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A La Carte (6/4)

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Mercy on the Baseball Diamond – Irish Calvinist has some good things to say about the Jim Joyce/Armando Galarraga situation. “Every once in awhile a news story comes along that really helps us to understand how we as a culture think. These are stories that blend in a bunch of social themes which represent our heartbeat. Today the baseball world brings such a story.”

No Compromise Radio – Recently I did an interview with Mike Abendroth for his program No Compromise Radio. “Mike and Tim discuss the early beginnings of challies.com, his book The Discipline of Spiritual Discernment, Sexual Detox, and his upcoming book The Next Story (Spring 2011). In an “Always Provocative” No Co speed round you will hear Tim’s thoughts on some of the latest issues in evangelicalism Piper/Warren, Francis Chan, Christian celebrities & more.”

Interview with Jonathan Catherwood – Here is an interview with a grandson of Martyn Lloyd-Jones. I particularly enjoyed hearing him reminisce about his grandfather.

Andrea Bocelli tells a little story about abortion (HT:Randy Alcorn):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QfKCGTfn3o&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999

$5 Fridays – Ligonier has another set of good deals for the $5 Fridays.


  • 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.

  • An Ideal Resource For Your Family Devotions

    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…

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Conform

    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…

  • 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.