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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.”


  • 16 New and Notable Christian Books for September 2025

    September is fading into October, but before the month becomes a distant memory, I’d like to tell you about some of the new books that it brought our way. Here are 16 new and notable titles that I hope will be of interest to you. In each case, I’ve included the publisher’s description. Someone to…

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    A La Carte (September 30)

    A La Carte: Voddie Baucham / Christians and social media / Call of the Cosmos / The real reason you can’t quit porn / Ways of getting justification wrong / Hymn lyrics you’ve misunderstood / and more.

  • Lion

    Do You Remember the New Atheism?

    Do you remember when the New Atheism was at its peak? Do you remember when the so-called “Four Horsemen” of the movement were writing book after book that proclaimed and celebrated the death of Christianity and, indeed, the death of religion?

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    A La Carte (September 29)

    A La Carte: Old wisdom for navigating new tech / Is textual criticism cool? / Should I submit to my pastors? / My watch buzzes at 10:02 each morning / Does God change his mind? / Kindle deals / and more.

  • Corporate Worship

    It’s Not About You (And That Is Good News)

    Every Christian knows it is both our duty and our delight to gather with God’s people on each Lord’s Day. But we may have less clarity on why we do this. Why is it so important that we gather specifically to worship?