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May 5, 2008

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Monday May 5, 2008

Wow. Wow. Wow.
Phil Johnson writes in glowing terms about a couple of new books that are well worth reading.

Gospel Unity Among Educational Camps
Josh Harris provides a video where he shares a good and important word about not dividing over educational choices.

Write Down a Prayer
Ray Pritchard encourages you to not just say “I’ll pray for you” but to actually write down a prayer for a friend.

Church Unity at 9Marks
Thabiti has a roundup of the articles and reviews from the latest edition of the eJournal.

Emergent’s New Christians and the Young and Restless Reformed
CT has an interesting exchange between Collin Hansen (Young, Restless, Reformed) and Tony Jones (The New Christians: Dispatches from the Emergent Frontier).

A La Carte (6/13)

Friday June 13, 2008 Desiring God National ConferenceRegistration is now open. This year’s topic: The Power of Words and the Wonder of God. Speakers include Driscoll, Ferguson, Kauflin, Tripp… Youth “Must Read” ListsDoctrine Matters is asking your help in putting together a must-read reading list for youth. Space WallpapersIf you still haven’t prettied up your…

Jun 13, 2008

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A La Carte (March 21)

A La Carte: Coming tariffs on books / When God used a stutterer / Not peculiar enough / What leadership is and does / Staring into an abyss / Standards for good writing / Surrender to ministry / and more

Mar 21, 2025

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A La Carte (August 6)

A La Carte: The best a man can get / Should you send your kids to Catholic school? / Why “proverbs aren’t promises” is misleading / Faith or evidence / The quiet grief of caregiving / Church skills / and more.

Aug 6, 2024

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Weekend A La Carte (June 13)

Egg freezing is a booming business / Talk to the A.I. me / Is aging becoming optional? / Feminism and the Fall / The lie of living your truth / Moving on from the Christian Nationalism moment / and more.

Jun 13

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An Ideal Resource For Your Family Devotions

There is a lot I miss from the days when our children were young. High on the list is family devotions. Nick once described our family as having a “Spartan-like commitment” to them, though I remember as much failure as success and as many misses as hits. Still, there’s no doubt that over the 26…

Jun 12

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A La Carte (June 12)

The curious case of extra resurrections / Are kids too expensive? / Why hot takes are the enemy of conviction / Piper on preaching outrage / A daily rhythm of prayer / Forgetting and pursuing / A La Quiz / The funnies / and more.

Jun 12

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A La Carte (June 11)

We lost the baby / The Bible is cessationist (and wondrous!) / Thinking about Eastern Orthodoxy: a primer for evangelicals / Virtue signalling in the church / What is God’s providence? / Restlessness / Kindle deals / and more.

Jun 11

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You Can Conform to Christ Even if You Don’t Conform to Me

One of the aspects of the Christian faith that I find particularly perplexing is the freedom God gives his people to obey him in different or even opposite ways, so that one person’s obedience is another person’s disobedience. Even as two people take the same action, one might be obeying him and the other disobeying…

Jun 10

Articles

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A La Carte (June 10)

Does prayer make a difference? / Portrait of an abortionist / Pushing back against the black tax / Bring your whole self to work / Blessed are the weak / When service isn’t a transaction / A pastoral analogy / Bill C-9 will soon be law in Canada / and more.

Jun 10

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Strong to the End

You have probably heard of Davy and Natalie Lloyd, even if the names aren’t immediately familiar. In May 2024, you most likely heard the news about two young American missionaries to Haiti who, along with one of their Haitian colleagues, were brutally murdered by one of the many gangs that dominate the country.

Jun 5

Articles

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You Can Conform to Christ Even if You Don’t Conform to Me

One of the aspects of the Christian faith that I find particularly perplexing is the freedom God gives his people to obey him in different or even opposite ways, so that one person’s obedience is another person’s disobedience. Even as two people take the same action, one might be obeying him and the other disobeying…

Jun 10

Articles

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Works & Wonders June 7

This week’s Works & Wonders offers: The wonder and the beauty, older and rarer, His Love, Ferrari Luce, The Covenanter Story, and cheese curds.

Jun 7

Articles

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An Ideal Resource For Your Family Devotions

There is a lot I miss from the days when our children were young. High on the list is family devotions. Nick once described our family as having a “Spartan-like commitment” to them, though I remember as much failure as success and as many misses as hits. Still, there’s no doubt that over the 26…

Jun 12

Articles

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Your Loved Ones Love You Still

The old adage may be trite, but that makes it no less true: Absence makes the heart grow fonder. There is something about being apart that stirs our affections, that causes us to understand and articulate what we might otherwise have taken for granted. It is often only through a time of separation that we…

Jun 7, 2023

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