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A La Carte (August 12)

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The Biggest Story

Westminster Books has a great deal on a book you can’t buy anywhere else right now: Kevin DeYoung’s new The Biggest Story: How the Snake Crusher Brings Us Back to the Garden. It’s a great book to read to your kids.

9 Ways to Protect Your Children from Sexual Abuse

Justin and Lindsey Holcomb offer 9 practical things you can do to protect children from sexual abuse. Be sure to check out their forthcoming kids’ book God Made All of Me. I’ve read it; it’s excellent.

12 Things That Every First Time Dad Should Know

Deepak Reju: “So your wife is expecting? How kind of God to give you a child. There are many things to think about as you prepare for fatherhood. Here are 12 for you to consider as you get ready to meet your son or daughter.”

Compelling Interest

Here’s a bonus free audiobook from Christian Audio. “In Compelling Interest, author Roger Resler draws on original sources, including the actual transcripts for oral arguments, the majority and minority opinions, and comments by the lawyers and others involved to take a careful look at the real story behind the historic Roe v. Wade decision.”

Against the Grain

Here’s why it’s so important to cut your steak against the grain rather than with the grain.

This Day in 1812: Archibald Alexander became the first professor at the newly founded Princeton Theological Seminary. For the first academic year he would serve as the only professor, before being joined the next year by Samuel Miller. *

Unanswered Prayer

Why does God sometimes choose not to answer prayer? Tim Lane has a possible answer.

Stories of God’s Grace: Stephen and Ellen

Here’s an encouraging little video about Stephen and Ellen, parents of quintuplets. “Our life is a testimony to the strength that God gives you when you think you have nothing…”

Henry

None can know their election but by their conformity to Christ; for all who are chosen are chosen to sanctification.

—Matthew Henry

  • Hardened Sinner

    Why You Can Confidently Pray for the Most Hardened Sinner You Know

    One of the most important responsibilities of every Christian is the responsibility of praying for the salvation of the lost. It is an important responsibility, but also a difficult one, and especially so when we have labored in prayer for years or decades without seeing that person come to faith.

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    A La Carte (November 5)

    A La Carte: A plea to aging saints / The dignity of ordinary work / Don’t wait for tragedy / Baptism, membership, Lord’s supper / Counseling couples / Kindle deals / and more.

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    A La Carte (November 4)

    A La Carte: Sex, virtue, technology / Is it right to long for a reunion? / Leaving a church / The quiet revival in France / When a word changes everything / Kindle deals / and more.

  • Do you feel anxious and overwhelmed—and want peace and help from God?

    Do you feel overwhelmed—and want peace and help from God? Take a deep breath and remember that God is always listening, and you have an open invitation to cast all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you. You don’t have to carry any burden alone. To help you pray faithfully, install the free…

  • Nick Challies

    Nick Has Been with the Lord for 5 Years

    I can’t say why it is that we place extra emphasis on anniversaries that are multiples of five. Why does five years seem more significant than six or 20 than 21? It’s a strange custom, yet one we all acknowledge and accept. And on that note, today marks the fifth anniversary of the day my…

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    A La Carte (November 3)

    A La Carte: The idol in the mirror / Why the leaves fall / Fencing the table / Artificially intelligent pastors / Memory loss / Myths about Romans / Kindle deals / and more.