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Think Really Different – Quite needless to say, the iPad buzz is at an all-time high just two days before it releases in the US (international release will be later in the month). Newsweek says “The iPad will change the way you use computers, read books, and watch TV–as long as you’re willing to do it the Steve Jobs way.”

A New Frontier – Meanwhile the Wall Street Journal reviews the iPad and says it will open a whole new frontier. “For the past week or so, I have been testing a sleek, light, silver-and-black tablet computer called an iPad. After spending hours and hours with it, I believe this beautiful new touch-screen device from Apple has the potential to change portable computing profoundly, and to challenge the primacy of the laptop. It could even help, eventually, to propel the finger-driven, multitouch user interface ahead of the mouse-driven interface that has prevailed for decades.”

Desiring God’s National Conference – Desiring God just announced the lineup for their 2010 National Conference. Rick Warren will be one of the speakers. In this video John Piper explains the rationale.

April Tabletalk – The April edition of Ligonier’s Tabletalk magazine is out and you can read quite a few of the columns online. The topic is “A Brave New World…” and the issue looks at technology. There are some very good articles.

McLaren and Controversy – Publisher’s Weekly has an article about the controversy surrounding Brian McLaren’s latest book.

Getting Serious About Pornography – The article from National Review looks at our porn problem. While Christians have been saying many of these things for a long time, it is good to see greater mainstream acceptance of the devastation caused by pornography.


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    Weekend A La Carte (April 25)

    This weekend’s A La Carte covers Thomas Kinkade’s hidden legacy, Gen Z and real experiences, John Mark Comer in The Atlantic, Carl Trueman on the trans war, eugenics and AI, LLM sycophancy, and more.

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    Shooting Up

    Jonathan Tepper grew up watching his missionary parents transform the lives of heroin addicts in Madrid. Though he has wandered from the faith, his memoir may be the most Christian book you read this year.

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    A La Carte (April 24)

    You’re lazy / Six major views of baptism / John Piper and fur babies / You don’t need a therapist / Stop keeping score / Death and resurrection / A La Quiz / Kindle deals / and more.

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    A La Carte (April 23)

    The risk of persecution / The West’s strange genius / Our best years are ahead / Hope in the face of death / Keep the Christian calendar / The grief I did not know / Book reviews / Gen Alpha / and more.

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    A La Carte (April 22)

    Aspire to be lay elders / A mundane life is a courageous life / Aim high, repent often / The problem with deaconism / What are you angry about today? / An original poem / Kindle deals / and more.