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May 3, 2007

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Thursday May 3, 2007

Politics: This is the kind of guy Christians should vote for in the upcoming US election.

Audio: Jacob has news of this month’s free audio download from ChristianAudio. This month it is “The Reformed Pastor” by Richard Baxter.

Law: A case like this one simply highlights the absurdities of the US legal system–a man suing a dry cleaner for $67,000,000 for losing a pair of his pants.

Military: Joe Carter tells why it is wise to block military bloggers from posting from the war zone.

Music: The New Attitude blog is introducing some new bands and giving readers an opportunity to download some free mp3s.

New and Notable Christian Books for May 2025

While the month of May has already almost fully waned, it has proved to be a good month for Christian book releases. I sorted through the stacks that landed on my desk and arrived at this list of new and notables.

May 30

Resources

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A La Carte (May 30)

A La Carte: God’s pain megaphone / One of us / Destroying ministerial reputations / Prepare your heart for pride month / What does it mean to give quietly? / One step closer / and more.

May 30

A La Carte

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A La Carte (May 29)

A La Carte: Radicalized loneliness / There is no Christian defense of pornography / The problem with idols of the heart / Fear not fatherhood / Serving the God who served us first / The myth of the irreligious world / Kindle deals / and more.

May 29

A La Carte

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What God Forbids You To Judge

I am a judgmental person. I’m often amazed and dismayed by how quickly I leap to judgment, often without facts, without knowledge, without sympathy. Of course there are times when judgment is right and good…

May 28

Articles

5 min read
A La Carte (May 28)

A La Carte: When your spouse doesn’t believe / Cherish Christ / The defensive pastor / The church calendar / Outlaw pornography now / AI and pastoral education / Book and Kindle deals / and more.

May 28

A La Carte

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A La Carte (May 27)

A La Carte: How to do controversy well / Restoring repentant adulterers / Nothing is “just” anything / Was Mary born without sin? / The hill I’m dying on / AI and work predictions / and more.

May 27

A La Carte

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You, Me, and G3

I have fond memories of the early years of the G3 Conference. When G3 held its debut event in 2013, I was one of the invited speakers and it quickly became a tradition. For eight years I fell into the comfortable pattern of making an annual trip to Atlanta. I would almost always speak in…

May 23

Articles

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AI Makes Me Doubt Everything

Most technological innovations take place slowly and then all at once. We first begin to hear about them as distant possibilities, then receive the first hints that they are drawing near, and then one day we realize they are all around us.

May 21

Articles

5 min read
What God Forbids You To Judge

I am a judgmental person. I’m often amazed and dismayed by how quickly I leap to judgment, often without facts, without knowledge, without sympathy. Of course there are times when judgment is right and good…

May 28

Articles

5 min read
If We Could Both Go Together

I am slowly (but steadily!) making my way through the collected sermons of De Witt Talmage. Though he is little-known and little-remembered today, he was considered one of the great preachers of his time. In one of his sermons I found this sweet tribute to his parents and the joy of a long marriage.

May 21, 2023

Quotes

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Four Good Questions To Ask Your Tech

Have you ever considered how much time we spend talking to our tech? How many times a day do we command Alexa, ask Siri, or give an order to ChatGPT? We are in constant communication with our devices and through our devices. And since we are already in the habit of asking them our deep…

May 26

Articles

8 min read

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