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Mar 7, 2008

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Friday March 7, 2008

A Bolt from the Blue
Dr. Mohler discusses the recent ruling in California that the state’s parents have no constitutional right to homeschool their own children.

Modern Parables Digitals
Modern Parables is now (for a limited time, I believe) offering their films for download (free lo-res for computers and iPods). Get them!

Free Audio Book
This month’s free audio book from Christianaudio.com is “Confessions of the Reformed Church (Unabridged).”

Luther Wasn’t so Bad After All
“According to Vatican insiders the Pope will argue that Luther, who was excommunicated and condemned for heresy, was not a heretic.”

Puritan Library
Newly redesigned, this site is a valuable resources for anything Puritan.

A La Carte (1/4)

Friday January 4, 2008 Modern Parables Price DropResponding to the voice of the masses, the powers that be have dropped the price of the Modern Parables DVD set. Losing A BabyRick Phillips writes about the painful experience of losing his unborn baby. His faith in the midst of pain is a powerful testimony to God’s…

Jan 4, 2008

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A La Carte (1/7)

Monday January 7, 2008 Radical Womanhood and Modern ParablesCarolyn McCulley offers a review of the Modern Parables DVD set. “In short, I like the variety of uses these videos offer–they are ideal for starting fruitful discussions with young children, initiating spiritual discussions with non-Christians, and giving your own Bible study a fresh take.” The Puritan…

Jan 7, 2008

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A La Carte (5/23)

The Big Picture – The Big Picture has a gallery of photos of the devastation in Oklahoma. Also, these before and after pictures are startling and display the power of the storm. Modern Parables 2 – I have often expressed my appreciation for the Modern Parables series of films. Well, they are now using Kickstarter…

May 23, 2013

A La Carte

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A La Carte (April 23)

A La Carte: Climate anxiety paralyzes, gospel hope propels / Living what God has written / How should I engage my rebellious child? / Satan hates your pastor / How to navigate our spiritual highs / The art of extemporaneous preaching / and more.

Today

A La Carte

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The Path to Contentment

I wonder if you have ever considered that the solution to discontentment almost always seems to be more. If I only had more money I would be content. If I only had more followers, more possessions, more beauty, then at last I would consider myself successful. If only my house was bigger, my influence wider,…

Yesterday

Articles

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A La Carte (April 22)

A La Carte: Why my shepherd carries a rod / When Mandisa forgave Simon Cowell / An open mind is like an open mouth / Marriage: the half-time report / The church should mind its spiritual business / Kindle deals / and more.

Yesterday

A La Carte

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It Begins and Ends with Speaking

Part of the joy of reading biography is having the opportunity to learn about a person who lived before us. An exceptional biography makes us feel as if we have actually come to know its subject, so that we rejoice in that person’s triumphs, grieve over his failures, and weep at his death.

Apr 21

Articles

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Weekend A La Carte (April 20)

A La Carte: Living counterculturally during election season / Borrowing a death / The many ministries of godly women / When we lose loved ones and have regrets / Ethnicity and race and the colorblindness question / The case for children’s worship services / and more.

Apr 20

A La Carte

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The Great Rewiring of Childhood

I know I’m getting old and all that, and I’m aware this means that I’ll be tempted to look unfavorably at people who are younger than myself. I know I’ll be tempted to consider what people were like when I was young and to stand in judgment of what people are like today. Yet even…

Apr 19

Book Reviews

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How I’ll Be Reading the Bible in 2024

Speaking broadly, there are two approaches to daily Bible reading: reading for intimacy or reading for familiarity. Intimacy with the Bible comes by slow, meditative reading that focuses on small portions—deep study of books, chapters, and verses. Familiarity with the Bible comes through faster reading of larger portions—the entire sweep of the biblical narrative. Both are perfectly good…

Dec 28, 2023

Articles

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New Year, New Joys, New Sorrows

As the calendar turns from December to January and as 2023 gives way to 2024, a new year is laid out before us. We may have already drawn a few lines and circles on some of the dates—appointments here, vacations there. We may have slotted in a few dreams and plans for certain days and…

Jan 1

Articles

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The Happiest Year You Will Ever Know

There are some hymns that disappear because they are simply not very good. There are some hymns that disappear because they are too tied to a particular niche. And there are some hymns that disappear because their language becomes antiquated. I think this hymn/poem by John Newton spans the latter two categories. It is closely…

Dec 31, 2023

Quotes

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I Feel At Home in Your Church

It is one of the realities of the Christian faith that skeptics love to criticize—the reality that there are a host of different denominations and a multitude of different expressions of Christian worship. But while believers have become accustomed to responding to this criticism with a sense of shame, I choose to see it in…

Jan 10

Articles

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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…

Apr 25, 2017

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