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A La Carte (January 30)

Today’s Kindle deals include some excellent titles from Crossway as well as a couple of other good picks.

President Trump’s Executive Order on Immigrants and Refugees

Joe Carter takes a blessedly objective look at President Trump’s recent executive order.

Performing a Time Audit of Your Life

J.D. Greear shares what may prove a helpful resource. “One of the benefits of a new year is stopping to take stock of our lives—to assess whether we’re actually spending our time doing what matters most. We’ll never live the life God intends for us unless we intend to, and intending starts with an honest look at how we’ve created our schedules.”

If an Atomic Bomb Was Dropped Near You (Video)

What would happen if an atomic bomb was dropped near you? All kinds of awful stuff.

Christian Life Beyond the Quiet Time

Every week I look forward to Jared Wilson’s Monday-morning article. Here it is.

4 Billion Chestnut Trees

There used to be 4 billion chestnut trees in the U.S., but now it’s national news when someone finds one.

This Day in 1912. 105 years ago today missionary, philosopher, author and lecturer Francis Schaeffer was born. Schaeffer was a leading figure in the resurgence of evangelicalism in the 60s ad 70s. *

‘Untranslatable’ Emotions

I was more interested in the details of this article than the big picture. There are lots of emotions for which English has no word. But other languages have a richer emotional vocabulary.

Remembering Dr. Iain D. Campbell

I was sorry to hear of the death of Dr. Iain Campbell at just 53. (See also here.)

The F-35 Disaster (Video)

It’s pretty clear the F-35 jet fighter is a complete disaster, yet it keeps going. This video shows how it’s actually a brilliant piece of engineering—economic and political engineering, that is.

Flashback: Work That Makes a Difference

Work is not significant only when it utilizes my full capacity or full capabilities. Work is not significant only when it is measurable in dollars and cents or praise and compliments. Work has intrinsic significance because it gives me the opportunity to do something with joy—with joy in the Lord.

Sin is ugly. It should be killed daily. I die every day, because Jesus said, “Take up your cross daily” and crosses are for dying.

—John Piper

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    Understanding Trauma

    I don’t remember encountering the world “trauma” very often in my younger years, yet recently I seem to hear it all the time. What was once deemed a rare experience or one rarely talked about, has become a common experience and one talked about both openly and often. Where perhaps it was once defined so…

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    When The Path That I Fear Is the Way He Has Set

    There are some lyrics we all especially treasure, certain lines that settle in especially near to our hearts. Personally, I often find myself pondering the words that begin CityAlight’s “In the Valley (Bless the Lord).” “When the path that I feared / Is the way He has set / And I long to give in…

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    A La Carte (March 12)

    A La Carte: Ambidextrous apologists / When grief doesn’t include tears / Mistakes when learning to pray / When it’s good to argue / Sloth and diligence / Kindle deals / and more.