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Jul 31, 2008

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Thursday July 31, 2008

Internet Addiction on the Rise
“Internet addiction — an online-related compulsive behavior that interferes with normal living and causes severe stress on family, friends, loved ones and work — is a psychological and behavioral problem that is spreading around the world, experts say.”

New at DR
Here is a list of the newest reviews over at Discerning Reader.

The Holiness of God
Next year’s Ligonier conference looks like it will be exceptional. It will focus on the holiness of God and will have feature a wonderful list of speakers.

A La Carte (July 31)

A La Carte: Errors to avoid / Christianity’s explosive growth in China / “Faith More Precious Than Gold” (a new song) / The hardest part of overcoming addiction / No repentance in hell / Star Wars, Star Trek, and biblical counseling / and more.

Jul 31, 2024

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Weekend A La Carte (August 30)

A La Carte: My mom, her drug addiction, God’s grace / God’s intervention and suffering / Common descent or common design / Why the work we do matters / How short, O Lord? / Totems diminish human worth / and more.

Aug 30, 2025

A La Carte

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A La Carte (August 7)

A La Carte: Gen Z turns to the occult / Taking phone addiction seriously / The picture on the nightstand / A tongue for every tribe / The woman caught in adultery / Kindle deals / and more.

Aug 7, 2025

A La Carte

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What Did You Give Up When You Became a Christian?

To follow Christ is to give things up—habits, desires, even relationships. But you never walk away empty-handed. You release what you cannot keep to gain what you cannot lose.

Mar 4

Articles

4 min read
A La Carte (March 4)

The death of a saint / James Talarico’s gospel / You can always come back to church / Preparing sermons weeks in advance / Gospel greatness / Hell and the character of God / and more.

Mar 4

A La Carte

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A La Carte (March 3)

Edgelords won’t inherit the earth / Why smart people reject God / Repentance without compromise / Not enough faith / Is it time for complementarians to change their mind? / Kindle deals / and more.

Mar 3

A La Carte

4 min read
Those Already Present and Those Who Have Not Yet Arrived

For 2000 years, God’s people have been praying the same prayer: “Come, Lord Jesus.” It is a good prayer, and a biblical one. Yet for 2,000 years God has delayed in answering it. This delay can be perplexing and even frustrating.

Mar 2

Articles

4 min read
A La Carte (March 2)

Paul Tripp’s definition of parenting / Caring for divorced people in your church / Why Catholicism needs relics / Iran after the Ayatollah / The crescent moon / Kindle deals / and more.

Mar 2

A La Carte

5 min read
The Deepest Thirst of All

The God who created us formed us in such a way that we are not meant to exist apart from him. To live apart from God is the spiritual equivalent of trying to live without food and water. It will lead only to weakness, pain, and death.

Mar 1

Articles

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Random Thoughts and Tips on Prayer

Not every thought makes a good article and sometimes an entire article can be distilled down to a single thought. For those reasons, I like to occasionally create what I have created here–a roundup of brief, random thoughts. In this case, these thoughts are on prayer.

Feb 23

Articles

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30 Christian Substacks I Read and Recommend in 2026

t is a blessing to have so many dedicated and talented Christian writers who are willing to share their work with us. Many of them choose to share it through Substack, a platform for email newsletters. I follow all kinds of Substacks and thought it might be helpful to create a roundup of some of…

Feb 25

Articles

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New and Notable Christian Books for February 2026

Not a single month goes by without Christian publishers providing us with great new resources. Thankfully, most of those new books end up in my mailbox. That allows me to sort through them and distil them down to a list like this one: A list of new and notables.

Feb 27

Articles

13 min read
Those Already Present and Those Who Have Not Yet Arrived

For 2000 years, God’s people have been praying the same prayer: “Come, Lord Jesus.” It is a good prayer, and a biblical one. Yet for 2,000 years God has delayed in answering it. This delay can be perplexing and even frustrating.

Mar 2

Articles

4 min read
The Most Quotable Quote

Tim Keller was a very quotable individual, but of all the quotes he left us, I expect one will prove the most widely shared. It speaks, of course, of the gospel—the good news, the great news, the wondrous news, the sends-chills-up-my-spine news, the brings-tears-to-my-eyes news, the I-wouldn’t-believe-it-if-God-hadn’t-said-it news of what Jesus Christ has accomplished on…

Feb 22

Articles

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