Good morning. Grace and peace to you. I’ve been battling illness, so will publish only A La Carte today, with a new article (about difficult marriages, hopefully) coming in a day or two.
The volume of Kindle deals decreased a little through the holidays but should rebound in the next day or two. Keep an eye out and I’ll share everything I can find!
Logos users, you’ve got just today and tomorrow to take advantage of 12 Days of Logos deals. I think some of the best values are commentaries, so be sure to scroll down to those.
5 Habits for Better Prayer in 2026
Do you want to pray better in 2026 than you did in 2025? Then this article is for you.
The Transforming Word
“With a new year comes new resolutions: aspirations for improvement. If you could add just one discipline to your life, which one would make the most impact? Diet? Exercise? Meditation? The answer might be reading the Bible.”
How Do You Stop a Malevolent Idea?
Michael Jensen: “How do you counter a movement that is just an idea? It now seems that the perpetrators of the Bondi massacre were not part of an organised cell. They produced Islamic State symbols, but no one gave them the command. They were not coached, directed, or even trained by others (as far as we currently know). All they had was an idea.”
The Freedom of a Lower Reading Goal
Ryanne explains why you may benefit in the year ahead by setting a lower reading goal. “This was perhaps one of my most memorable years of reading because I kept my goal attainable. I knew that, so long as I read daily, I would have no trouble reaching it. But I also knew that it would allow me to be a responsible reader—not just a ravenous one.”
You Can’t Trust Your Eyes Anymore
The rise of AI-generated images means you can’t trust your eyes anymore. Wyatt explains why there may be some benefit to this. “To put it directly, in an age when images can no longer be trusted, knowledge must once again be grounded in first principles, testimony, and rightly ordered reason.”
Write a New Song to the Lord
Considering the incredibly rich treasury of hymnody available to us today, is there a good reason to keep writing new songs?
Flashback: The Squiggly Line of God’s Providence
As Christians we know that God’s sovereign hand draws a line that leads from suffering to meaning, from pain to purpose, from grief to good. There is no affliction that leads nowhere, no sorrow that is ultimately futile, senseless, or pointless.
The all-wise God would not do so foolish a thing as to put you where you could be of no use.
—P.B. Power
