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Nov 3, 2005

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Thursday November 3, 2005

Prayer: Doug prays for his wife. You might like to do so as well.

Humor: Amy discusses pragmatic gardening which involves planting lettuce along her front walk.

Emerging Church: Ochuk has come to the not-so-startling revelation that the emerging church is obsessed with itself.

Theology: Tom Nettles and Mark Dever headline the Evangelical Forum Meeting next week in Alexandria, Virginia. If you live in the area and can attend I’m sure you’d find this to be an edifying evening!

A La Carte (9/23)

More About Harsh LanguageIf you read last week’s exchange between Nathan Busenitz and Doug Wilson, you’ll want to read this follow-up by Busenitz. Can’t You Take a Joke?Wired writes about the man who invented the emoticon. 🙂 The Cross: Can We Have More?Darryl Dash reflects on Brian McLaren’s understanding of the gospel and pleads for…

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A La Carte (4/15)

I’m back home after spending the last few days at Together for the Gospel (and/or traveling there and back). As usual I found myself unable to update the site while on the road. At some point I’ll provide a few reflections. But for now, let me post just a few links I collected along the…

Apr 15, 2010

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A La Carte (June 25)

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. People looking for Kindle deals will find just a handful of them today. Good Overcomes Evil I was both alarmed and encouraged to read this update by missionaries in Uganda. “The meeting has the feeling of a town without defenses preparing…

Jun 25, 2021

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Do the Most Visible Christians Get the Most Joyous Welcome?

We often imagine that the most visible Christians on earth receive the most joyous welcome in heaven. But if we assume this, we may be proving that our thinking has been more shaped by the kingdom of this world than by the Kingdom of Heaven.

Jun 15

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A La Carte (June 15)

Preparing for spiritual warfare / Navigating bribery / Innovation isn’t the answer / Husbands and bitterness / A son’s disability / Assurance of salvation / Kindle deals / and more.

Jun 15

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Works & Wonders June 14

Works & Wonders: Bowing the knee or shaking the fist, 39 years to translate the Bible, And Can It Be, How to understand a trillIon, Landsat images, and World Cup covers.

Jun 14

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Weekend A La Carte (June 13)

Egg freezing is a booming business / Talk to the A.I. me / Is aging becoming optional? / Feminism and the Fall / The lie of living your truth / Moving on from the Christian Nationalism moment / and more.

Jun 13

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An Ideal Resource For Your Family Devotions

There is a lot I miss from the days when our children were young. High on the list is family devotions. Nick once described our family as having a “Spartan-like commitment” to them, though I remember as much failure as success and as many misses as hits. Still, there’s no doubt that over the 26…

Jun 12

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A La Carte (June 12)

The curious case of extra resurrections / Are kids too expensive? / Why hot takes are the enemy of conviction / Piper on preaching outrage / A daily rhythm of prayer / Forgetting and pursuing / A La Quiz / The funnies / and more.

Jun 12

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You Can Conform to Christ Even if You Don’t Conform to Me

One of the aspects of the Christian faith that I find particularly perplexing is the freedom God gives his people to obey him in different or even opposite ways, so that one person’s obedience is another person’s disobedience. Even as two people take the same action, one might be obeying him and the other disobeying…

Jun 10

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Works & Wonders June 7

This week’s Works & Wonders offers: The wonder and the beauty, older and rarer, His Love, Ferrari Luce, The Covenanter Story, and cheese curds.

Jun 7

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An Ideal Resource For Your Family Devotions

There is a lot I miss from the days when our children were young. High on the list is family devotions. Nick once described our family as having a “Spartan-like commitment” to them, though I remember as much failure as success and as many misses as hits. Still, there’s no doubt that over the 26…

Jun 12

Articles

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Works & Wonders June 14

Works & Wonders: Bowing the knee or shaking the fist, 39 years to translate the Bible, And Can It Be, How to understand a trillIon, Landsat images, and World Cup covers.

Jun 14

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Strong to the End

You have probably heard of Davy and Natalie Lloyd, even if the names aren’t immediately familiar. In May 2024, you most likely heard the news about two young American missionaries to Haiti who, along with one of their Haitian colleagues, were brutally murdered by one of the many gangs that dominate the country.

Jun 5

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