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A La Carte (December 3)

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On Stewarding Technology Well – There is lots of wise counsel in this article.

Whatever Happened to Rob Bell? – Exactly what people predicted, I guess.

Noel – I really enjoyed this new and free rendition of “The First Noel.” (Alternate link)

Christian Celebrity Mascots – “The evangelical Christian community has a history of glamorizing conversion stories not only when that conversion falls from the lips of a celebrity, but perhaps particularly so in those instances…”

A Still, Small Voice – Here’s a helpful explanation of the still small voice of 1 Kings 19:11-12.

The Divorce Surge Is Over – “Despite hand-wringing about the institution of marriage, marriages in this country are stronger today than they have been in a long time. The divorce rate peaked in the 1970s and early 1980s and has been declining for the three decades since.”

Lawson

If you have only been born once you will die twice, but if you are born twice you will only die once.

—Steven Lawson

  • Sanctified or Tired

    Am I Sanctified or Am I Tired?

    How much am I actually becoming holier and how much am I just becoming wearier? How much have I really grown in sanctification and how much am I just too tired to be bothered pursuing sin?

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  • Praying together

    We Neglect it at Our Peril

    We know that prayer is a crucial discipline for the individual believer, but how often do we consider that it is also a crucial discipline for the assembled church? The Bible prescribes only a few elements for local church worship, but among them is prayer.

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  • The Tech Exit

    Help Your Family Make a Tech Exit

    We are now several generations into digital living, several generations into learning to live with the constant presence of connected mobile devices. For most of us, it is rare that we are beyond the glow of a screen or outside the influence of an app.