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Four Reasons You Might Be Aborted
Joe Carter writes an open letter to fetal humans explaining four reasons they might be aborted.


Newsbusters on Obama’s Million Ghost March
Newsbusters looked at the satellite photos, did the math, and determined that the estimates were massively inflated. “I doubt it would surprise anyone here that the media would go to their best lengths to over-estimate the number of people at Obama’s inauguration. But just how far? Try a million people.”


22 Weeks
You’ll likely be hearing more about this movie, 22 Weeks, in the coming weeks and months.


Are You Good at Multitasking?
Congratulations! You’re hopelessly inefficient. Matt Perman shares a quote from a book I almost purchased last night when I saw it at the local bookstore.


Today is John Donne’s Birthday
Fred Sanders offers a brief overview of the life of this great poet and preacher.


The Year’s Weirdest Headline
I’ll grant that it’s only January 23, but what are the changes you’ll see a more bizarre headline than this all year? “Clinically Depressed Poodle Mauls Former French President Chirac.”


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    A La Carte (February 26)

    A La Carte: Death with dignity / On “balance” and young men / No need to fear / A gospel reset for the weary Christian / A shy guy’s guide to big groups / Book and Kindle deals / and more.

  • Substacks I Read and Recommend in 2026

    30 Christian Substacks I Read and Recommend in 2026

    t is a blessing to have so many dedicated and talented Christian writers who are willing to share their work with us. Many of them choose to share it through Substack, a platform for email newsletters. I follow all kinds of Substacks and thought it might be helpful to create a roundup of some of…

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    A La Carte (February 25)

    A La Carte: Why wouldn’t God provide more proof? / Gospel antidotes to anxiety / The predictable pastor / Writing is pain / Depths of Mordor / The Lord’s Supper is the best altar call / and more.

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    A La Carte (February 24)

    A La Carte: Carl Trueman on playing God / Gen Z and the search for status / John Piper on the marks of a godly boss / Interpreting OT laws / What is fasting? / When the gospel becomes an idol / and more.

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    Random Thoughts and Tips on Prayer

    Not every thought makes a good article and sometimes an entire article can be distilled down to a single thought. For those reasons, I like to occasionally create what I have created here–a roundup of brief, random thoughts. In this case, these thoughts are on prayer.

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    A La Carte (February 23)

    A La Carte: Why is Andrew not above the law? / Sharing the gospel / He is strong enough / Shallow Christian friends / Headship / Is fear a sin? / Kindle deals / and more.