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A La Carte (February 4)

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Time to Get My Nails Done – I love simple and normal stories like this one, of Christians simply doing the work of ministry, reaching out into their communities.

The Sin of Comparison – Courtney applies this specifically to women, but it’s no less a sin among men!

More Highly Than You Ought to Think – And as if comparison isn’t bad enough, we also think more highly of ourselves than we ought to think.

Listen Up – Westminster Books has some great deals this week. They include Listen Up (an ideal booklet to help people be better sermon listeners) and several volumes of the Reformed Expository Commentary series (ideal for pastors or general readers).

The Rules – I enjoyed this dad’s take on giving rules to his daughter as she uses Facebook for the first time. Speaking of which, my daughter will be turning 13 soon…

Twenty Twitter Tips – Just like the headline says.

CCEF Now – A new issue of CCEF Now is available for download.

He Was “Made Sin” – In what way was Jesus “made sin” on the cross? Nathan Busenitz answers.

Spurgeon

The most important daily habit we can possess is to remind ourselves of the gospel.

—C.H. Spurgeon

  • Meditation

    Coming Away Cold

    We live at a time in which we are constantly inundated with information. We live much of our lives within the glow of digital devices that are constantly beeping, buzzing, and flashing to tell us there is new information available to be had—text messages, emails, tweets, headlines.

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    Weekend A La Carte (October 12)

    A La Carte: When the trees fall / No little people, no little places / Empty nesting / Revisionist history / I asked the Lord that I might grow / and more.

  • Free Stuff Fridays (MBTS)

    This week’s Free Stuff Fridays is sponsored by Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. For the Church Institute is a free online platform from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary designed to provide free and accessible theological training to equip, encourage, and edify local churches. Courses may be taken as a self-paced individual or as a group within your…

  • Daily Doctrine

    A Daily Diet of Doctrine

    A while back I realized I needed to brush up on some of these and began to organize a system of spaced repetition—a way to encounter these doctrines on a regular basis, thus reinforcing them and keeping them fresh in my mind. And it was right then…

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    A La Carte (October 11)

    A La Carte: An extraordinary, supernatural conversion / Does free will exist? / End-of-life music / Don’t let politics hijack the pulpit / Schizophrenia / and more.

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    A La Carte (October 10)

    A La Carte: How women combat comparison / Recognize your pastor this month / Gone are the dark clouds / Why does God say no to good things? / Ministers of loneliness / Book and Kindle deals / and more.