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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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    The Wonder of the Human Face

    Then there are the wonders of human ingenuity: the machines, the inventions, the works of art. One lifetime is not nearly enough to explore or appreciate even the smallest fraction of them all.

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    A La Carte (July 7)

    A La Carte: A Christian patriot and his wayward nation / Outprinting the prosperity gospel / The organic church / A stranger in my homeland / Friendship’s faithful wounds / Sharing the gospel with someone who keeps rejecting it / Kindle deals / and more.

  • Pray Until You Feel Like It

    It is wise to set aside a time and place to pray—to build the habit and to then maintain it. But creating the habit may not always create the desire.

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    Weekend A La Carte (July 5)

    A La Carte: Let’s not rush to roles / Before you go to the nations / Children are not adults / Lia Thomas and a dark chapter for women’s athletics / No pit so deep / The first five years / and more.

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    How To Lead Your Family

    It’s no easy task to lead a family. It’s no small responsibility a man accepts when he gets married and begins a family with his wife. It is not an easy task, but it is a necessary one. And by God’s grace, it can be a joyful, fulfilling, and successful one. How To Lead Your…