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John Piper Quotes – Here’s another round-up of funny quotes from John Piper. Here’s a favorite (dealing with memorizing Scripture): “Which means you’ve gotta fight to learn these [verses] and memorize these things and have these verses tumbling around in your fore-frontal lobal brain part. Whatever that is.”

Why They Cheat at Harvard – It’s a classic case of unmooring ethics from an unwavering standard. “We were so concerned by the results that, for the past six years, we have conducted reflection sessions at elite colleges, including Harvard. Again, we have found the students to be articulate, thoughtful, even lovable. Yet over and over again, we have also found hollowness at the core.” It’s a fascinating, if disheartening, read.

Pass312 – Here’s one for Canadians to consider. Here are the facts: “Canada’s Criminal code defines unborn children as non human beings! One brave MP Stephen Woodworth has brought forward Motion 312 in an attempt to evaluate that law and possibly change it. Every political party in Canada is opposing Motion 312. Prime Minister Stephen Harper made it clear that he will vote against it.”

The Role of Singing – This is a long but thought-provoking article on the role of singing in the life of the church. “These reasons are: (1) to help us praise, (2) to help us pray, and (3) to help us proclaim. So let’s look at each of these in turn.”

Astronomy Photographer of the Year – Think Psalm 19.

You Don’t HAVE to Sin – As a Christian you literally never HAVE to sin (even when it feels like you will explode if you don’t). This is a glorious truth!

iPad Wallpapers – Here’s a way to pretty up your iPad for the autumn.

My happy conviction is that pastors ought not to be experts on everything.

—John Piper

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    A La Carte (July 18)

    A La Carte: A giant blind spot / Denominations are good / Gentle, lowly, and full of wrath / Wasteful thinking / What does a pastor do? / and more.

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    A La Carte (July 17)

    A La Carte: A misunderstood grief / Saying the same thing as God / Why go to church? / Leviticus and the right hand of fellowship / Piper’s four tests of false teaching / Kindle deals / and more.

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    A La Carte (July 16)

    A La Carte: Reading the Bible correctly / Understanding the time / Living wisely in a digital world / We’ll never get tired / You need gospel friends / God’s goodness to you / and more.

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    A La Carte (July 15)

    A La Carte: Sharing our struggles / The danger of inaction / “You don’t love your daughter” / A godly sense of humor / Three excuses for not reading your Bible / A closer look at Noah’s ark / and more.

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    A La Carte (July 14)

    A La Carte: Distorted doctrine destroys lives / Making sense of bad things / Be the Jonathan / A bridegroom of blood / Administrative sludge / Musical elements / Kindle deals / and more.

  • Prayer

    Spread Too Thin

    With so much to do, we can easily begin to wonder whether prayer is an appropriate use of scarce time. Wouldn’t it be better to give my attention to something that would let me cross something off my to-do list?