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A La Carte (December 8)

Today’s Kindle deals include a couple of titles. I’ll keep hunting to see what else I can find.

When Sinners Adopt It’s Beautiful…and Really Difficult

Katie Hughes shares a few things her family has learned through the adoption of two of their children.

Eight Ways to Become More Humble

“At every stage of our Christian development, and in every sphere of our Christian discipleship, pride is our greatest enemy and humility our greatest friend.” Indeed.

You Are Never More Justified Than the Moment You First Believed (Video)

“In this brief clip from his teaching series The Whole Christ, Sinclair Ferguson explains that our sanctification cannot add to our justification.” It’s a simple truth, but one we’re prone to forget.

13 Things a Pastor Should Never Say to a Congregation

Here is a list of 13 things a pastor should never say from the pulpit.

Knowing When It’s Time to Leave a Church (Video)

Here is a helpful video on how to know when it is time to leave a church.

Garrison Keillor? Who He?

“In these tumultuous days of unceasing revelations of sexual scandals in media, politics and business, media enterprises especially face a new ethical challenge with their fallen stars: What do you do with history and art?” It’s a valid question today.

Should I Go on Short-Term Mission Trips or Just Give? (Video)

Dr. David Sills answers this question, “Is it better to go on a short-term missions trip or use the money to support full-time missionaries? Do short-term mission teams do any good?”

Flashback: The Greatest Age of Missions Is Still to Come

If we look through the lens of population we see that, actually, most of the work remains to be done. We’re only just getting started! There are 7 times more people in the world today than there were during the great age of Christian missions.

There are two things to do about the gospel: believe it and behave it.

—Susanna Wesley

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    What Does a Name Mean?

    Few matters are more consequential to a man than his name, for a name has importance, a name has association, a name has meaning. The name of Caesar means power. The name of Herod means cruelty…

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    A La Carte (June 2)

    A La Carte: Telltale signs of Christianity gone south / Evangelicals after Obergefell / What we can learn from the Josh Buice situation / Therapy culture from different generations / Unclean street dogs / Kindle deals / and more.

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    One for the Substackers To Consider

    I do my best to maintain Inbox Zero. At least once or twice a day, I like to process my emails and take action on each one of them. Though this can be onerous at times, it ensures I stay on top of my correspondence. As I went through this process the other morning, I…

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    Weekend A La Carte (May 31)

    A La Carte: The heart of a Christian father in the college search / Baby Boomer secrets of power / Prioritize hospitality this summer / The Beast of Revelation 13 / The Church of Scotland goes woke and broke / and more.

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    New and Notable Christian Books for May 2025

    While the month of May has already almost fully waned, it has proved to be a good month for Christian book releases. I sorted through the stacks that landed on my desk and arrived at this list of new and notables.