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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 (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 (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 (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

A La Carte

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Invisible Grief

There is no path through this life that does not involve at least some measure of grief. This world is so broken that at different times and in different ways, grief affects us all. Some grief flows from what we loved and lost but other grief flows from what has never been and may never…

Feb 6

Book Reviews

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A La Carte (February 6)

A La Carte: The need for father-scholars / Teach your kids what to think / The fading of the flower / Playing God with children / Softly break a bone / Kindle deals / and more.

Feb 6

A La Carte

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A La Carte (February 5)

A La Carte: Life is a vapor / Jelly Roll and Billie Eilish / Did God need to kill his Son? / Should we forgive apart from repentance? / His Mercy Is More / Worship / and more.

Feb 5

A La Carte

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Tiptoeing to the Edge of Cliffs

Not too long ago, there was a trend in which people would see how close they could come to being hit by a train without actually being hit by a train. That’s about as stupid a game as I can imagine. Play stupid games, win stupid games, as the kids say. But researching sin when…

Feb 4

Articles

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A La Carte (February 4)

A La Carte: Jesus loves the self-righteous sinner / How churches began using grape juice / Stop praying “in your name” / We aren’t very good at rest / The greatest theological statement ever written / and more.

Feb 4

A La Carte

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A La Carte (February 3)

A La Carte: Scheduling hospitality / False teachers / Dating Christian women / Stoking the fire / Origins of the evil one / Love and accept / Kindle deals / and more.

Feb 3

A La Carte

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New and Notable Christian Books for January 2026

As you know, I like to do my best to sort through the new Christian books that are released each month to see what stands out as being not only new but also particularly notable. I received quite a number of books in January and narrowed the list down to the ones below. I have…

Jan 29

Resources

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Lots of Single Christians but Few Weddings

I find it one of the great mysteries of the modern church. It does not exist in every context and every congregation, but as I’ve traveled and inquired, I’ve become convinced it exists in a great many of them. Here is the mystery: A lot of churches have many single men and many single women…

Feb 5, 2025

Articles

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Amplify Not a Fool by Responding to His Folly

Where you think your wisdom may make the fool better, it’s more likely that his folly will make you worse. You are more likely to stoop to his level than he is to rise to yours. Ironically, fools can be clever at times and wise men naive, for the fool has an intuitive understanding of…

Jan 28

Articles

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Invisible Grief

There is no path through this life that does not involve at least some measure of grief. This world is so broken that at different times and in different ways, grief affects us all. Some grief flows from what we loved and lost but other grief flows from what has never been and may never…

Feb 6

Book Reviews

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Love Is the Interpreter

There have been a few bands and musicians I did not particularly care for when I first heard their music. I came across them on a cassette or CD in the old days, or on YouTube or Apple Music in more recent days, and found that their music didn’t really resonate. I set them aside…

Feb 2

Articles

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