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Mar 13, 2009

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Are You a Drupal Programmer?
I am looking for a Drupal programmer to help me with a project (Discerning Reader, if you must know). Shoot me an email if you think you might be able to help me out!

Simeon Workshops
Richview Baptist Church in Etobicoke, Ontario is hosting the Simeon Trust preaching workshops from March 25-27. David Short and David Helm will be teaching.

Free Hymns for Modern Ears
DG: “My friend Tyler Johnson, a pastor at East Valley Bible Church in Gilbert, AZ, made my day today. He told me about a new music project called Page CXVI. With music for modern ears, they are seeking to make hymns more accessible and known to the church again. “

A La Carte (12/3)

Manhattan and the Brooklyn BridgeAn interesting article here: “Shortly before the Manhattan Declaration came out I was very disappointed by a discovery I made at the back end of the second edition of J. I. Packer’s Rediscovering Holiness. This new edition contains an afterword entitled “Holiness in the Dark: The Case of Mother Teresa.” I…

Dec 3, 2009

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A La Carte (November 8)

Today’s Kindle deals include just a few odds and ends. Something is Wrong on the Internet This is an odd but still important read for parents of young children. Despite the warnings of explicit content, it points more to what is weird and bizarre than perverse. You Can’t Reform What You Won’t Touch Barry York…

Nov 8, 2017

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A La Carte (June 8)

Today’s Kindle deals include a few noteworthy book, including a favorite adaptation of The Pilgrim’s Progress and a book by James Montgomery Boice. Westminster Books has their deals for the week and they include David Murray’s new book on burnout as well as Richard Phillips’ excellent book for men. Reprobation: Does God Elect People to…

Jun 8, 2017

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Your Kids Need You To Help Them Build Their Identity

It has always been important that children establish their identity. From the time kids are young, they are being formed in a host of ways and gradually coming to terms with who they are and who they will become. Historically, identity arose from outside—from the people they came from, the place they were born, and…

Sep 13

Book Reviews

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A La Carte (September 13)

A La Carte: Will God forgive my worst sin? / Seeing dignity instead of misery among the poor / Aging graciously / How edgy are you? / What Trump should have said to Kamala / Kindle deals / and more.

Sep 13

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A La Carte (September 12)

A La Carte: Our greatest tool for reaching the West again / Ordained or allowed? / One for the misfits / If the Twin Towers fell after Twitter / How to get over it when you taught poorly / Kindle deals / and more.

Sep 12

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The Pastoral Prayer: Examples and Inspirations

Of all the elements that once made up traditional Protestant worship, there is probably none that has fallen on harder times than prayer. It is not unusual to visit a church today and find that prayer is perfunctory, rare, or absent altogether. If that is true of prayer in general, it is particularly true of…

Sep 11

Articles

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A La Carte (September 11)

A La Carte: Pro-natalism / Why a good God commanded the destruction of the Canaanites / An encouragement to husbands / Pastoring, productivity, and priorities / I had a horrific childhood / and more.

Sep 11

A La Carte

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My New Book “Pilgrim Prayers” Releases Today!

My new book launches today! Pilgrim Prayers is (as the subtitle explains) comprised of “Devotional Poems That Awaken Your Heart to the Goodness, Greatness, and Glory of God.”

Sep 10

Articles

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The Dutiful Introvert

I am aware that the categories of introvert and extrovert are not described or even hinted at within the pages of the Bible. My understanding is that the terms arose from the mind of Carl Jung and were popularized through his teachings—teachings that oppose Scripture in a host of ways.

Sep 4

Articles

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Past Them, Through Them, Over Them, Around Them

It is inevitable that we face times of difficulty and impossible that we escape them altogether. To be born is to suffer and to live is to endure all manner of trouble and trial. Just as none of us escapes death, none of us escapes all hardships. And when we face such hardships, we invariably…

Sep 9

Articles

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The Thing That Would Make Everything Okay Forever

It does me good to pause from time to time to read an account of a person coming to faith. It never ceases to fascinate me how many different paths we take to that one door and it never ceases to encourage me to read about another person’s experience of coming to the end of…

Sep 6

Book Reviews

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Impossible, Unrealistic, Sinful, Lazy

God calls us to live lives marked by holiness. God could have arranged the world in such a way that when we put our faith in Christ, he immediately “zaps” us with the full measure of holy character. He could have arranged it this way, but in his wisdom he didn’t.

Sep 8

Articles

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Is Watching Porn a Sin?

I’m so glad you are asking this question because it’s an important one. Maybe you will find it comforting to know you are not the only one asking it—more people come to this site by searching “is watching porn a sin?” than any other question.

Aug 21

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