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Sep 5, 2007

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Wednesday September 5, 2007

A New Altrogge
Congratulations to Stephen and Jen Altrogge on the birth of Charis Marie yesterday at 8 AM.

Would You Buy a Pocket O.T.?
At “The Road to Emmaus” Chad asks, “Would you buy a pocket Old Testament?” “Growing up in a Christian environment where biblical literacy was low on the priority list, the Old Testament was virtually non-existent in my life.”

Top Ten Needs of a Theological School
Michael Haykin answers the question “What are the top ten most important things for founding a theological institution for training pastors?”

Together for the Gospel
Alex Chediak shares some unique marketing for the upcoming Together for the Gospel conference.

A La Carte (June 3)

A Sexual Ponzi Scheme – Carl Trueman: “A vision of personhood and freedom reduced to a series of sexual encounters designed to stave off boredom represents a somewhat childish and vacuous philosophy of life.” The Fields Are White – Donald Whitney offers some encouragement to evangelize. “When you see few, if any, conversions in your…

Jun 3, 2015

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A La Carte (February 26)

A La Carte: How not to apply the Bible / 30 people in the New Testament confirmed / Taylor Swift and Christianity / But I did everything right / 10 reasons the Old Testament matters to Christians / Kindle deals / and more.

Feb 26

A La Carte

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A La Carte (5/23)

Dictionary of the Old Testament – The final volume in the Dictionary of the Old Testament series has been released and for the next couple of days Westminster Books is offering it at a great price. Rulers of Israel and Judah – Here’s a nice new infographic that displays the rulers of Israel and Judah…

May 23, 2012

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Weekend A La Carte (April 13)

A La Carte: The pain of being single; the love that holds me fast / The Christian response to cultural catastrophe / The reduction of public Bible reading / All Things (a new song) / Why should I go to church? / and more.

Today

A La Carte

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Free Stuff Fridays (Moody Publishers)

This giveaway is sponsored by Moody Publishers, who also sponsored the blog last week with Overflowing Mercies. Attention all Bible scholars, believers in the power of faith, and lovers of the Word! Learn about God’s divine mercy and compassion with our exclusive Bible Study Giveaway. Win the ultimate bible study library including Overflowing Mercies by…

Yesterday

Giveaways

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How Should We Then Die?

Euthanasia makes a lot of sense. At least in our culture at this time, it makes intuitive sense that those who are ill without hope for a cure or those who are in pain without likelihood of relief ought to be able to choose to end their own lives. Our culture assumes there are few…

Yesterday

Book Reviews

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A La Carte (April 12)

A La Carte: Is God always pleased with Christians? / Southern Baptists debate designation of women in ministry / Good growth / Planted and rooted / Both worm and worthy / Scotland’s destiny and the rewriting of history / and more.

Yesterday

A La Carte

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A La Carte (April 11)

A La Carte: 4 reasons why the Bible does not support transgenderism / Your elders will fail you / 25 questions a Christian woman should ask herself when a man starts to show interest / The same person in every room / Is the story of Job historical? / Book and Kindle deals / and…

Apr 11

A La Carte

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The Sun Is Blotted from the Sky

Men of great physical strength have sometimes carried outrageously heavy burdens—six hundred pounds, seven hundred pounds, eight hundred. And even then they have said, “I still have not been fully tested. Put on some more weight! Load me up!” With confidence they have gripped the bar and with great straining and groaning they have lifted…

Apr 10

Articles

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How I’ll Be Reading the Bible in 2024

Speaking broadly, there are two approaches to daily Bible reading: reading for intimacy or reading for familiarity. Intimacy with the Bible comes by slow, meditative reading that focuses on small portions—deep study of books, chapters, and verses. Familiarity with the Bible comes through faster reading of larger portions—the entire sweep of the biblical narrative. Both are perfectly good…

Dec 28, 2023

Articles

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New Year, New Joys, New Sorrows

As the calendar turns from December to January and as 2023 gives way to 2024, a new year is laid out before us. We may have already drawn a few lines and circles on some of the dates—appointments here, vacations there. We may have slotted in a few dreams and plans for certain days and…

Jan 1

Articles

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The Happiest Year You Will Ever Know

There are some hymns that disappear because they are simply not very good. There are some hymns that disappear because they are too tied to a particular niche. And there are some hymns that disappear because their language becomes antiquated. I think this hymn/poem by John Newton spans the latter two categories. It is closely…

Dec 31, 2023

Quotes

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I Feel At Home in Your Church

It is one of the realities of the Christian faith that skeptics love to criticize—the reality that there are a host of different denominations and a multitude of different expressions of Christian worship. But while believers have become accustomed to responding to this criticism with a sense of shame, I choose to see it in…

Jan 10

Articles

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8 Sins You Commit Whenever You Look at Porn

We know that pornography is an ugly and harmful sin. We know that those who indulge in porn have committed the sin of lust, but there is so much more to it than that. When you open your browser and begin to look at those images and videos, you are sinning in ways that go…

Apr 25, 2017

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