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A La Carte (December 31)

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10 Questions to Ask – Don Whitney gives you 10 questions you might want to ask yourself today. (On Brian G. Najapfour’s blog you may enjoy 3 reminders about the year ahead: Don’t worry about it, don’t boast about it, don’t waste it.)

What Is a Real Christian? – “In his book Religious Affection, Edwards answered his question by outlining twelve marks of genuine Christian faith. Inspired by this description, [Todd] Wilson aims to provide the contemporary church with a similar description of what it means to be ‘real’.”

Shallow and Narrow – Jeremy Walker responds to a lot of the “best book of the year” lists he’s seen recently.

Missing the Outrage of the DaySlate rounded up all of this year’s outrages, and Mike Leake wants to talk about it.

Google Got It Wrong – The open workplace is pretty much destroying productivity. Let’s go back to having walls and doors!

The Prodigal Prince – If you’re up for some longform reading you may enjoy this profile of the Roberts family–Oral Roberts’ family, that is.

If you leave the fountain foul the streams cannot be pure. Renewal must begin with the heart.

—C.H. Spurgeon

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