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A La Carte (10/19)

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Who Is Francis Chan?
Christianity Today features Francis Chan. “According to one comment he made in a sermon, Chan gives away about 90 percent of his income (though his church administrator preferred the phrase “most of his income”). Chan doesn’t take a salary from his church, and his book royalties, which total about $500,000, mostly go to organizations like International Justice Mission, which rescues sex slaves in foreign countries. The Chans often open their home to families who need a place to stay. One of Cornerstone’s community pastors, Bill Lucas, lived with Chan for nine months, and says he ‘lives out what he says.’”


Pictures from the World of Medicine
New Scientist provides a round-up of the year’s best pictures from the world of medicine.


Evangel
Evangel is a new evangelical group blog sponsored by First Things Magazine.


Hoping to Win the Lottery?
Chris Brauns points to a story about Jack Whittaker who won the Powerball lottery but whose life very quickly completely fell apart.


Deal of the Day: Counterfeit Gods
Counterfeit Gods by Tim Keller is 45% off the retail price at Monergism Books. Use the coupon code counterfeitgods at check out. This is the best price you’ll find anywhere and it applies to only one copy of the book per order. The sale lasts until Wednesday Oct 21st at midnight.


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    New and Notable Christian Books for April 2025

    It is surprisingly difficult to find a list of Christian books that have been released in any given month—especially if you want that list to be filtered by books released through particular publishers. That’s one of the reasons why I close each month by coming up with my list of New and Notable books. I…

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    What Makes You Beautiful

    I have often thought of a conversation that took place when my girls were little. Abby was perhaps 5 or 6 at the time and Michaela just working her way through the “terrible twos” (which for our kids always happened when they were three or four). A stranger saw me interacting with them one day…

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    A La Carte (April 25)

    A La Carte: John Piper and ChatGPT / Who’s praying for your wife and kids? / When your dreams include sin / Are you called to ministry? / Our feet shall tread this place again / and more.

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    A La Carte (April 24)

    A La Carte: He cares for us / Will the pope to go heaven? / An easy Christian faith / The good we cannot see / Chickens, elephants, and freedom / When we skip the prophets / Kindle and book deals / and more.