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Monday July 7, 2008

What if the Muslims Won?
This exceptional article by Gene Edward Veith is in the most recent edition of Tabletalk Magazine.

Why I Will Vote for Obama
Douglas Groothuis writes about why he will [most certainly not] vote for Obama.

Geek of the Week
God shows up in an unexpected place in this interview with Dr. Richard Hipp, the creator of SQLite, a program you use but have never heard of.

How Many Deaths Go into an Award?
Here is a good article dealing with the Order of Canada recently awarded to Dr. Henry Morgentaler.

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Mar 5

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For All the Noise We Make…

We must be as eager to hear the Scripture as to hear the sermon, and we must be as expectant that God will speak to us through the Word as through the message. Rightly do many churches preface their Bible reading with words like, “Listen as I read God’s holy Word.”

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A La Carte: Why dads still matter / Character in absurd times / Don’t get baptized in the Jordan / Gen Z is spiritually hungry / Extending hospitality to children / and more.

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Free Stuff Fridays (SBTS)

Free Stuff Fridays: Cold Tumbler Giveaway!

Oct 10

Giveaways

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Not Old, Not Young, Not Done

I am about to turn 49, and a few months later, Aileen will turn 50. But these are just numbers, and already we have a deep awareness that we have entered into this afternoon of life. Already, we are seeing how different our lives have become, and already we are grappling with new challenges and…

Oct 10

Book Reviews

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A La Carte: Parenting an autistic child / Sexual reorientation therapy / The Voyage of Life / A possible revival / Broken families and God’s grace / Belief trumps understanding / Logos deals.

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A La Carte: What have you in your hand? / Work as worship / Eight purposes of the Lord’s Supper / Creating vs consuming / Identifying spiritual scrupulosity / Kindle deals / and more.

Oct 9

A La Carte

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Christian Books on Sale for Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days

On October 7-8, Amazon is hosting Big Deal Days for people who have a Prime membership. They have a huge number of items on sale, covering most product categories. Of course, my interest is in books and Bibles and, thankfully, there are lots of great deals to be had (in printed, not Kindle editions). Most are discounted by…

Oct 7

Articles

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Not Old, Not Young, Not Done

I am about to turn 49, and a few months later, Aileen will turn 50. But these are just numbers, and already we have a deep awareness that we have entered into this afternoon of life. Already, we are seeing how different our lives have become, and already we are grappling with new challenges and…

Oct 10

Book Reviews

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Why I Am Not Paedobaptist

For the past few weeks I have been taking a day a week to tell how I have arrived at my various theological convictions. I’ve done this by telling you why I am not what I am not: I am not atheist, Roman Catholic, liberal, or Arminian. Today I want to tell you why I…

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Praying for the Impossible and the Simple

It is good to pray that God would save the ones we love. As Christians, we believe that God loves to save the lost and that it gives him special pleasure to do so in response to the prayers of his people. It is good to pray, but sometimes also difficult, especially when we have…

Oct 8

Articles

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For Some Churches, No Gimmick Is Too Crass

Many of us live in contexts and cultures in which there is fierce competition among churches, each advertising itself as more interesting, more appealing, more entertaining than the others. It sometimes seems that no gimmick is too crass and no strategy too absurd for these churches as they attempt to one-up the others and fill…

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