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  • 16 New and Notable Christian Books for September 2025

    September is fading into October, but before the month becomes a distant memory, I’d like to tell you about some of the new books that it brought our way. Here are 16 new and notable titles that I hope will be of interest to you. In each case, I’ve included the publisher’s description. Someone to…

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    A La Carte (September 30)

    A La Carte: Voddie Baucham / Christians and social media / Call of the Cosmos / The real reason you can’t quit porn / Ways of getting justification wrong / Hymn lyrics you’ve misunderstood / and more.

  • Lion

    Do You Remember the New Atheism?

    Do you remember when the New Atheism was at its peak? Do you remember when the so-called “Four Horsemen” of the movement were writing book after book that proclaimed and celebrated the death of Christianity and, indeed, the death of religion?

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    A La Carte (September 29)

    A La Carte: Old wisdom for navigating new tech / Is textual criticism cool? / Should I submit to my pastors? / My watch buzzes at 10:02 each morning / Does God change his mind? / Kindle deals / and more.

  • Corporate Worship

    It’s Not About You (And That Is Good News)

    Every Christian knows it is both our duty and our delight to gather with God’s people on each Lord’s Day. But we may have less clarity on why we do this. Why is it so important that we gather specifically to worship?

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    Weekend A La Carte (September 27)

    A La Carte: What “Evangelical” means / Tragedy overload / The quiet strength of a soft answer / No service for Jesus is small / My tongue must tell of a better king / Book and Kindle deals / and more.

  • Deep Truths Young Hearts

    Introducing Deep Truths To Young Hearts

    There is really no book in the Bible, or in all the world, that is like Romans. And while much of Romans is advanced reading that requires a good grasp of language, logic, and Old Testament history, it also teaches some of the most fundamental and foundational truths of the Christian faith. In that way,…

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    A La Carte (September 26)

    A La Carte: All things new / Pray bigger prayers / What are the charismatic gifts? / What you owe your parents / The spreading darkness of assisted suicide / Kindle deals / and more.

  • Wakeup

    How Much Time Should We Spend Reading the Bible?

    I was recently part of a panel discussion when a question came up that I have heard various times and in various forms. It goes something like this: How much time should I spend reading the Bible compared to the time I spend reading?

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    A La Carte (September 25)

    A La Carte: Day shall come again / Dangerous potential / Why young men are coming back to church / How fast to preach / Does Jesus call a woman a dog? / When to speak and when to stay silent / and more.

  • A Huge Batch of New Books for Children and Teens

    Every month, I put together a roundup of new and notable books for grown-up readers. But I also receive a lot of books for kids and like to put together the occasional roundup of these books as well. So today I bring you a whole big batch of new books for kids of all ages…

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    A La Carte (September 24)

    A La Carte: Doug Wilson is not a prophet / The state of theology survey / Get your kids offline / Mistakes when navigating theological differences / Preaching rules / Guarding the wrong gate / Kindle deals / and more.

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    A La Carte (September 23)

    A La Carte: Understanding your Hindu neighbor / What’s so intimidating about the Bible? / To a brother stuck in pornography / When seminary comes late / 15 questions for evolutionists / Amazing Kindle deals / and more.

  • A Word to the Teens who Saw Charlie Kirk Die

    A Question for All the Teens Who Saw Charlie Kirk Die

    My daughters both tried hard not to see Charlie Kirk die. But both saw him die anyway. They saw the bullet strike, they saw his body jerk, they saw the torrent of blood that proved the shot had been fatal. Though they didn’t want to see any of it, it was all but inevitable that…

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    A La Carte (September 22)

    A La Carte: The true gift of discernment / Whatever happened to postmillennialism? / 5,000 text messages / When you’re in a holding pattern / So you want to be a pastor? / Excellent Kindle deals / and more.

  • Public Private

    The Most Public and the Most Private

    It is good to worship God in secret, where no one can see us except the Lord. In fact, the most effective secret worship is the most secret of secret worship, those times when we are truly alone with the Lord.

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    Weekend A La Carte (September 20)

    A La Carte: Make demons boring again / Health anxiety / Holy hesitation / Bitcoin and Christian stewardship / Supporting women in missions / and more.