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A La Carte (January 5)

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No Magic with January 1 – “There is nothing magical about January 1. It is another date on the calendar. While our gracious Father has established signs and seasons for the days and years (Gen 1:14), He is not limited to a day on the calendar.”

10 Questions for Moms – Christa has 10 questions for moms that “will help you guide your thinking and actions according to God’s Word during this year.”

1500′ TV Tower – You couldn’t pay me enough to do this job, though I’m glad someone does it.

Modern Identity Politics – Carl Trueman: “Advocates of LGBTQ rights often accuse their critics of living in the past, specifically in the Dark or the Middle Ages. In my case, I am guilty as charged…”

10-Eye-Opening Quotes From Planned Parenthood Founder Margaret Sanger – “Margaret Sanger has been lauded by some as a woman of valor, but a closer look reveals that Planned Parenthood’s audacious founder had some unsavory things to say about matters of race, birth control, and abortion.”

Selma Movie Slander – The new movie Selma is said to be excellent, but for one major historical inaccuracy.

Papa

If the gospel has never broken you, you have never really heard it.

—Matt Papa

  • When God Plants an Acorn

    When God Plants an Acorn, He Means an Oak

    We stood together on the crest of a hill, a gentle breeze rustling the meadow around our feet. The fields ran gently downward until they met a creek that gurgled happily in its course. A few years prior, an acorn had somehow made its way to the highest point of this hill, carelessly dropped there…

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    A La Carte (April 28)

    A La Carte: Protestantism’s Catholic converts / How healthy is your pursuit of health? / God’s special calling on your life / Considering a Christian university? / Testing the teachings of Catholicism / Kindle deals / and more.

  • New and Notable

    New and Notable Christian Books for April 2025

    It is surprisingly difficult to find a list of Christian books that have been released in any given month—especially if you want that list to be filtered by books released through particular publishers. That’s one of the reasons why I close each month by coming up with my list of New and Notable books. I…

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    Weekend A La Carte (April 26)

    A La Carte: Every pinch of pain has purpose / China closed Christian bookstores / Watch for the thing after the thing / For everything there is a time / Showers of blessing / What Pope Francis can teach us about preaching / and more.

  • What Makes You Beautiful

    What Makes You Beautiful

    I have often thought of a conversation that took place when my girls were little. Abby was perhaps 5 or 6 at the time and Michaela just working her way through the “terrible twos” (which for our kids always happened when they were three or four). A stranger saw me interacting with them one day…