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A La Carte (January 17)

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It is an okay day for Kindle deals with quite a few available options, several of them Puritan classics.

Keeping Primary Attention on Life’s Main Focuses

Vance Christie tells a story to bring out a valid point.

The English Reformation: England’s First Brexit

You’d need to know more about church history than I do to really evaluate this article. But I found the connections between Brexit and the English Reformation to be rather interesting.

10 Things You Should Know about the Priesthood of All Believers

Our role as priests—a role that includes both male and female—is a premier theme throughout Scripture. In tabernacles, temples, sacrifices, and cleansing rituals, God comes close to people, and invites us to be near to him. (Sponsored Link)

Should Followers of Christ Use Recreational Marijuana?

This is a pressing question in many parts of the world now. Kevin J. Vanhoozer offers a good answer.

The Sad Tale of The Dionne Quintuplets

Here’s the sad and tragic tale of Canada’s Dionne quintuplets.

The Deficient Great Commission

“To be sure, the main focus of the great commission (Matthew 28:16-20) is to make disciples. We know this because in the Greek, the only imperative (command) used is for the word for making disciples. But there are other instructions in the great commission that serve this central theme. There are other aspects of the great commission that must be obeyed if we’re going to be faithful to the mission.”

Is the Kingdom of God Here?

Is the kingdom of God here? Is it still to come? Has it come and gone?

The Struggles of the Christian Life

“Struggles are a significant part of the Christian life. If our view of God and life is too simple, then it can lead to frustration and fear.”

Flashback: With Greater Age Comes Greater Sorrow

With every day, with every year, we see and experience in greater measure the consequences of sin in the world around us—death, destruction, disaster. It adds up to a great weight of sorrow.

The spectacle of the cross is an earthquake that reverberates through our lives and breaks the chains of our earthly spectacle addictions.

—Tony Reinke

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    What Becomes Of All Our Dreams?

    My dad loved to cook. This was a passion that began relatively late in his life after the kids had moved out. With an empty nest, my parents were able to live a slower-paced life and my dad began to dabble in cooking. He soon found that he loved it and that my mother was…

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    A La Carte (February 12)

    A La Carte: A young Christian reading John Mark Comer / Being inconvenient / Breaking gender stereotypes to the glory of God / Gluten-free and non-alcoholic / AI-Pocalypse Now / and more.

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    A La Carte (February 11)

    A La Carte: To those living in secret sin / The time Jesus Left the 99 / The discipline of remembrance / No-contact for toxic relationships / Relational wisdom / and more.

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    Dumb Will Do: Why Satan Doesn’t Need Heresy

    There is one memory of my earlier years as a Christian that I’ve never been able to shake. It’s a formative memory that I actually don’t think the Lord means for me to shake, for it has often reminded me that, when it comes to the local church’s worship, the stakes are sky high.

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    A La Carte (February 10)

    A La Carte: Break shame’s chains / I don’t deserve this / Seeing the world like a Great Gray Owl / The cosmic canvas / Preserving wonder / Kindle deals / and more.

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    The Things You Neglect To Pray About

    There is a close connection between prayer and humility. This being the case, there is also a close connection between prayerlessness and pride. Those who believe they are self-sufficient feel no need to petition God for his help, for his strength, for his wisdom. It is only those who admit their lack who will cry…