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A La Carte (July 4)

A La Carte Friday 2

Happy Fourth of July to my American friends and family! I trust it will be a restful and enjoyable day.

Today’s Kindle deals include several books I think you’ll enjoy browsing. Be sure to consider the commentary on Matthew.

Why It’s Good (And Christian) to Love Your Country

Daniel explains why it’s a good and Christian thing to love your country.

Mending Nets in the Storm

“God may have you in a season where movement feels impossible, but that doesn’t mean you’re not to prepare. This is the time for strengthening your faith, deepening your understanding, and sharpening your discernment, because the storm will lift. And when it does, you will want to be found ready, not scrambling.”

The Fascinating History of the Wordless Book

M. R. Conrad shares some of the fascinating history of the wordless book.

What Does yhwh Mean?

Few names have caused more discussion and debate than the name of God. “While we may not know the exact origin, meaning, and pronunciation of the name yhwh, far more importantly we can know him—we can know yhwh. God’s revelation of his name was ultimately for us to know him.”

Why Children in Public Schools Deserve Beautiful Books

Nadya Williams considers the importance of quality and beautiful in children’s books.

Spiritual Authority: How to Use It, Not Abuse It

Harold Senkbeil explains how to use spiritual authority (and how not to abuse it).

Flashback: 5 Ways To Minister To Other Christians This Sunday

In every part of the life we share together as a church, we have the ability to minister the truth of God’s Word to others. Who in your church needs you to minister the word to them this Sunday?

To stay away from the Lord’s Supper because our hearts are cold is to refuse to go to the fire till we are warm.

—Maltbie Davenport Babcock

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    Christianity under the progressive gaze / Why Christians must reject the conspiratorial mind / Wise people strive to be wiser / The pro-life movement’s midterm reckoning / How evil works / Preaching in paragraphs / Kindle deals / and more.

  • Works and Wonders November 8

    Works & Wonders (November 8)

    This week’s Works & Wonders: the power of God, Nikon’s microscope photos, three Come, Thou Founts, a brain-injured musical genius, and Prepare Him Room live.

  • Weekend A La Carte (November 7)

    The Hutterites’ guide to technology / Searching for jobs, Gen Z feels like it’s staring into ‘the void’ / The gospel according to Peter (Thiel) / Scientism and the allure of control / Can science explain sparkling rivers? / What led to Christianity Today’s crisis?

  • I Regret to Inform You That Heaven Tourism Is Back

    I Regret to Inform You That Heaven Tourism Is Back

    I regret to inform you, dear reader, that heaven tourism is back. The genre possibly never went away entirely, but it did at least disappear from the bestseller lists for several years. Sadly, it has returned in Gabe Poirot’s 18 Days in Heaven.

  • A La Carte (November 6)

    Don’t despise the red flags / Your thoughts are shaping your life / Can’t you just love everyone? / Selfies are not the self: forming embodied youth in a disembodied age / Effective altruists and the spreadsheet gospel / 4 Applications for the order of love—from the home to the ends of the earth /…