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A La Carte (February 9)

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Is Your Marriage a Picture of the Gospel? – I really enjoyed this one from Hershael York; he writes about the evangelistic opportunity of a good marriage.

Getting Medieval – “Medieval historians like myself can’t help wincing when the period that we study finds its way into modern political discourse.” Which is what President Obama did last week…

Life Inside a Bitcoin Mine – This is an interesting little video about life inside a secret Chinese Bitcoin mine.

Phlegons Among Us – Be content to be a Phlegon.

Why Google Glass Broke – If you are interested in technology, you may well enjoy this analysis of Google Glass.

Getting the Gospel Right – Steve Lawson interviews R.C. Sproul on the subject of the gospel.

Apollo Speeches – This is good for a Monday morning laugh.

Denney

No man can give at once the impressions that he himself is clever and that Jesus Christ is mighty to save.

—James Denney

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    A La Carte: Look to and learn from older saints / Don’t overthink your problems / Rebellion / When there is no good church / Teens and popular music / Where the gospel costs everything / and more.

  • Free Stuff Fridays (TGBC)

    Enter to win 1 of 5 copies of Why We’re Feeling Lonely (And What We Can Do About It) and be encouraged by Shelby Abbott’s practical, biblical insights for young adults struggling with loneliness.

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    Truths That Take on the World

    Christianity has a long history with catechisms—summaries of key doctrines that are arranged in a question-and-answer format. Traditionally, Presbyterians would be taught The Shorter Catechism, Dutch Reformed believers The Heidelberg Catechism, and Baptists one of the Baptist equivalents. Sadly, the use of catechisms began to decline as the years went by, so that it became…

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    A La Carte (January 16)

    A La Carte: Business meetings at the urinal / Ambition and competition / The loneliness crisis / Better than feeling seen / Exhausted and overwhelmed / Kindle deals / and more.

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    A La Carte (January 15)

    A La Carte: Young people are turning to the Bible / What conservative young men need / Justifying self-gratification / The influence of reading / On boredom / and more.

  • Remember

    It Doesn’t Matter What You Remember

    I have a memory like a … what do you call it? That thing in the kitchen you use to sift the stuff you want from the stuff you don’t. A sieve! That’s it. I have a memory like a sieve. I joke about it at times, and about how I have to outsource remembering…