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A La Carte (April 22)

VT @ WTS

Westminster Books launched a sale yesterday that has Visual Theology marked down to just $10.

$5 Fridays

This week’s $5 Friday from Ligonier is a good one. “If you spend at least $20 on this week’s discounted resources, you will receive a $10 gift certificate for a future purchase in our store. Spend $50 or more and we will instead provide you with a $25 gift certificate.”

Reviewing a Classic

I love this review of a classic Christian work. If you haven’t read this one, you really should.

Why N.D. Wilson Writes Scary Stories for Children

“The goal isn’t to steer kids into stories of darkness because those are the stories that grip readers. The goal is to put the darkness in its place.”

Gladys Aylward – Touching with God’s Love

I’m really enjoying these mini-biographies Vance Christie has been writing.

T4G Talks

Most of the Together for the Gospel talks are now available to watch.

How the Hillsong Cool Factor Changed Worship

This is quite an interesting article about Hillsong and how the cool factor changed worship for good and for ill.

Evangelicals and Toxic Masculinity

This is a good word. “Before confessional Christians can speak prophetically to toxic masculinity out there, we must first be honest about it in here.”

This Day in 1864. 152 years ago today, American coinage first displays the motto “In God We Trust.” *

Ultra High Definition (4K) View of Planet Earth

Beautiful.

Ministering to the Sick

Paul shared some helpful bullet points on ministering to the sick, and especially to those who are in the hospital.

Finn

If the message you preach isn’t good news for every person from every tribe, tongue, & nation, then it isn’t the real gospel.

—Nathan Finn

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    The Pastoral Prayer: Examples and Inspirations

    Of all the elements that once made up traditional Protestant worship, there is probably none that has fallen on harder times than prayer. It is not unusual to visit a church today and find that prayer is perfunctory, rare, or absent altogether. If that is true of prayer in general, it is particularly true of…

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    A La Carte: Pro-natalism / Why a good God commanded the destruction of the Canaanites / An encouragement to husbands / Pastoring, productivity, and priorities / I had a horrific childhood / and more.

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    A La Carte (September 10)

    A La Carte: Why we worry when choosing a Bible translation / Why Christian parents should resist school-issued devices / Take your worst to the table / The quickest to anger and the slowest to forgive / A big batch of Kindle deals / and more.

  • What Is God’s Calling For Me?

    This week the blog is sponsored by Reformed Free Publishing Association. Today’s post is written by William Boekestein, author of the  new book, Finding My Vocation: A Guide for Young People Seeking a Calling. William is a pastor and husband. He and his wife have four children: a college student, two high schoolers, and a…

  • Past Through Over Around

    Past Them, Through Them, Over Them, Around Them

    It is inevitable that we face times of difficulty and impossible that we escape them altogether. To be born is to suffer and to live is to endure all manner of trouble and trial. Just as none of us escapes death, none of us escapes all hardships. And when we face such hardships, we invariably…