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A La Carte (August 16)

For the past week I’ve been enjoying some time on the West Coast, first in and around Vancouver and then in northern Washington. It has been a great time as a family, but all good things must come to an end and this evening we head for home. In the meantime, here are some deals and links you may enjoy.

Today’s Kindle deals include : Brothers, We Are Not Professionals by John Piper; Read the Bible for Life by George Guthrie; The Insanity of God and The Insanity of Obedience by Nik Ripken; Joshua and the Flow of Biblical History by Francis Schaeffer. You can get the deals at the Kindle Deals for Christians page.

The First 15 Verses

Here are the first 15 verses a Christian should consider memorizing. Check out the Scripture Typer app to help your memorization and retention.

The Omniscient God

Here are ten things to know about God’s omniscience.

One in a Million

What does it look like to have one part per million? This video finds different ways to picture it.

Word Variations

George Guthrie explains why you don’t need to freak out over word variations in modern translations.

Lay Aside the Weight of Moodiness

“Living in a fallen age, in fallen bodies, in which our fallen natures vie with our regenerate natures for control, we unfortunately cannot avoid the plague of bad moods.”

A Bad First Impression

Here’s a study that discusses good and bad first impressions. In other words, it tells how fickle and arrogant we can be.

This Day in 1661. 355 years ago today, Thomas Fuller, a popular preacher in 17th century England, died. Fuller was one of the first men to make a living by writing. *

The Map Is Wrong

This video shows how the world map is actually kind of deceptive.

The Longer Ending of Mark

Josh Buice explains why he chose not to preach the longer ending of Mark as he finished preaching through the book.

Flashback: Risk and Opportunity

Here’s one quick and important lesson when it comes to our use of technology.

Barnhouse

95% of knowing the will of God consists in being prepared to do it before you know what it is.

—Donald Barnhouse

  • The Two Kinds of Content You Consume

    The Two Kinds of Content You Consume

    At some point we all began to refer to articles and video as content. And today we are drowning in it! Here is a simple filter for telling content created to serve you apart from content created to serve its maker.

  • A La Carte (June 8)

    The humbling I needed / There must be blood / How to read the Bible when your heart feels cold / The delightful duty of married sex / Are we forgiven for the sins we can’t remember? / All things without complaining or arguing

  • Works & Wonders June 7

    This week’s Works & Wonders offers: The wonder and the beauty, older and rarer, His Love, Ferrari Luce, The Covenanter Story, and cheese curds.

  • Weekend A La Carte (June 6)

    There’s a playbook for college, there should be one for marriage / Ben Sasse is teaching us how to die—and live—well / The biggest tell that something was written by AI / Why China got rich and India didn’t / AI slop is coming for your playlists / The blood cancer that became solvable /…

  • Davy and Natalie Lloyd

    Strong to the End

    You have probably heard of Davy and Natalie Lloyd, even if the names aren’t immediately familiar. In May 2024, you most likely heard the news about two young American missionaries to Haiti who, along with one of their Haitian colleagues, were brutally murdered by one of the many gangs that dominate the country.

  • A La Carte (June 5)

    Can Jesus really sympathize with my specific struggles? / View your past through the lens of God’s faithfulness / Nine marks of a healthy paragraph / When you have nothing left to give / The treasure chest at the train station / When you’re too weird to lead / Headlines / and more.