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Jul 22, 2015

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10 Numbers You Should Know About Planned Parenthood – Joe Carter gives you 10 important numbers related to Planned Parenthood.

9Marks Collection – Westminster Books has marked down a large selection of 9Marks books. I recommend each and every one of them.

Pursuing Lyrical and Musical Flow – Jamie Brown is writing some very helpful articles for worship leaders and service planners.

What’s Wrong with Designer Genes? – “We believe the church needs to become aware of this latest scientific development in genetic research, why it was attempted, the fallout and its consequences, and what specific ethical lines it crosses for us as Christians.”

The Missing Ingredient for Sexual Purity – If sexual purity is your struggle, Luke Gilkerson’s article may prove helpful.

The Power of Morning and Evening Routines – The Art of Manliness has a helpful video on the power of building routines into your life.

When we pray together, our needs become public. When he answers, his glory becomes public.
—Jamie Dunlop

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A La Carte (April 26)

Good morning! The Lord be with you and bless you today. If We Don’t Love, We Won’t Last Jon Bloom: “In recent years, I have watched churches I love dearly fracture, and even break apart. And in the cases I have in mind, the breaks weren’t over doctrinal disagreements or gross immorality, but over offenses…

Apr 26, 2021

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A La Carte (11/2)

World Population Grows (Older) – “On this crowded, hot, trampled planet, one of the most vexing trends is something countless numbers of us see when we look in the mirror: We’re going gray. The United Nations has declared that the human population will hit 7 billion Monday, and an expanding percentage of those people are…

Nov 2, 2011

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A La Carte (July 21)

Textiquette for Teenagers – I guess we are all trying to figure out how best to lead our kids in this new world. Here are one dad’s thoughts on “textiquette.” The Book of Numbers – Here, from The Bible Project, is a neat 6-minute overview of Numbers. I am going to keep giving room for…

Jul 21, 2015

A La Carte

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Not a Hindrance But a Prerequisite

Many Christians feel they are too unholy or too sinful to participate in the Lord’s Supper. They come to the table downcast, convinced that their sin makes them unworthy. They may refuse to participate at all.

Jan 18

Articles

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Weekend A La Carte (January 17)

A La Carte: Look to and learn from older saints / Don’t overthink your problems / Rebellion / When there is no good church / Teens and popular music / Where the gospel costs everything / and more.

Jan 17

A La Carte

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Free Stuff Fridays (TGBC)

Enter to win 1 of 5 copies of Why We’re Feeling Lonely (And What We Can Do About It) and be encouraged by Shelby Abbott’s practical, biblical insights for young adults struggling with loneliness.

Jan 16

Giveaways

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Truths That Take on the World

Christianity has a long history with catechisms—summaries of key doctrines that are arranged in a question-and-answer format. Traditionally, Presbyterians would be taught The Shorter Catechism, Dutch Reformed believers The Heidelberg Catechism, and Baptists one of the Baptist equivalents. Sadly, the use of catechisms began to decline as the years went by, so that it became…

Jan 16

Book Reviews

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A La Carte (January 16)

A La Carte: Business meetings at the urinal / Ambition and competition / The loneliness crisis / Better than feeling seen / Exhausted and overwhelmed / Kindle deals / and more.

Jan 16

A La Carte

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A La Carte (January 15)

A La Carte: Young people are turning to the Bible / What conservative young men need / Justifying self-gratification / The influence of reading / On boredom / and more.

Jan 15

A La Carte

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To Those Who Married Poorly

Some marriages are the stuff of fairytales. Some are not. Some husbands marry wives who respect them and some wives marry husbands who love them as Christ loves his church. Some do not. The sad fact is that some people marry well and some people marry poorly.

Jan 7

Articles

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It Doesn’t Matter What You Remember

I have a memory like a … what do you call it? That thing in the kitchen you use to sift the stuff you want from the stuff you don’t. A sieve! That’s it. I have a memory like a sieve. I joke about it at times, and about how I have to outsource remembering…

Jan 14

Articles

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Power Dynamics within Marriage

Any well-taught Christian should be able to speak of God’s attributes and to distinguish between those that are communicable (shared with other beings) and those that are incommunicable (unique to God alone). Among God’s communicable attributes is power. God, who has ultimate power, distributes limited power among human beings. This power is given to us…

Jan 9

Book Reviews

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Petty Annoyances and Minor Insults

I wonder if you are like me in that, as you look back on your life, you realize that most of the circumstances that have troubled you, most of the annoyances and disgruntlements, were produced by circumstances that were hardly worth noticing.

Jan 12

Articles

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Are We Post Woke?

It is too early to tell, I think, whether the “wokeness” craze has already peaked and even begun to slip into decline, or whether it’s just pausing to gather energy for another surge. What seems clear for the moment, though, is that it has lost at least some of its initial momentum, probably because it…

Jan 13

Book Reviews

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