A La Carte (2/1)

Feb 1, 2007

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Thursday February 1, 2007

Islam: Australia’s Herald Sun brings a story about “Muslim-only washrooms at La Trobe University.”

Conference: The Shepherd’s Conference is now offering a live video stream from the conference which will be held next month. Details here.

Marriage: Justin Buzzard wonders about a Christian minister’s involvement in a non-Christian wedding.

Du Jour: The ESV blog reflects on “being Dugg” and “what happens when a Christian blog experiences a fleeting burst of popularity from non-Christian or even anti-Christian sources.” A good read!

A La Carte (1/19)

Friday January 19, 2007 Conference: The Ligonier conference has reached capacity (which I believe is in the neighborhood of 5000 people!) Church: Outreach magazine has announced that LifeChurch.tv is the most innovative church in the country “primarily for its ability to leverage the latest technology available for its nine multi-state campuses, 18,000 members and thousands…

Jan 19, 2007

A La Carte

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A La Carte (3/5)

Wednesday March 5, 2008 Christian Book Release DatesWe’ve added a new feature to Discerning Reader: a list of upcoming notable book releases. So if you want to know what’s next for Piper, MacArthur, Driscoll, Wells, Carson, Zacharias and any number of other authors, take a look at the page. Shepherds’ Conference Live StreamThe Shepherds’ Conference,…

Mar 5, 2008

A La Carte

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A La Carte (3/25)

It’s looking like another great day in Orlando. It’s quite a conference Ligonier puts on and I’m enjoying it thoroughly. I’ve also enjoyed meeting quite a number of readers of this blog as well. And I suppose I’ll meet a few more when I do a book signing a bit later in the day. If…

Mar 25, 2011

A La Carte

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A La Carte (May 27)

A La Carte: How to do controversy well / Restoring repentant adulterers / Nothing is “just” anything / Was Mary born without sin? / The hill I’m dying on / AI and work predictions / and more.

May 27

A La Carte

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The Great Use of a Life: How to Leverage Your Life for the Mission of God

What Are You Living For? “The great use of a life is to spend it for something that outlasts it.” – William James The early church was filled with ordinary people who turned the world upside down. What made them so effective? They lived for God’s glory, not their own. In Leverage Your Life, a…

May 26

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Four Good Questions To Ask Your Tech

Have you ever considered how much time we spend talking to our tech? How many times a day do we command Alexa, ask Siri, or give an order to ChatGPT? We are in constant communication with our devices and through our devices. And since we are already in the habit of asking them our deep…

May 26

Articles

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A La Carte (May 26)

A La Carte: Empty of all but memories / When you don’t feel like going to church / How to be human / Not every sermon is a challenge / The sorrow of saying goodbye / Kindle deals / and more.

May 26

A La Carte

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Prayer Fetched the Angel

We would not pray if we did not have confidence that God answers prayer. And indeed, his Word promises that he does.

May 25

Articles

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Weekend A La Carte (May 24)

A La Carte: When the music stops / Not every meal is a steak dinner / I don’t know where the streams are / The wonder of forgiveness / Authentic preaching in the age of AI / and more.

May 24

A La Carte

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You, Me, and G3

I have fond memories of the early years of the G3 Conference. When G3 held its debut event in 2013, I was one of the invited speakers and it quickly became a tradition. For eight years I fell into the comfortable pattern of making an annual trip to Atlanta. I would almost always speak in…

May 23

Articles

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AI Makes Me Doubt Everything

Most technological innovations take place slowly and then all at once. We first begin to hear about them as distant possibilities, then receive the first hints that they are drawing near, and then one day we realize they are all around us.

May 21

Articles

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What Does a Discerning Person Do?

Some Christians seem to be specially gifted when it comes to spiritual discernment. Others take a special interest in discernment and expend the hard effort of growing in the discipline of it. But they may sometimes wonder: What should I do with this discernment?

May 19

Articles

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If We Could Both Go Together

I am slowly (but steadily!) making my way through the collected sermons of De Witt Talmage. Though he is little-known and little-remembered today, he was considered one of the great preachers of his time. In one of his sermons I found this sweet tribute to his parents and the joy of a long marriage.

May 21, 2023

Quotes

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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…

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