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Who Killed the Music Industry? – We all know the music industry has changed an awful lot in the past few years. This article is long, but very interesting, as it explains what happened and how artists do (or do not) make money.

The Death of the Sunday Evening Service – Jesse Johnson suggests reasons so many churches have given up evening services. My church still has an evening service and I’d hate to ever give it up!

Grieving Forbidden – “We are edging ever so close to living in a world where grieving is forbidden–if the modern mental health establishment has anything to say about it. While that may sound wildly paranoid to you, consider the historic changes to the DSM (the diagnostic manual for mental health professionals) reviewed in a recent article in USA Today (May, 2013)…”

Zealot – I have read a lot of different responses to the bestselling book Zealot. This is one of the best. I have read enough of the book now to realize it is very much the same old arguments written with slightly better prose. There’s nothing to see here. Move along.

Vyrso Summer Bundles – If you are a Vyrso user, you may want to check out another group of their summer bundles. Cruciform Press has included one.

More Digital Media than TV – For the first time, Americans are now consuming more digital media than TV. Here’s an amazing statistic: “Overall, the amount of time people are spending with media is increasing with more multitasking across devices. Total media time is predicted to make up 11 hours and 52 minutes per day this year, an increase from 11 hours and 39 minutes in 2012.”

We are chosen as an afflicted people and not as a prosperous people, chosen not in the palace but in the furnace.

—C.H. Spurgeon

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    Do Extroverts Make Better Pastors?

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    A La Carte (April 6)

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  • Works & Wonders

    Works & Wonders (April 5)

    In my weekly Works & Wonders article, I combine a brief devotional with other interesting and uplifting bits and pieces I gleaned throughout the week. There’s a strong collection this week, I think!

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    Weekend A La Carte (April 4)

    The erosion of deep reading / Cable news and religious lines / AI slop and the pursuit of learning / The best AI for Christians / Drag queens and blackface / New music / and more.

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    Enter to win 1 of 5 copies of This Was Never the Plan: Walking with God through the Heartache of Divorce and find honest, compassionate guidance for navigating the heartache of divorce, rooted in God’s word and based on personal experience.

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    Where and How To Meet ‘Our People’

    I do not know Carl Trueman all that well, but from what I do know of him, he is not a man who is prone to overexcitement or hyperbole. Because of that, when he does get excited about something, I am likely to pay attention.