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7 Ways to Get in the Word – Here are seven ways for busy moms to get into God’s Word every day, even with all of their distractions and responsibilities.

Seven Sutherland Sisters – I love quirky stories from days gone by. Collectors Weekly has the tale of the seven Sutherland sisters and their 37 feet of hair.

Preaching that Increases Sin – Jared Wilson warns that your preaching might actually increase sin in those who hear it. “We tread lightly here, but I fear we vastly underestimate the spiritual damage inflicted on our churches by ‘How To’ sermons without an explicit gospel connection.”

Fearfully and Wonderfully Made – This is quite a powerful series from Russ Ramsey who writes about being diagnosed with and treated for a serious illness.

How to Serve Families With Disability – Serving families with disability is an area where many people struggle, so read this article from John Knight.

Our Make-Believe Parents – “In Sunday School rooms across a wide spectrum of churches, you will find Bible storybooks that, around page one, display pictures of Adam and Eve, … It’s the beginning of our story, and the beginning is sometimes as important as the end. But that reality, and more importantly our first parents’ existence, has been and continues to be challenged and denied by some voices even within the church.”

The Prince of the power of the air seems to bend all the force of his attack against the spirit of prayer.

—Andrew Bonar

  • The Great Man and the Local Church

    The Great Man and the Local Church

    There is a way of telling history that focuses on the impact of the few great figures that rise up in any generation. This “great man theory” says that history can best be understood when we focus on the dominant figures of the time. History, it says, turns on the actions, decisions, obsessions, and natural…

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    A La Carte (April 29)

    A La Carte: The absence of opposition / Life and death are in the power of the fingers / Preaching Goliath’s sword / This piece of land / Sin wants us isolated / Foolosophy / Kindle deals / and more.

  • A Book Unlike Any Other

    A Book Unlike Any Other

    The Bible may be a book, but it is a book unlike any other. The Bible is inspired—breathed out by God and in that way perfectly reflects the mind and will of God. The Bible is also complete, sufficient, inerrant, and infallible. Because the Bible is all these things and so many more, it is…

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    Weekend A La Carte (April 27)

    A La Carte: How to talk to your teens about Taylor Swift’s new album / Soft discipleship / Why doesn’t God make his existence more evident? / Three ways God is working through your suffering / Jesus didn’t come to make any nation great / and more.

  • Free Stuff Fridays (21Five)

    This week the blog is sponsored by 21Five, a new Canadian Christian bookstore. In recent years, many Christian bookstores across Canada have closed their physical and online doors. This is disappointing for believers, as many of the best products come from abroad and can be costly or complicated for Canadians to bring home. There are…

  • New and Notable Books

    New and Notable Christian Books for April 2024

    It is surprisingly difficult to find a list of Christian books that have been released in any given month—especially if you want that list to be filtered by books released through particular publishers. That’s one of the reasons why I close each month by coming up with my list of New and Notable books. I…