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Yelp Reviews – This is a brilliant little video that highlights the absurdity of life in this modern, digital world where we take seriously the ability to review everything we do and experience. Here a professional actor simply reads a review, but does it beautifully.

A Merciful God – This is a powerful post that was written in the aftermath of the shootings in Colorado. It was written by someone who was in the theatre.

How to Watch the Olympics – John Piper doing what he does: “The good Brit C. S. Lewis (who’d be happy to see London host the games) would call it ‘transposition’—taking in the Olympic games, engaging and entertaining as they are, and seeing through them, and beyond them, to the ultimate realities to which they point in God’s created world, spring-loaded at every turn to teach us about redemption.”

Loving the God Who Takes Your Child – A mother and father proclaim their trust in the Lord and his purposes even while they mourn the loss of their infant son.

Reading for the New Calvinist – Keith Mathison suggests ten books and one letter every new Calvinist ought to read.

Paranal Observatory – This is quite an amazing little movie. Just look at the volume of stars in the sky!

The light of human reason differs little from darkness.

—John Calvin

  • Family Update

    A Family Update (And an Engagement!)

    It has been some time since I have shared a family update, and I acknowledge it is long overdue. So here is what’s new in my life, family, and ministry over the past few months.

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    A La Carte (August 6)

    A La Carte: Feelings and faith / Do you talk too much? / Broken relationships and broken hearts / Guiding children through the digital age / Creeds and confessions / A nature video / Book and Kindle deals.

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    A La Carte (August 5)

    A La Carte: Phone-free policy / The AI apocalypse/ When possessions possess you / A theology of money / Ways to serve your kids’ school this year / Last words / Kindle and Logos deals.

  • Compound Interest

    The Financial and Spiritual Principle of Compound Interest

    Aileen and I recently opened an RESP for our grandson and made an initial little deposit. An RESP (Registered Education Savings Plan) is a kind of savings account that allows money to accumulate without taxes, provided it is someday used for education. Finn isn’t yet even a year old, so this may seem a little…

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    A La Carte (August 4)

    A La Carte: Everything matters / The promise of beauty / A fresh word from the Lord / A plea regarding autism / Why I love verse by verse exposition / Win a gift card / Kindle deals.