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A La Carte (April 17)

Today’s Kindle deals include some recommended titles by Lydia Brownback, James White, and a few other notable authors.

He Is Not Dead

It’s a day past Easter, but still a good time to reflect on the seven victories it represents.

The Historical Evidence

Also, Simon Gathercole examines the historical evidence for Jesus, then concludes with a bang: “These abundant historical references leave us with little reasonable doubt that Jesus lived and died. The more interesting question – which goes beyond history and objective fact – is whether Jesus died and lived.”

The Gospel According to EnChroma

Stephen McAlpine reflects on EnChroma glasses (which right color blindness) and asks, “What if the world we see right now in all its blazing colour is but a pale, anaemic, washed out version of the world that is coming?”

Tricky Birds (Video)

Did you know that some birds trick others into doing all their parenting for them? This video explains.

Will Editing Your Baby’s Genes Be Mandatory?

Here’s an ethical dilemma that may be coming our way soon. After all, it’s usually not long between when we can do something and when we are forced to do something.

Why Are There Bibles in Hotel Rooms? (Video)

Here’s a great tradition that seems very, very unlikely to last.

The Need for Cultural Humility

Our pride knows no bounds and even extends to our view of culture and our inability to see our own cultural blindness.

In He Is Me

I enjoyed this reflection on the beauty of our union with Christ.

Flashback: 7 Books I Would Definitely Read

A friend once asked me, “What really good books have not yet been written?” I thought about it for a little while and came up with 7 books I would definitely read.

I cannot think of why any thinking Christian would not want to study theology.

—D.A. Carson

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    Are We Post Woke?

    It is too early to tell, I think, whether the “wokeness” craze has already peaked and even begun to slip into decline, or whether it’s just pausing to gather energy for another surge. What seems clear for the moment, though, is that it has lost at least some of its initial momentum, probably because it…

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    A La Carte (January 13)

    A La Carte: A cautionary tale / Raising hands in worship / Freshen your prayer life / Exposing adultery to the light / Reject the religion of efficiency / Kindle deals / and more.

  • Petty Fight

    Petty Annoyances and Minor Insults

    I wonder if you are like me in that, as you look back on your life, you realize that most of the circumstances that have troubled you, most of the annoyances and disgruntlements, were produced by circumstances that were hardly worth noticing.

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    A La Carte (January 12)

    A La Carte: Happy 80th, John Piper / Practical principles for marriage / Benefits for daily Bible reading / Philip Yancey / Stingy-generous / From sermon to article / Kindle and Bible study deals / and more.

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    A Front Door and a Family Meal

    Baptism is a kind of front door to the local church, the God-ordained means through which a person identifies with Jesus Christ and formally comes to belong to Christ’s body, the church. Baptism is the church’s sign that this person is one of us, a brother or sister in the Lord, who has now been…

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    Weekend A La Carte (January 10)

    A La Carte: An elder’s authority / Don’t use AI to cheat in school / Against the algorithm / An age of outrage / What’s weird? / The good news about bad days / and more.