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A La Carte (10/7)

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I am down in Dallas, TX for the day. Or Fort Worth. Or Keller or something like that. Frankly I don’t know where I am. But I know why I’m here–to speak at a Psalm 119 conference. Unfortunately I can only be here for the first day of the conference as I’ve got a wedding to attend tomorrow. So if you’re at the conference, be sure to say “hello” today.

Marrying Cohabiting Couples – CT asks a range of pastors and other people if they would perform a marriage for a cohabiting couple. The responses are really quite interesting (and varied).

Steve Jobs – Writing for The Gospel Coalition, John Dyer writes about the life and impact of Steve Jobs. “His death represents the end of the first era of computing when, under his guidance, the computer went from a thing nerds built in their garage to a friend everyone carries in their pocket. Sometimes called the Leonardo Da Vinci of our times, he made the computer personal, the phone smart, and the mouse magical.”

Jobs, Abortion, Adoption – This article looks at Steve Jobs and then wonders how many Steve Jobs have been lost to abortion.

$5 Friday – Ligonier is offering a couple of books at just $5 today. The best of the bunch is Sinclair Ferguson’s In Christ Alone. Richard Philip’s Jesus the Evangelist is also available in ebook formats.

C.S. Lewis, Patron Saint – Andy Naselli summarizes an essay by Phil Ryken who suggests that C.S. Lewis is the patron saint of American evangelicalism. Ryken gives several reasons that Lewis is so popular among American evangelicals which are really, really interesting.

What I Learned in 2 Years – I enjoyed this husband’s reflections on what he has learned from his wife in just 2 years of marriage. Imagine what he will have learned in another 10 or 20!

The right manner of growth is to grow less in one’s own eyes.

—Thomas Watson

  • Disappointment

    The Practice of Accepting Disappointment

    One of the most important habits you can develop is the habit of accepting that life is full of disappointments. One of the best ways to grow in contentment is to accept the inevitability of discontentment. One of the ways you can be most joyful in life is to be realistic about life, to know…

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    A La Carte (October 28)

    A La Carte: How to steward money in marriage / Regrets in parenting / The temptation of temptation / Our common purpose / How much should Christians tithe? / Huge Kindle sale / and more.

  • Prayer for a Son

    A Father’s Prayer for His Son

    Every father knows the importance of praying for his children. Yet every father also knows that at times it can be difficult to know what to pray. I recently found a sweet prayer in an old book and thought I would share it with you, dad, so you can pray it for your son. Take…

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    Weekend A La Carte (October 26)

    A La Carte: Who are “the least of these?” / Where is Jordan Peterson on his spiritual journey? / A new Getty song / Christianity is not colonial / Reexamining sacramental life for Baptists / and more.

  • Free Stuff Fridays (Ligonier Ministries)

    This week’s Free Stuff Friday is sponsored by Ligonier Ministries, who also sponsored the blog this week.  Are you saved? This is the ultimate question, but it won’t make much sense unless we’ve also asked ourselves what we need to be saved from. In a word, the answer is God. Ligonier Ministries is offering the ebook…

  • Bad Guys

    Could I Be One of the Bad Guys?

    Here is something I have been considering over the past few days: Every one of us acknowledges there is a lamentable lack of unity among Christians today. Yet none of us seems to consider that we ourselves may be the cause of that disunity, or at least contribute to it. In our minds, it is…