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A La Carte (January 29)

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Authenticity, Honesty, and the Stay-At-Home-Mother – Here’s a challenge: “The mommy wars have made great advances in battling the false fronts of picture-perfect blog posts, where dinners always look fabulous, children are always beautifully dressed, and husbands always come home with roses. But we’ve replaced those filtered versions of our lives with other versions…”

Church Size – “If you are a pastor, church planter, or key leader, you need a healthy and theologically sound attitude for dealing with church growth, size, and numbers.” Here are 5 important things to remember when it comes to church size.

A Lukewarm Interpretation of Hot and Cold – “‘Because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth.’ Here’s an interpretation of this often-misused verse.

An Interview with Ben Zobrist – I enjoyed this interview with Ben Zobrist. And I appreciated his token shout-out to the Blue Jays.

Good Piper Quotes – For years now this blogger has been mining funny and quirky quotes from John Piper’s sermons. This is the last batch.

The Historical Reality of Adam – Guy Prentiss Waters gives the lay of the land in the battle over the historical Adam.

Piper Sin

Sin is what you do when your heart is not satisfied with God.

—John Piper

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  • New and Notable September 2024

    New and Notable Christian Books for September 2024

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    A La Carte (September 26)

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  • The Way

    John Mark Comer and Practicing The Way

    It has been a few years since I have had a substantial number of people reach out to ask my view on a particular author. Do you know anything about him? Have you read him? Would you consider reviewing some of his books? But after this break of a few years, it has recently begun…