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eBooks and Reading – Here’s an interesting ramification of the move to ebooks: “If the transition to eBooks is complete — and with libraries being among the most significant buyers of books, it now seems inevitable — the flexibility of book ownership will be gone forever. Knowledge, in as much as books represent it, will belong to someone else.”

Incredible Eyes – Here are some amazing photographs of eyes. Yes, eyes. And not just human eyes, either.

Google Ruins Memory – “If you think your memory has fallen off a cliff over the past ten years or so, it might not be memory loss due to aging. It might be due to the way Google restructures how our brains archive knowledge.”

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Broader Interests – Ed Stetzer writes about pastors who give up pastoring a local church to dedicate their time to broader interests (like writing and speaking).

The X-Factor – The doctors advised Pamela Cook to abort her baby when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She refused. See the rest of her story above.

[Believers] have joy and comfort—that joy that angels cannot give, and devils cannot take.

—Christopher Fowler

  • Charlie Kirk

    A La Carte: Charlie Kirk Special Edition

    When articles about Kirk flooded my app this morning, I knew his death was proving to be especially noteworthy. For that reason, I thought it might be worth putting together this special edition of A La Carte. I do so simply to provide a curated collection of articles written by people whose writing I follow…

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    A La Carte (September 11)

    A La Carte: Respectable sins in Christian ministry / Charlie Kirk / A mental health crisis / Male friendship is declining / Wrinkles that testify / Kindle and book deals / and more.

  • Exasperating Rewarding

    The Most Exasperating and Least Rewarding

    I find few of life’s experiences more exasperating and less rewarding than buying a new car. Among the different brands, there are competing models that vary from one another in only the subtlest ways.

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    A La Carte (September 10)

    A La Carte: A blessing, not a burden / That I might not sin / When they can’t see their anger / New birth and conversion / Train your affections / Lots of Kindle deals / and more.

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    A La Carte (September 9)

    A La Carte: Don’t do everything for your kids / John Piper on rejoicing on an enemy’s downfall / Jordan Peterson’s Achilles heel / The blessing of godly grandparents / Parents, we’re doing too much again / Kindle deals.

  • The Hard Work Is Done—Family Bible Study Is Fun

    We plant the seeds of the gospel through rich, Christ-centered family worship. We water them with our prayers. But only God can cause those seeds to grow—and isn’t it a relief that this part is not up to us? God calls us to faithfully pass on the gospel to our kids and reserves the saving…