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A La Carte (April 8)

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How It All Started – “My parents are passionate about prayer, and the prayers of my parents have shaped my life. Sometimes even when they didn’t realize that the subject of their prayers was me.” That’s a promising start to a neat article.

What Does the Bible Really Teach about Homosexuality? – You may be interested in this video featuring Kevin DeYoung. And this article: Why is a Wedding Any Different?

Pray for Marriage – Russell Moore suggests how you ought to pray about the Supreme Court’s pending decision.

Radical – The audio of David Platt’s Radical is a free download for the next couple of days.

Galatians – R.J. Grune has a resource that might appeal to you–a reader-friendly adaptation of Luther’s commentary on Galatians.

Craving Spiritual Milk and Spiritual Growth – Steve DeWitt talks about some of the soul’s toxins.

Rhodes

When people praise you, don’t let it go to your head. When they criticize you, don’t let it go to your heart.

—C.J. Rhodes

  • Optimistic Denominationalism

    Optimistic Denominationalism

    It is one of the realities of the Christian faith that people love to criticize—the reality that there are a host of different denominations and a multitude of different expressions of Christian worship. We hear it from skeptics: If Christianity is true and if it really changes people, then why can’t you get along? We…

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  • The Path to Contentment

    The Path to Contentment

    I wonder if you have ever considered that the solution to discontentment almost always seems to be more. If I only had more money I would be content. If I only had more followers, more possessions, more beauty, then at last I would consider myself successful. If only my house was bigger, my influence wider,…

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    A La Carte (April 22)

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  • It Begins and Ends with Speaking

    It Begins and Ends with Speaking

    Part of the joy of reading biography is having the opportunity to learn about a person who lived before us. An exceptional biography makes us feel as if we have actually come to know its subject, so that we rejoice in that person’s triumphs, grieve over his failures, and weep at his death.