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Oct 9, 2007

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Tuesday October 9, 2007

The Mom Song
The ladies of Titus2Talk share “The Mom Song.”

Yummy Mommy
An article at Boundless Line discusses the “yummy mommy” trend in society: “You Can Be a Mom AND Look Like a Porn Star!”

Life Lessons from a Toothbrush
Lydia learns a lesson from a toothbrush (no, really!). “The biggest lesson I learned…is this–we in America need to get a life. We have become the world’s leading experts at turning the mundane into the major.”

Thou Mayest Kill
The Times has an article about churches using violent video games to draw youth.

A La Carte (May 24)

A La Carte: To sit in the threat of loss / The world cannot be gender blind / The missing years / Too much times / Finding freedom in God’s providence / The weighted vest of pastoral ministry / A micro course for pastors / and more.

May 24

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A La Carte (November 19)

Today’s Kindle deals include a couple from Crossway and a couple of commentaries. Here’s a reminder that I now have a Daily Podcast that shares some of my content via audio format. Here’s the most recent episode. (Yesterday on the blog: Letters to the Editor) 3 Lines in the Sand Stephen Nichols: “The proverbial silver…

Nov 19, 2018

A La Carte

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A La Carte (October 20)

May the Lord bless and keep you today. Yup, there are some Kindle deals today. A Key Sign You are Maturing as a Preacher “Over the years, I have learned to ask students a key question that can reveal a lot about how they are developing as a preacher. ‘What did you leave out?’” This…

Oct 20, 2021

A La Carte

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The Hands and Feet of the Bible

The Bible has life and the Bible brings life because it has been spoken by God. The Bible’s life, its voice, its feet, and hands are the life, voice, feet, and hands of God extended toward his people. For that reason among others it is always worthy of our time, our attention, and our dedication.

Today

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Weekend A La Carte (July 20)

A La Carte: The wedding of the century / Why grieving people need a theology of giving / God desires your happiness / Sincere love and hospitality in the church / Real life is a better teacher than social media / and more.

Yesterday

A La Carte

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Free Stuff Fridays (MBTS)

This week Free Stuff Fridays is sponsored by Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. For the Church Institute is a free online platform from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary designed to provide free and accessible theological training to equip, encourage, and edify local churches. Courses may be taken as a self-paced individual or as a group within your…

Jul 19

Articles

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A Field Guide on Gender and Sexuality

God’s design for gender and sexuality is fixed and unchanging. The way he created us is the way he means for us to live. The instruction he provides in the Bible is all we need to understand his purpose and live it out in a way that honors and pleases him. The wisdom he provides…

Jul 19

Book Reviews

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A La Carte (July 19)

A La Carte: When you can’t forgive yourself after an abortion / Ancient Corinth, Judge Judy, and litigious Christians / Trusting the giver of good / The renovation of a soul / Life after Doom (by Brian McLaren) / and more.

Jul 19

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A La Carte (July 18)

A La Carte: Does Christian sex need rescuing? / 15 resolves for interpersonal conflicts / How senior pastors can help associate pastors / it’s okay to be okay / Don’t be proud of what you had no say in / How sweet! / Kindle deals / and more.

Jul 18

A La Carte

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How I’ll Be Reading the Bible in 2024

Speaking broadly, there are two approaches to daily Bible reading: reading for intimacy or reading for familiarity. Intimacy with the Bible comes by slow, meditative reading that focuses on small portions—deep study of books, chapters, and verses. Familiarity with the Bible comes through faster reading of larger portions—the entire sweep of the biblical narrative. Both are perfectly good…

Dec 28, 2023

Articles

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New Year, New Joys, New Sorrows

As the calendar turns from December to January and as 2023 gives way to 2024, a new year is laid out before us. We may have already drawn a few lines and circles on some of the dates—appointments here, vacations there. We may have slotted in a few dreams and plans for certain days and…

Jan 1

Articles

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The Happiest Year You Will Ever Know

There are some hymns that disappear because they are simply not very good. There are some hymns that disappear because they are too tied to a particular niche. And there are some hymns that disappear because their language becomes antiquated. I think this hymn/poem by John Newton spans the latter two categories. It is closely…

Dec 31, 2023

Quotes

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I Feel At Home in Your Church

It is one of the realities of the Christian faith that skeptics love to criticize—the reality that there are a host of different denominations and a multitude of different expressions of Christian worship. But while believers have become accustomed to responding to this criticism with a sense of shame, I choose to see it in…

Jan 10

Articles

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8 Sins You Commit Whenever You Look at Porn

We know that pornography is an ugly and harmful sin. We know that those who indulge in porn have committed the sin of lust, but there is so much more to it than that. When you open your browser and begin to look at those images and videos, you are sinning in ways that go…

Apr 25, 2017

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