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A La Carte (July 6)

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R.C. Sproul on the Same-Sex Marriage Ruling – R.C. Sproul has recorded some thoughts on the recent ruling on same-sex marriage.

Japan’s Suicide Rate – Here’s an interesting line from a sad article: “Japan has no history of Christianity…so here suicide is not a sin. In fact, some look at it as a way of taking responsibility.”

The Original Bohemian – Andrew Wilson writes about Jan Hus who was martyred 600 years ago today.

When to Baptize Believing Children – I found this quite a helpful distinction: “I think we Baptists should move away from the language of a ‘credible’ profession of faith when it comes to our children and teens, and instead speak in terms of a ‘mature’ profession of faith before baptizing.”

When the World Doesn’t Recognize Who You Are – Melissa draws an important and applicable lesson after spending some time at Disney World.

What If He’s Not Healthy? – This is one mom’s reflections on pregnancy and all that really matters.

Spurgeon

Right is right though all condemn, and wrong is wrong though all approve.

—Charles Spurgeon

  • Reintroducing Ryle

    This week the blog is sponsored by Evangelical Press, an imprint of 10Publishing. You can take a closer look, and purchase the new Ryle’s Expository Thoughts on the Gospelshere (UK), here (CA) or here (US). “It would be well if professing Christians in modern days studied the four gospels more than they do.” – J.C.…

  • A List of Good Reasons to Consider Marrying Young

    A Whole List of Reasons to Consider Marrying Young

    There are a few trends that seem universally associated with a modernizing society. Wealth increases, for example, and standards of living rise. Meanwhile, marriage and fertility rates decline. So too does the average age of marriage. Over the past few decades, marriage in many Western countries has transformed from a rite-of-passage into adulthood to something…

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    A La Carte (September 23)

    A La Carte: Can I submit to my elders thoughtfully? / The evangelism of welcome / Freedom to lament / Living with hope in mental illness / How does your dog smell? / Kindle deals / and more.

  • Bible

    The Most Remarkable Characteristic

    Though this omniscient, eternal, and holy God has given us his writings, and though through the Bible he has revealed the way we can be saved, few take the time to give it a fair reading, and few bother to read it all the way through. Christian, receive this book as a gift and commit…

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    Weekend A La Carte (September 21)

    A La Carte: How to understand the debate about late-term abortion / Pay attention to what you’re singing / What out for weeds / God’s blueprint for a godly family / Essential church / and more.

  • Free Stuff Fridays (Zondervan Reflective)

    This week the blog and this giveaway are sponsored by Zondervan Reflective. The chief reason we exist is to glorify and enjoy God. But for many, God remains a vague cloud of cosmic kindness, a super-sized projection of ourselves into the sky, or an impossible-to-please killjoy. Who is God, really? Who is this being we…