s so easy to think the worst / Don’t overcomplicate your Bible reading / The view from Titus 2 / The definitive guide to documentary filmmaking / Where will I find comfort? / Kindle deals / and more.
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A La Carte (May 20)
A La Carte: The foibles and fallibility of Christian leaders / Mental illness / Why didn’t Christ come sooner? / When it’s okay to die / Spiritual formation / and more.