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A La Carte (January 2)

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Life-Changing Tech – Here’s the technology that may just change your life in 2015. Or it may fizzle–time will tell.

Aim for Godliness and Glory – Christina Fox has a word about new year’s resolutions.

Discounted Gym Memberships – This is why you should probably avoid those discounted gym memberships. Here’s a great stat: “67% of gym members never even access the gym.”

Heart-Oriented Application – Peter Krol suggests ways you can encourage heart-oriented application when reading the Bible.

Buzz-Fueled Media Startups – There’s lots to think about here. “That little vibration in your pocket could mean that we are bombing Iraq again or that a massive typhoon is headed for the Gulf of Thailand or that your father has tagged a photo of you on Facebook…”

Australia’s Lost Ship – This article from the BBC recounts the search for Australia’s lost hospital ship.

Grace is not simply leniency when we have sinned. Grace is the enabling gift of God not to sin. Grace is power, not just pardon.

—John Piper

  • New-and-Notable January

    New and Notable Christian Books for January 2026

    As you know, I like to do my best to sort through the new Christian books that are released each month to see what stands out as being not only new but also particularly notable. I received quite a number of books in January and narrowed the list down to the ones below. I have…

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    A La Carte (January 29)

    A La Carte: Church buildings / Resist assisted suicide / Beauty will win / Finish strong / Glorifying ourselves / Jen Wilkin and the great omission / Kindle deals / and more.

  • Amplify Not a Fool by Responding to His Folly 

    Amplify Not a Fool by Responding to His Folly 

    Where you think your wisdom may make the fool better, it’s more likely that his folly will make you worse. You are more likely to stoop to his level than he is to rise to yours. Ironically, fools can be clever at times and wise men naive, for the fool has an intuitive understanding of…

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    A La Carte (January 28)

    A La Carte: Reaching lost young men / The painful parts of prayer / The fall of our enemies / Doom-scrolling Mozart / A great small group leader / Kindle deals / and more.

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    A La Carte (January 27)

    A La Carte: Praying with faith / Can unbelievers perform good deeds? / Sabbath rest / Is sex dangerous? / Clear teaching and preaching / The manosphere / Kindle deals / and more.

  • No Cotton Candy Fairy Tale

    If you’ve read or listened to the news lately, you’ve probably heard much about the persecution of Christians across the world. Dozens and hundreds and thousands suffer and sacrifice for the sake of their faith every day. But a fair number of these sufferers weren’t born into Bible-believing households and families. What are their stories?…