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A La Carte (April 2)

Today’s Kindle deals include some great books by David Wells. It’s a good time to get introduced to his work…

This month’s free book from Christian Audio is Reset by David Murray. There are some other solid titles discounted beneath it as well as tons by R.C. Sproul.

(Yesterday on the blog: How We Worshipped)

A Man Dies So Others May Be Saved

What an interesting article to find in a national newspaper. “The news from France, this time Trèbes, was depressingly familiar. A jihadist terror attack, again. A radicalized Muslim man known to police on a rampage, again. Civilians about their daily business under siege, again.”

Two Types of People in Hell (Video)

Todd Frieluh shares some wisdom from R.C. Sprouluh on the two typesuh of people in hell.

The Intellectual Journey of J.M. Bergoglio

J.M. Bergoglio is better known, of course, as pope Francis. In this article, Reformed theologian Leonardo De Chirico takes a look at his intellectual journey. “What he has been saying and doing since being elected, e.g. his affirming attitudes towards all, his noisy silences over doctrine, his thoroughgoing Marianism, and his lack of clarity on several key issues, has caused many to wonder where his thought came from.”

The Biggest Organ in the Body?

“Researchers have detailed the structure and distribution of spaces in your body that they say represent a newfound human organ, and this ‘organ’ just might be your body’s biggest — but not all experts are convinced.”

The First Image of Christ on the Cross

Gene Veith looks at the “Staurogram,” the earliest means of representing Christ.

How Fast Can You Travel Around the World? (Video)

Basically, faster than in the past but not as fast as in the future…

Flashback: The False Teachers: Norman Vincent Peale

Where Peale taught that our deepest problem is a lack of belief in ourselves and that our salvation comes with a simple shift in thinking, the Bible teaches that no man can save himself, regardless of how positive his thoughts may be.

Most of God’s people are contented to be saved from the hell that is without; they are not so anxious to be saved from the hell that is within.

—Robert Murray McCheyne

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    Along the coast of New York is a little town called East Hampton. And I recently read that there is a cemetery in East Hampton where you can find 12 identical graves that have been laid side by side. There’s a story behind them, of course. All the way back in the 1800s, there was…