A La Carte (12/5)

Dec 5, 2007

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Wednesday December 5, 2007

Prince Caspian Trailer
Just as we begin reading through the book as a family, the theatrical trailer for Prince Caspian has been released. Rejoice!

The Brotherhood of Sons
Russell Moore writes about “What Some Rude Questions About Adoption Taught Me About the Gospel of Christ.” It’s a great read!

Paperspine
Paperspine is a new service that is essentially Netflix but for books. If you like to read but don’t care to buy so many books, this may be a good service for you.

Reality Check Conference
Registration for the Reality Check Conference (for youth and college students) is fast filling up. If you’d like to join with hundreds of other believers to close out 2007, check out the web site. I’m going to be there blogging it…

A La Carte (1/10)

Thursday January 10, 2008 A Prince Caspian WishlistC.S. Lewis scholar Devin Brown shares his “Prince Caspian” wishlist as he anticipates this summer’s movie release. Purgatorio ReturnsAt long last the satirical site Purgatorio has returned from hiatus. And there was much rejoicing. Can You Respect Him?At Making Home there is a good article about the importance…

Jan 10, 2008

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A La Carte (5/19)

Monday May 19, 2008 The Imagination of C.S. LewisLeland Ryken’s article on C.S. Lewis from a recent edition of Tabletalk is a masterpiece. Carson on Red Letter ChristiansDenny Burk shares some of D.A. Carson’s words on those who now call themselves “red letter Christians.” Amy Hall on Prince CaspianThe reviews for Prince Caspian are decidedly…

May 19, 2008

A La Carte

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A Family Guide to Prince Caspian

With Disney’s adaptation of Prince Caspian having just arrived on the big screen, we have seen a flood of Narnia-related books hitting the store shelves. Readers who searched for books to coincide with the release of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe will be familiar with many of the authors and their books. Devin…

May 24, 2008

Book Reviews

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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…

Jan 16

Book Reviews

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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.

Jan 16

A La Carte

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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.

Jan 15

A La Carte

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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…

Jan 14

Articles

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A La Carte (January 14)

A La Carte: Always being right / Sex advice for newlyweds / Making Christianity look good / Soul care / Stop straining for shortcuts / When writing feels like a chair / Rare Kindle deals / and more.

Jan 14

A La Carte

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Are We Post Woke?

It is too early to tell, I think, whether the “wokeness” craze has already peaked and even begun to slip into decline, or whether it’s just pausing to gather energy for another surge. What seems clear for the moment, though, is that it has lost at least some of its initial momentum, probably because it…

Jan 13

Book Reviews

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To Those Who Married Poorly

Some marriages are the stuff of fairytales. Some are not. Some husbands marry wives who respect them and some wives marry husbands who love them as Christ loves his church. Some do not. The sad fact is that some people marry well and some people marry poorly.

Jan 7

Articles

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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…

Jan 14

Articles

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Power Dynamics within Marriage

Any well-taught Christian should be able to speak of God’s attributes and to distinguish between those that are communicable (shared with other beings) and those that are incommunicable (unique to God alone). Among God’s communicable attributes is power. God, who has ultimate power, distributes limited power among human beings. This power is given to us…

Jan 9

Book Reviews

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Petty Annoyances and Minor Insults

I wonder if you are like me in that, as you look back on your life, you realize that most of the circumstances that have troubled you, most of the annoyances and disgruntlements, were produced by circumstances that were hardly worth noticing.

Jan 12

Articles

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Are We Post Woke?

It is too early to tell, I think, whether the “wokeness” craze has already peaked and even begun to slip into decline, or whether it’s just pausing to gather energy for another surge. What seems clear for the moment, though, is that it has lost at least some of its initial momentum, probably because it…

Jan 13

Book Reviews

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