A La Carte (4/25)

Apr 25, 2008

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Friday April 25, 2008

Gospel Translations
At the Ligonier blog is an article about the new Gospel Translations initiative and Ligonier’s involvement in it. There is also a video detailing the Gospel Translations effort.

Ehrman and Wright Discuss Suffering
Beliefnet has a lengthy dialog between Bart Ehrman and N.T. Wright on the subject of suffering.

For Sale: 13 Year Old Virgin
The Telegraph has the sad story of young girls in India being ushered into a life of prostitution.

Are You Bored With Good Preaching?
Paul offers some good words for people who sit under good preaching.

An Engineer’s Guide to Cats
If you’ve got seven minutes to burn, this video is strangely enjoyable.

A New Jesus Biography
“”Basic Instinct” director Paul Verhoeven has written a book that contradicts biblical teaching by suggesting that Jesus might have been fathered by a Roman soldier who raped Mary.”

Judas and the Gospel of Jesus

The Gospel of Judas has had its fifteen minutes of fame. It is but another in an endlessly long line of stories or documents meant to shake the foundations of the Christian faith. Like its many predecessors, it gave National Geographic and anti-Christian authors an opportunity to voice their dissension with the biblical story of…

Aug 22, 2006

Book Reviews

5 min read
A La Carte (6/3)

The Explicit Gospel – Matt Chandler’s book The Explicit Gospel is free this month at ChristianAudio. Bart Ehrman Is At It Again – “Someone turned my attention to an article in the Huffington Post by Bart Ehrman called ‘Who Wrote the Bible and Why it Matters.’ The essence of the article is an argument that…

Jun 3, 2013

A La Carte

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Weekend A La Carte (January 22)

May God bless you as you serve and worship him this weekend. My thanks goes to Ligonier Ministries for sponsoring the blog this week with news of The Reformation Study Bible, Student Edition. Today’s Kindle deals include some classics (plus whatever I dig up in the morning). (Yesterday on the blog: Friendship and the Grace…

Jan 22, 2022

A La Carte

3 min read

Works & Wonders (April 26)

Uplifting bits and pieces for Sunday: Growing luminous / A $1,200 pen / 250 years of Americana / A house in a church / Reclaimed by nature / Chip wagons / and more.

Apr 26

Articles

6 min read
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.

Apr 25

A La Carte

9 min read
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.

Apr 24

Articles, Book Reviews

6 min read
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.

Apr 24

A La Carte

5 min read
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.

Apr 23

A La Carte

6 min read
Random Thoughts about Preaching and Being Preached To

Practical reflections on preaching and listening to sermons — guidance for pastors on preparation, length, and delivery, and for congregants on attentiveness, feedback, and benefiting from the Word.

Apr 22

Articles

15 min read

Random Thoughts about Preaching and Being Preached To

Practical reflections on preaching and listening to sermons — guidance for pastors on preparation, length, and delivery, and for congregants on attentiveness, feedback, and benefiting from the Word.

Apr 22

Articles

15 min read
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.

Apr 24

Articles, Book Reviews

6 min read
Sometimes I Get It Wrong

Sometimes I get it right and, admittedly, sometimes I get it wrong. I get access to most books long before they reach store shelves and I try to anticipate the ones that will be most important, most worthy of my time and yours. These are the ones I then read and review. But sometimes I…

Apr 15

Book Reviews

6 min read
Works & Wonders (April 19)

This week’s Works & Wonders includes a devotional on grace-fueled service, a new Sovereign Grace song on thankfulness, the faith of Titanic rescuer Arthur Rostron, speed puzzling, northern lights photography, a poem on readiness for death, and Easter piano music from the Gettys.

Apr 19

Articles

7 min read
Raising Children Who Love the Church

Here are some practical principles I observed or solicited when raising our children—children who gladly attend and prioritize the local church, not out of obligation, but out of conviction.

Apr 13

Articles

8 min read

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