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A La Carte (December 26)

Today’s Kindle deals include a collection of daily devotional from Crossway. Also, Amazon has put a collection of New York Times bestsellers on sale.

Aleppo

The International Missions Board tells how Aleppo became a city of suffering and how people in North America can help.

Fast Food Menu of Calories

This little infographic shows just how many calories there are in various fast food favorites.

Download The Westminster Shorter Catechism

Ligonier Ministries (this week’s sponsor) would like to offer you a free download of Sinclair Ferguson’s reading of The Westminster Shorter Catechism. It’s free for the taking!

A Fatal Meltdown

The first fatal nuclear meltdown in the U.S. happened in 4 milliseconds. This is how it happened (and why it can’t happen like that again).

Spurgeon: Santa or Scrooge?

I recently linked to an article about Spurgeon being a little less than enthusiastic about Christmas. This one clarifies a little more.

This Day in 1065. The first building of Westminster Abbey was dedicated. *

Jesus is the Smartest Man Who Ever Lived

Jared Wilson: “Jesus was the smartest man who ever lived. We have to get that through our thick skulls if we want to make a hill of beans difference for the kingdom in this world.”

Don’t Call Andrew Jackson a Coward (Video)

This video tells the time that future president Andrew Jackson shot and killed a man for calling him a coward.

Oxford Dictionary’s 2016 Word of the Year

Ravi Zacharias explains why Oxford Dictionary’s 2016 word of the year is important for us to know and understand.

Flashback: Imperishable Beauty

This young man was pursuing a woman, but suddenly found she wasn’t attractive anymore. She was sweet and godly and kind, but not pretty enough. He asked for advice.

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The wise believer never apologizes for God or for any of his attributes.

—D.A. Carson

  • Performative Grief

    Performative Grief

    We all know what it is to perform grief—to ensure that others are aware of our sadness by forcing them to see our sorrow. We may do this to gain their attention or compel their sympathy. We may do this because we make grief an idol and are only validated when others feel sorry for…

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  • The Breakthrough Prayer

    The Breakthrough Prayer

    I am certain you have had a time when the Lord has brought you to a sudden, unexpected point of repentance or resolution. Perhaps you’ve been fostering a sin, and while you may have known it was sin, you haven’t been willing to deal with it—to put it to death and come alive to righteousness.…

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