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A La Carte (11/6)

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Eight Theses on God and Government – Sam Storms presents eight theses on God and government. While on the subject of politics, Joel Beeke has a follow-up to an article he wrote last week in which he shared why he cannot not vote for Mitt Romney.

Abandoned Suitcases – Collectors Weekly shares a fascinating interview and photo gallery. “If you were committed to a psychiatric institution, unsure if you’d ever return to the life you knew before, what would you take with you? From the 1910s through the 1960s, many patients at the Willard Asylum for the Chronic Insane left suitcases behind when they passed away, with nobody to claim them. Upon the center’s closure in 1995, employees found hundreds of these time capsules stored in a locked attic…”

Writing a Sympathy Card – Paul Tautges reruns an article that offers helpful suggestions on writing a sympathy card, rather a lost art, I think.

What a Pastor’s Kid Needs – Writing at The Gospel Coalition, Barnabas Piper gives a list of 7 things a pastor’s kid needs from his father. Here’s one I’ll need to come back to regularly!

New York Magazine – This is an amazing picture of New York City post-Sandy. It is gracing the cover of the new edition of New York magazine.

The best way to be a good father to your children is to be a good husband to their mother.

—Jay Adams

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    Weekend A La Carte (January 17)

    A La Carte: Look to and learn from older saints / Don’t overthink your problems / Rebellion / When there is no good church / Teens and popular music / Where the gospel costs everything / and more.

  • Free Stuff Fridays (TGBC)

    Enter to win 1 of 5 copies of Why We’re Feeling Lonely (And What We Can Do About It) and be encouraged by Shelby Abbott’s practical, biblical insights for young adults struggling with loneliness.

  • Gospel way

    Truths That Take on the World

    Christianity has a long history with catechisms—summaries of key doctrines that are arranged in a question-and-answer format. Traditionally, Presbyterians would be taught The Shorter Catechism, Dutch Reformed believers The Heidelberg Catechism, and Baptists one of the Baptist equivalents. Sadly, the use of catechisms began to decline as the years went by, so that it became…

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    A La Carte (January 16)

    A La Carte: Business meetings at the urinal / Ambition and competition / The loneliness crisis / Better than feeling seen / Exhausted and overwhelmed / Kindle deals / and more.

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    A La Carte (January 15)

    A La Carte: Young people are turning to the Bible / What conservative young men need / Justifying self-gratification / The influence of reading / On boredom / and more.

  • Remember

    It Doesn’t Matter What You Remember

    I have a memory like a … what do you call it? That thing in the kitchen you use to sift the stuff you want from the stuff you don’t. A sieve! That’s it. I have a memory like a sieve. I joke about it at times, and about how I have to outsource remembering…