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A La Carte (June 10)

This week’s deals from Westminster Books feature the complete collection of books published by Cruciform Press (which, as you know, I co-founded). You’ll find a lot there, of course, including my books Sexual Detox and Do More Better.

Admonish One Another

“Because God hates evil and evil-doers (see Psalms 5:5; 11:5), he teaches that genuine love cannot turn a blind eye to sin, it must rejoice with the truth (1 Corinthians 13:5).”

Pastoral Ministry is About Souls, Not Stats

Jared Wilson: “The way we are typically programmed to measure the success of our ministries sets us up for hollow victory and desperate failure. But this is not to say we should never do any measuring. It is only to say that what we measure and how we measure shows where our confidence lies.”

Christian Funerals Can Be Too Happy

“We still will taste the tyranny of death. And so, grief is appropriate. But we who believe in Jesus also will experience a resurrection into eternal life. And so, we grieve with hope.”

The unBeatitudes

Sometimes we understand things best by turning them around and seeing them backward.

Summer Reading List 2016

One of my very favorite things is Al Mohler’s annual summer reading list. “My summer reading stack has multiplied into stacks, but in this list I share ten that I have found particularly interesting, timely, and worth the investment of summer hours. As usual for this annual list, the books are non-fiction and tilted toward history.” And that suits me just fine.

This Day in 1752. 264 years ago today, Ben Franklin carried out his famous electrical experiment with his kite. Thomas Kidd discusses its unexpected spiritual significance.

I Am a Thought Leader

This video is a pretty good parody of TED talks and similar productions.

Girl in the Picture

I think some of you will find a lot of hope and encouragement in this story of God’s saving grace.

Flashback: 10 Lessons from 10 Years of Public Schooling

This one goes back a couple of years now but is still true. “I spoke to Aileen and together we jotted down a bit of what we’ve learned from having three children in public schools. Here are ten lessons from ten years of public schooling…”

Horton

The Jesus admired by liberals and skeptics would never have been convicted of blasphemy and crucified.

—Michael Horton

  • When God Plants an Acorn

    When God Plants an Acorn, He Means an Oak

    We stood together on the crest of a hill, a gentle breeze rustling the meadow around our feet. The fields ran gently downward until they met a creek that gurgled happily in its course. A few years prior, an acorn had somehow made its way to the highest point of this hill, carelessly dropped there…

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    A La Carte (April 28)

    A La Carte: Protestantism’s Catholic converts / How healthy is your pursuit of health? / God’s special calling on your life / Considering a Christian university? / Testing the teachings of Catholicism / Kindle deals / and more.

  • New and Notable

    New and Notable Christian Books for April 2025

    It is surprisingly difficult to find a list of Christian books that have been released in any given month—especially if you want that list to be filtered by books released through particular publishers. That’s one of the reasons why I close each month by coming up with my list of New and Notable books. I…

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    Weekend A La Carte (April 26)

    A La Carte: Every pinch of pain has purpose / China closed Christian bookstores / Watch for the thing after the thing / For everything there is a time / Showers of blessing / What Pope Francis can teach us about preaching / and more.

  • What Makes You Beautiful

    What Makes You Beautiful

    I have often thought of a conversation that took place when my girls were little. Abby was perhaps 5 or 6 at the time and Michaela just working her way through the “terrible twos” (which for our kids always happened when they were three or four). A stranger saw me interacting with them one day…