A La Carte (12/10)

Dec 10, 2007

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Monday December 10, 2007

December Giveaway
Today is your last chance to sign up to win the Modern Parables DVD set.

The Arrogance of Error
Phil Johnson lets Spurgeon answer “Is it more “arrogant” to defend orthodoxy, or to tear it down?”

Designer Cats
What a world we live in when people can order a $28,000 hypoallergenic cat that acts like a dog.

D.G. Deals
Keep your eye on Desiring God over the next couple of weeks for some great deals. This week they’re offering the DVD set “Brothers—Feel, Think, Preach God” for $4.99.

A La Carte (December 18)

The Weight of Perfection in Marriage – This is a very enjoyable and challenging article on marriage. Pharma Spam – Ever wondered who’s behind all those spam emails you get that try to sell you cheap pills? This article explains. Through the Eyes of Spurgeon – This new documentary looks at the life and ministry…

Dec 18, 2014

A La Carte

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A La Carte (12/5)

Tuesday December 5, 2006 Driscoll: MSNBC reports on Mark Driscoll’s response to an uproar caused by various of his blog posts on women. Humor: The Sacred Sandwich’s December issue is now available. Among the headlines is this: “Robertson Named Meteorologist of the Year.” People: Ligon Duncan posts at the Together for the Gospel blog about…

Dec 5, 2006

A La Carte

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A La Carte (December 25)

Today’s Kindle deals include This Day in 336. 1,679 years ago today was the earliest known year that Jesus’ nativity was celebrated on this day. Merry Christmas! * Jesus’ coming is the final and unanswerable proof that God cares. —William Barclay

Dec 19, 2015

Articles

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Weekend A La Carte (April 27)

A La Carte: How to talk to your teens about Taylor Swift’s new album / Soft discipleship / Why doesn’t God make his existence more evident? / Three ways God is working through your suffering / Jesus didn’t come to make any nation great / and more.

Today

A La Carte

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Free Stuff Fridays (21Five)

This week the blog is sponsored by 21Five, a new Canadian Christian bookstore. In recent years, many Christian bookstores across Canada have closed their physical and online doors. This is disappointing for believers, as many of the best products come from abroad and can be costly or complicated for Canadians to bring home. There are…

Yesterday

Giveaways

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New and Notable Christian Books for April 2024

It is surprisingly difficult to find a list of Christian books that have been released in any given month—especially if you want that list to be filtered by books released through particular publishers. That’s one of the reasons why I close each month by coming up with my list of New and Notable books. I…

Yesterday

Resources

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A La Carte (April 26)

A La Carte: The parable of Kanye West / Biden’s new regulation reinforces transgender “orthodoxy” / 12 wonderful responsibilities God has given to women / Slow happiness / What I wish the church would understand about disability / Discerning true repentance from fake / Book and Kindle deals / and more.

Yesterday

A La Carte

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A La Carte (April 25)

A La Carte: For everything there is a seasoning / Influencer culture is toxic for teenagers / The death of attention and loss of our ability to listen / Evangelism in ordinary life / On using wine in communion / And more.

Apr 25

A La Carte

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Optimistic Denominationalism

It is one of the realities of the Christian faith that people love to criticize—the reality that there are a host of different denominations and a multitude of different expressions of Christian worship. We hear it from skeptics: If Christianity is true and if it really changes people, then why can’t you get along? We…

Apr 24

Articles

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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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