A La Carte (09/28)

Sep 28, 2006

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Thursday September 28, 2006

Bible: The ESV has reached a five-year milestone. The ESV blog has details. “Today, the ESV is available in more than one hundred formats, has seen nearly 3 million copies distributed worldwide, and is reaching the world in creative and strategic ways.”

Preaching: Tony Reinke has completed a series on using the wealth of Puritan literature in expositional studies. You can get a link on the sidebar of this page.

Books: At “Neither Right Nor Left” is a list of potential future books. He has scraped together information dropped in interviews, etc.

Cyber Monday Deals for Christians

Black Friday is upon us and with it the opportunity to save a bit of money as we shop for the holidays or build out our libraries. I have listed hundreds of deals below and will be adding to it throughout the course of the weekend.

Nov 29, 2024

Resources

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The Best Complete Commentary Set for any Christian

Those who are serious about collecting commentaries will almost invariably say that it is better to think in terms of individual volumes than complete series. And I agree: it is generally better to focus on acquiring the top three or four commentaries on each book of the Bible than to focus on collecting complete series.…

Dec 17, 2025

Articles

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A La Carte (3/18)

Three Great Reads for Easter – Earlier this week I suggested a few books that are suitable for Good Friday reading. Here’s the natural follow-up: three books to read before Easter. One, two and three. Son of Hamas – GQ (of all publications) has an interview with Mosab Yousef, the Christian author of Son of…

Mar 18, 2010

A La Carte

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Weekend A La Carte (July 18)

This weekend’s collection of long-form and think-pieces covers declining fertility rates, the Boy Scouts, The Odyssey, AI and the elderly, and Gen Z, plus reader recommendations.

Jul 18

A La Carte

14 min read
Free Stuff Fridays (B&H Publishing)

Free Stuff Fridays: Free Book!

Jul 17

Giveaways

2 min read
A Solid Defense of a Very Defensible Position

Some issues in the church seem to arise once, but then get permanently put to rest. Others, though, seem to arise time and time again, often in slightly different forms. Gender roles are squarely in the latter category.

Jul 17

Book Reviews

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A La Carte (July 17)

Setting a financial finish line / A manifesto on generative AI writing / What the Bible teaches about karma / Dang it, social media / D.L. Moody’s commitment to God / Playing to not lose / Book reviews / Sales and deals / and more.

Jul 17

A La Carte

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A La Carte (July 16)

Gen-Z revival / Devotional material that hinders spiritual growth? / Does the day end in night / When you cannot sing, let the church sing for you / Three prayers for prodigal children / The ordinary and enduring gifts of the Spirit / and more.

Jul 16

A La Carte

6 min read
I’m Finding It Harder to Change

As 2026 began, I decided to change up my devotions. I have followed roughly the same pattern for the last 15 or 20 years and thought it would be nice to freshen things up a little bit. It went poorly.

Jul 15

Articles

4 min read

When Children Walk Away from Jesus

It is the outcome every Christian parent fears. It is the outcome every Christian parent dreads. It is the outcome every Christian parent prays against from the moment their children are born. Yet for so many, it is the outcome God calls them to bear.

Jul 10

Articles

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Everything I Might Have Been

The world can feel unfair when we ponder all we might have been. But God sovereignly places each of us exactly where we can best serve and honor him.

Jul 13

Articles

4 min read
I’m Finding It Harder to Change

As 2026 began, I decided to change up my devotions. I have followed roughly the same pattern for the last 15 or 20 years and thought it would be nice to freshen things up a little bit. It went poorly.

Jul 15

Articles

4 min read
A Solid Defense of a Very Defensible Position

Some issues in the church seem to arise once, but then get permanently put to rest. Others, though, seem to arise time and time again, often in slightly different forms. Gender roles are squarely in the latter category.

Jul 17

Book Reviews

6 min read
Works & Wonders (July 12)

Works & Wonders offers a collection of interesting and uplifting bits and pieces on: Viking Christians, wedding vows, magnified sand, Amazon knockoffs, a giant “chicken and egg” problem, and a brief devotional, of course.

Jul 12

Articles

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