A La Carte (April 10)

Sales & Deals

Today’s Kindle deals include several interesting books from Christian Focus, like Helen Roseveare’s Count It All Joy. Academic readers may be interested in Studies in Christian Doctrine and Scripture, a series that is on sale in its entirety.

Recommended Reading

Christians Must Make Dating Great Again. Writing for WORLD, Katy Faust addresses modern-day confusion about dating. She begins with statistics about falling birth rates and says, “This is not just a fertility crisis. It is a marriage crisis. And beneath that, it is a dating crisis. You cannot have marriages without couples. And you cannot have couples—especially the right couples—without dating. But many kids aren’t dating anymore.” Later, she says, “If we want to reverse the marriage (and thus the fertility) decline, we must rebuild a healthy dating culture from the ground up.” (You’ll need one of your monthly allotment of free articles from WORLD to read it.)

The Heavens Are Still Declaring—and Not Just to Astronauts. Joe Carter writes about Artemis II and the Overview Effect. “That term was coined by ‘space philosopher’ Frank White to describe the perception shift when astronauts view the Earth from space. In interviews with the men and women who had been to space, White found that many were profoundly affected by their experience. They consistently reported an overwhelming sense of Earth’s smallness and preciousness, a feeling of interconnectedness with all humanity, and often a kind of grief that people on the surface can’t see what they’re seeing.”

A Tribute to Albert N. Martin, 1934-2026. Rob Ventura has a fitting tribute to Albert Martin, who went to be with the Lord a couple of days ago. “Pastor Martin became both a mentor and a friend, encouraging me through seminary and into pastoral ministry. I soon came to realize that this great pulpiteer—renowned for his powerful preaching—was not only a lion in the pulpit but also a lamb in the pew. Of the many lasting impressions Pastor Martin left on me, three stand out most clearly…”

Building Healthy Churches Behind Bars. I found this article fascinating! David Graham came to Christ while serving a life sentence in prison and now serves as a field minister. He discusses building healthy churches behind bars and tells about both the challenges and the possibilities that come in such a unique environment. Don’t miss this one!

Walking in Faith Through Fears of Cognitive Decline. Mathew Santhosh Thomas explores aging, cognitive decline, and the confidence that God will hold his people fast. He writes for those who are “facing potential memory loss, living through it, or caring for someone with dementia.”

6 Arguments Satan Uses to Tempt You and 6 Responses to Use When He Does. Tim Chester, in an article that is more succinct than the title may suggest, posits six arguments Satan uses to tempt you to sin and offers a response you can use for each. “We need to be violent with sin. If we hold back, it’s almost certainly because we don’t want to be violent toward something that we still love. We need to hate sin as sin and desire God for his own sake.”

Flashback

Flashback: The Sun Is Blotted from the Sky. …men and angels alike pause in wonder at Christ receiving without grumbling, accepting without complaining, and bearing without limit—bearing it until at last it is lifted by the only One who has the right to do so.