A La Carte (11/20)

Nov 20, 2006

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Monday November 20, 2006

Books: Lisa wants you to join her in the GirlTalk book study (but only, presumably, if you are a girl).

Sports: Is Paper, Rock, Scissors a sport? Apparently it is, and the world championships were held recently in Toronto. BBC reports.

Missions: The 2006 Sovereign Grace missions presentation is very interesting (and very well made). It is available to watch on the Sovereign Grace web site.

Church: Rick Warren has asked Sen. Barack Obama to speak at Saddleback. WorldNetDaily blows a gasket (perhaps rightly so).

A La Carte (8/3)

Friday August 3, 2007 Phillips Talks SchoolingRick Phillips has some interesting things to say about fundamentalism and educational choices. New From Sovereign Grace MusicBob Kauflin writes about the new CD from Mark and Stephen Altrogge and asks them a couple of questions about it. New From Keith GreenThe Christian Post reports that some unreleased Keith…

Aug 3, 2007

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A La Carte (07/07)

Friday July 7, 2006 Blog: “Word to the Wise” is a new blog that will make its way through the book of Proverbs (my favorite book!). Interview: Justin Taylor has posted an interview he conducted with Voice, a Reformed Christian rap artist connected to Sovereign Grace Ministries. News: At long last, thousands of documents relating…

Jul 7, 2006

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A La Carte (10/19)

Thursday October 19, 2006 Technology: Microsoft has released Internet Explorer 7. It is a quantum leap over the outdated IE6 and is well worth the download. You can get it here. Masons: Tim Irvin is writing an interesting series about the Masons. You can find a link to the six installments in the sidebar on…

Oct 19, 2006

A La Carte

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For Our Good, Not For Our Bondage

Matthew Henry once said that when we are out of the way of duty, we are in the way of temptation. Yet Jerry Bridges warns that the spiritual disciplines are privileges to be used, not duties to be performed. So are they duties or are they not?

Feb 15

Articles

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Weekend A La Carte (February 14)

A La Carte: Satan wants you alone this Sunday / The discipline of unlearning / Asking a pastor to step down / Holy humor / Intentional thankfulness / and more.

Feb 14

A La Carte

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Free Stuff Fridays (Coram Deo Pastors Conference)

Free Stuff Fridays: Two Registrations for a Pastors Conference!

Feb 13

Giveaways

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Do You Have to Choose Between Science and God?

Whatever else young people know today, they know that science and God are opposed to one another. At least, they think they know this, because it has been taught to them in a hundred formal and informal settings, from the classroom to the television. They have been taught that they must choose between science and…

Feb 13

Articles

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A La Carte (February 13)

A La Carte: You don’t have a LGBTQ neighbor / Satan doesn’t use rubber bullets / John Piper on criticizing God / Tales that celebrate traditional families / The little things matter / and more.

Feb 13

A La Carte

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12 General Market Books I Have Enjoyed Recently

While I am committed to reading and reviewing Christian books, I also enjoy reading a steady diet of books published for the general market. I suppose my interests lean toward history, but I do read other books as well. Here are a few of the titles I’ve enjoyed over the past couple of months.

Feb 12

Articles

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12 General Market Books I Have Enjoyed Recently

While I am committed to reading and reviewing Christian books, I also enjoy reading a steady diet of books published for the general market. I suppose my interests lean toward history, but I do read other books as well. Here are a few of the titles I’ve enjoyed over the past couple of months.

Feb 12

Articles

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Invisible Grief

There is no path through this life that does not involve at least some measure of grief. This world is so broken that at different times and in different ways, grief affects us all. Some grief flows from what we loved and lost but other grief flows from what has never been and may never…

Feb 6

Book Reviews

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Lots of Single Christians but Few Weddings

I find it one of the great mysteries of the modern church. It does not exist in every context and every congregation, but as I’ve traveled and inquired, I’ve become convinced it exists in a great many of them. Here is the mystery: A lot of churches have many single men and many single women…

Feb 5, 2025

Articles

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Performative Grief

We all know what it is to perform grief—to ensure that others are aware of our sadness by forcing them to see our sorrow. We may do this to gain their attention or compel their sympathy. We may do this because we make grief an idol and are only validated when others feel sorry for…

Feb 11

Articles

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The Breakthrough Prayer

I am certain you have had a time when the Lord has brought you to a sudden, unexpected point of repentance or resolution. Perhaps you’ve been fostering a sin, and while you may have known it was sin, you haven’t been willing to deal with it—to put it to death and come alive to righteousness.…

Feb 9

Articles

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