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A La Carte (April 6)

Followed By The God of Grace

Be sure to read Garrett Kell’s story of being followed by God: “It was early in my junior year at Virginia Tech—and I felt like everywhere I turned, God was following me around.”

Is WebMD Trustworthy?

Can you trust WebMD? Kind of. But not really.

Fulfilling God’s Call to Christian Service

Vance Christie shares a mini-biography of Gladys Aylward, focusing on the early days of her ministry.

Sheep Tragi-Comedy #1,317

This is good: “Amusing sheep stories abound. Some of my moments of more rigorous chortling have been in response to real-life sheep tragi-comedies. One of the more recent involves what is called the ‘Draad Kruiper,’ which I heard from my good friend, Pastor Anton Van Straaten. ‘Draad Kruiper’ is Afrikaans for, ‘fence crawler’.”

5 Leadership Questions

I was recently a guest on the 5 Leadership Questions Podcast with Todd Adkins and Barnabas Piper.

The Universe Had a Beginning

“In this excerpt from his message at [Ligonier Ministries’] 2012 National Conference, Dr. Stephen Meyer tells the story of how Hubble showed Einstein that the universe was not eternal but must have had a beginning.”

This Day in 1932. 84 years ago today, Olympic runner Eric Liddell made his evangelistic debut by sharing his testimony to a group of men in Armadale, Scotland. *

Foundry Bible Immersion

This looks like a pretty amazing program for college-aged students.

New JBMW

A new edition of the Journal of Biblical Manhood and Womanhood is now available. It’s a free download.

Watson

The more outrageous the wicked are against the truth, the more courageous the godly are for it.

—Thomas Watson

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    A La Carte (July 14)

    A La Carte: Distorted doctrine destroys lives / Making sense of bad things / Be the Jonathan / A bridegroom of blood / Administrative sludge / Musical elements / Kindle deals / and more.

  • Prayer

    Spread Too Thin

    With so much to do, we can easily begin to wonder whether prayer is an appropriate use of scarce time. Wouldn’t it be better to give my attention to something that would let me cross something off my to-do list?

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    Weekend A La Carte (July 12)

    A La Carte: Where art thou Rob Bell? / The case against in vitro fertilization / Praying and weeping for those suffering in Texas / Greet each other with a holy hug / The example of Jimmy Swaggart / and more.

  • Thriving Marriage

    Thriving Marriage

    I have often wondered about the best time to write a book about marriage. When a couple is young, there is so much about marriage they have not yet experienced. They can still impart wisdom and teach lessons, of course, but there is so much of marriage that remains unknown to them. Yet when a…

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    A La Carte (July 11)

    A La Carte: Falling out of repentance / Tattoos as confession / The Epstein List and secret sins / Teaching generosity / Lessons from a former youth pastor / Bedbugs in the bowels of the city.

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    A La Carte (July 10)

    A La Carte: Questions for a maturing marriage / The lesbian seagulls that weren’t / But mommy, why? / A time to be tired / The modern rise of Stoicism / and more.