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A La Carte (April 18)

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Oprah, Rob Bell, And Faux Self-Empowerment For The Self-Centered – This is quite an article, and one well worth reading.

Heaven Is For Real – Randy Alcorn has a review of the new Heaven Is For Real movie. He approaches it kindly but still offers some important critcism.

Sola Experienca – Yes to this! Erik Raymond also writes about the movie. This is so important to consider: “Today our personal experience and personal interpretation of that experience is the unquestionable authority that all must submit to.”

An Interview with Mark Phelps – Ed Stetzer has an interview with Mark Phelps, son of Fred Phelps.

Cancer Sucks, but Christ Is Better – Here’s a sweet testimony to God’s grace through affliction.

Father, Open Our Eyes – Here’s a free track from one of my favorite worship albums.

How Americans Die – Here’s an interactive look at how Americans die.

Estrange

He that serves God for money will serve the devil for better wages.

—Roger L’Estrange

  • Works & Wonders June 7

    This week’s Works & Wonders offers: The wonder and the beauty, older and rarer, His Love, Ferrari Luce, The Covenanter Story, and cheese curds.

  • Weekend A La Carte (June 6)

    There’s a playbook for college, there should be one for marriage / Ben Sasse is teaching us how to die—and live—well / The biggest tell that something was written by AI / Why China got rich and India didn’t / AI slop is coming for your playlists / The blood cancer that became solvable /…

  • Davy and Natalie Lloyd

    Strong to the End

    You have probably heard of Davy and Natalie Lloyd, even if the names aren’t immediately familiar. In May 2024, you most likely heard the news about two young American missionaries to Haiti who, along with one of their Haitian colleagues, were brutally murdered by one of the many gangs that dominate the country.

  • A La Carte (June 5)

    Can Jesus really sympathize with my specific struggles? / View your past through the lens of God’s faithfulness / Nine marks of a healthy paragraph / When you have nothing left to give / The treasure chest at the train station / When you’re too weird to lead / Headlines / and more.

  • A La Carte (June 4)

    The pastor as anti-professional / On grieving when your loved one’s faith was ambiguous / God’s mercy in withholding wealth / Not mere memories: God’s sovereign purposes in every season / 10 theses on intercession / Bargatze’s ‘Breadwinner’ should be funnier / Podcasts / and more.