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A La Carte (January 1)

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Morning and Evening – Free from Christian Audio this month is Spurgeon’s classic Morning and Evening.

A Holy and Happy 2015 – Holy and happy: That would be a good year.

Why Do Black Lives Matter? – “Americans are in the midst of a crisis of human dignity. Are we still able to articulate why anyone’s life matters? We can loudly protest that ‘Black lives matter’ but it will mean nothing in the long run if we cannot explain why black lives matter.”

Strengthen the Basics in 2015 – We never grow beyond the basics; here are just a couple of tools that may help.

Bible Reading Is an Art – “Ask an old, weathered saint who’s been reading the Scriptures for himself for decades. See if he has a nice, clean formulation for how he goes about his daily reading…”

Download Tabletalk – Ligonier Ministries: “The January issue of Tabletalk is out and we’ve made the digital edition free.”

Knowledge of biblical doctrine is to the soul as an anchor to the ship, that holds it steady in the midst of the rolling waves of error, or the violent winds of persecution.

—Thomas Watson

  • The Pursuit of Virtue

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  • When God Plants an Acorn

    When God Plants an Acorn, He Means an Oak

    We stood together on the crest of a hill, a gentle breeze rustling the meadow around our feet. The fields ran gently downward until they met a creek that gurgled happily in its course. A few years prior, an acorn had somehow made its way to the highest point of this hill, carelessly dropped there…

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    A La Carte (April 28)

    A La Carte: Protestantism’s Catholic converts / How healthy is your pursuit of health? / God’s special calling on your life / Considering a Christian university? / Testing the teachings of Catholicism / Kindle deals / and more.

  • New and Notable

    New and Notable Christian Books for April 2025

    It is surprisingly difficult to find a list of Christian books that have been released in any given month—especially if you want that list to be filtered by books released through particular publishers. That’s one of the reasons why I close each month by coming up with my list of New and Notable books. I…

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    Weekend A La Carte (April 26)

    A La Carte: Every pinch of pain has purpose / China closed Christian bookstores / Watch for the thing after the thing / For everything there is a time / Showers of blessing / What Pope Francis can teach us about preaching / and more.