A La Carte (5/29)

May 29, 2008

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Thursday May 29, 2008

How to Read 500 Books a Year
Denny Burk points to D.A. Carson’s explanation. The question is, who can afford 500 books a year?

White Board or Just Bored
Matt Schmucker shares some quotes and reflections from the recent White Board Sessions. The quote from Ed Stetzer is particularly good: “For most here today ministry won’t look like what we have heard today. Conferences are like ministry pornography — a picture of something we’ll never have.”

Irish Calvinist Reviews My Book
Erik Raymond was kind enough to post a review of my book.

The Forgotten Vice of Gluttony
Joe Carter writes about a vice we tend to prefer to ignore.

Your Life is a Sermon

“God saves us just as we are, but he is not content for us to remain just as we are. No—God’s great purpose for us, having saved us, is to conform us into the image of Christ (Romans 8:28-29).”

Sep 14

Sponsored

5 min read
Why Your Church Needs an Abuse Prevention Policy

Every church needs an abuse prevention policy. Here’s what a good one accomplishes, who should oversee it, and some helpful resources for drafting your own.

Sep 14

Articles

8 min read
A La Carte (September 14)

The kind of mom I’ve become / Young Christians, you need older Christians in your life! / 6 observations about ‘online’ church / An age of mechanical providence / God’s people don’t become angels at death / Why women are celebrating Lindsay Clancy / Kindle deals / and more.

Sep 14

A La Carte

5 min read
Works & Wonders (September 13)

Works & Wonders: Wonderful Paradoxes, Stone Wall Trees, Spiral Embryos, Saved by Grace, Play the 101, Just as He Said.

Sep 13

Articles

5 min read
Weekend A La Carte (September 12)

It’s 10 p.m., and your kids want to know where you are / The dark side of mindfulness / Planet of bots / How to love your local public school / The beautiful complexity of the human eye / Hard cases: no time to talk / Reader recommendations.

Sep 12

A La Carte

10 min read
Free Stuff Fridays (Harvest House Publishers)

This week, the blog and this giveaway are sponsored by Harvest House Publishers. Dear Millie, You are cordially invited to The God Party.Love, F, S, & HS Who sent this strange invitation and what does it mean? Millie has no idea—that is, until her fiendishly funny friends, the REAL BAD GUYS, shed some light on the…

Sep 11

Giveaways

2 min read

Netflix’s “Little House on the Prairie”

When Netflix announced they would debut a Little House on the Prairie series, I received the news with a sense of dread. While I knew it could be like All Creatures Great and Small and remain relatively faithful to the spirit of much-loved books, it could also be like Rings of Power and be anything…

Sep 7

Articles

9 min read
How Scammers Are Targeting Christian Authors

Scammers are using AI to target Christian authors. They use fake marketing, offers of translation, and fabricated book clubs. Here’s how to recognize the scams and how to avoid being fooled by them.

Sep 9

Articles

11 min read
Works & Wonders (September 6)

Works & Wonders: Beautiful creation / Photography awards / Blackwing pencils / World’s narrowest islands / Be a stowaway / Vanished Vikings.

Sep 6

Articles

4 min read
Why Your Church Needs an Abuse Prevention Policy

Every church needs an abuse prevention policy. Here’s what a good one accomplishes, who should oversee it, and some helpful resources for drafting your own.

Sep 14

Articles

8 min read
We Will Be Changed

A review of Alistair Begg’s We Will Be Changed, an exposition of the fruit of the Spirit—essential character that is produced in us but not by us.

Sep 11

Book Reviews

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