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A La Carte (July 16)

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Just a reminder that I am on vacation this week so I am posting only A La Carte. Original articles will return next week.

Today’s Kindle deals include Ed Welch’s must-read When People Are Big and God Is Small and more besides.

How Can I Read My Bible Correctly?

Justin explains why there are numerous ways of misinterpreting the Bible, but only one way of understanding it correctly. He offers three broad categories of misinterpretation.

Why You Can Be Confident of God’s Goodness to You

“I’ve been pretty blessed in my life up to this point, and it’s not that hard—by and large—for me to believe that God has been working for my good. But we all know people who seem to have had lives that are full of hardships and suffering. For them, sad events have accumulated year after year, one on top of another, repeatedly stretching their resilience to breaking point. Experientially, for some of our dear brothers and sisters, their trust in God’s goodness can seem almost irrational.”

The Faithful Understand the Time

Dónal looks at one of the big questions that arises in ministry and missions: What’s the difference between faithfulness and success?

Want to Grow in Wisdom? You Need Gospel Friends.

“Community is good. God designed us to need others. But it’s important to recognize that we don’t just share space and experiences with others. We’re shaped and formed by those around us, and we shape and form them.” This puts the call on us to embrace friends who love the gospel.

Living Wisely in a Digital World

Maree suggests a few practices that may help you and your family live wisely in a digital world.

We’ll Never Get Tired of Seeing God’s Face

Darryl considers how often we get tired of even the best things in life and assures us that eternity will be different.

Flashback: 3 Helpful Instructions on Keeping a Journal

By reading the accounts of God’s mercies you will remember that in the past you have faced dangers just as great and fears just as terrifying. For this reason make sure you do not only record the facts, but also your emotional and spiritual experience of them. Write them as if you will need to cling to them in the future.

If God puts or permits anything hard in our lives, be sure that the real peril, the real trouble, is what we shall lose if we flinch or rebel.

—Maltbie Davenport Babcock

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    A La Carte (July 16)

    A La Carte: Reading the Bible correctly / Understanding the time / Living wisely in a digital world / We’ll never get tired / You need gospel friends / God’s goodness to you / and more.

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    A La Carte (July 15)

    A La Carte: Sharing our struggles / The danger of inaction / “You don’t love your daughter” / A godly sense of humor / Three excuses for not reading your Bible / A closer look at Noah’s ark / and more.

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    A La Carte (July 14)

    A La Carte: Distorted doctrine destroys lives / Making sense of bad things / Be the Jonathan / A bridegroom of blood / Administrative sludge / Musical elements / Kindle deals / and more.

  • Prayer

    Spread Too Thin

    With so much to do, we can easily begin to wonder whether prayer is an appropriate use of scarce time. Wouldn’t it be better to give my attention to something that would let me cross something off my to-do list?

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    Weekend A La Carte (July 12)

    A La Carte: Where art thou Rob Bell? / The case against in vitro fertilization / Praying and weeping for those suffering in Texas / Greet each other with a holy hug / The example of Jimmy Swaggart / and more.

  • Thriving Marriage

    Thriving Marriage

    I have often wondered about the best time to write a book about marriage. When a couple is young, there is so much about marriage they have not yet experienced. They can still impart wisdom and teach lessons, of course, but there is so much of marriage that remains unknown to them. Yet when a…