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A La Carte (April 7)

Today’s Kindle deals include a number of titles on evangelism, including one by John MacArthur. Also, there’s a new one there from GLH Publishing which is discounted for a week or so.

Dispatches from the Front is a wonderful series of videos and Westminster Books has them on sale, including the newest one which has only just released.

10 Things You Should Know about the Trinity

Fred Sanders has a nice little roundup.

Suffering is Not Magic and Mountaintops

We are prone to romanticize suffering and the spiritual mountaintops we hear about. The reality isn’t always so sweet.

How Ads Work on YouTube (Video)

Have you ever wondered how ads work on YouTube? This video will let you know.

Groom of the Stool

History is full of quirks and hilarity. Like this: “From the 1500s into the 1700s, British kings appointed lucky nobles the strangely prestigious chance to perform the king’s most private task of the day, as the Groom of the Stool.”

Ten Thoughts about the “Billy Graham Rule”

Denny Burk offers ten commonsense thoughts on the so-called Billy Graham Rule.

Reformed Podcasts

Monergism has compiled a list of some Reformed podcasts that may be of interest.

God Loves Us Enough to Disappoint Us

This is worth pondering: “I have been disappointed by how my job search in ministry has gone thus far. And that disappointment is perhaps one of God’s greatest blessings to me in this entire process.”

Flashback: Did God Break the Law for Love?

It happened again. A popular preacher said something in a sermon, it made its way to social media, and lots of people got upset. This happens quite often, doesn’t it? However, I am making an exception for one because I suspect quite a few people who saw it on their Facebook timeline are saying, “Hang on! What’s so wrong with what he said?”

A real Christian is known not by the cross he wears, but by the cross he bears.

—Steve Lawson

  • Laboring Upstream

    Cruising Downstream, Laboring Upstream

    You may know from experience that it is easy to take a boat downstream and much harder to take it back up. You certainly know from experience that it is easy to follow sin downstream and much harder to change your course to pursue holiness.

  • A La Carte (August 5)

    Sophie Cunningham and transgender lies / Please don’t pray for me / PowerWash Simulator / Three ways to know I am a real Christian / Against gambling / Struggle against sin doesn’t signal defeat / and more.

  • A La Carte (August 4)

    The Spurgeon family scandal / The porn buster / The unwelcome intruder / What about animal suffering? / Pastoral time guilt / Twenty two & engaged / Mary Todd Lincoln / Sales and deals / and more.

  • Churchy Things We Do Outside of Church

    Churchy Things We Do Outside of Church

    I met a woman whose perspective on the Christian life was new to me. This became evident on an evening we discussed the Lord’s Supper together. “I don’t need to take the Lord’s Supper at church,” she said. “I do it on my own every morning.”

  • A La Carte (August 3)

    For the joy of Japan / Gutting old books to feed AI / Justice and clemency / The slow drift of sexual intimacy in marriage / Do you really see those around you? / This I call to mind / Kindle deals / and more.

  • Works & Wonders (August 2)

    This week’s Works & Wonders includes Restoring Rembrandt, The Last Museum, Inventing the Fire Department, Hymns of Grace, a Tyndale Documentary, and more.