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A La Carte (June 18)

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Our Culture of Reading – If you are a reader you will enjoy Matthew Lee Anderson’s thoughts on our culture of reading and the end of dialogue.

Don’t Underestimate the Power of Friendship – This is an interesting one from USA Today: “We tend to take friendship for granted, to make it secondary to other demands on our time.”

Everything a Child Should Know about God – Westminster Books has this one back in stock after it sold out last time. I wrote this blurb for it: “There are few resources that are better suited for young children … It presents the deepest truths in the simplest ways, and encourages both knowledge and trust. I highly recommend it.”

Get There Faster – This amazing resource shows you which flights are most likely to get you where you’re going with the fewest delays.

How To Do Family Worship – In this short video Donald Whitney provides simple instruction on family worship. (Speaking personally, we do not make singing a part of family worship.)

Binge-Eating, But Starving – “One of the worst ways God can afflict us is to so satisfy us in this life that we no longer need him, no longer even think of him. It’s the most extreme, most devastating malnutrition.”

Ryle

Whatever you read, read the Bible first. Beware of bad books: there are plenty in this day. Take heed what you read.

—J.C. Ryle

  • Exasperating Rewarding

    The Most Exasperating and Least Rewarding

    I find few of life’s experiences more exasperating and less rewarding than buying a new car. Among the different brands, there are competing models that vary from one another in only the subtlest ways.

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    A La Carte (September 10)

    A La Carte: A blessing, not a burden / That I might not sin / When they can’t see their anger / New birth and conversion / Train your affections / Lots of Kindle deals / and more.

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    A La Carte (September 9)

    A La Carte: Don’t do everything for your kids / John Piper on rejoicing on an enemy’s downfall / Jordan Peterson’s Achilles heel / The blessing of godly grandparents / Parents, we’re doing too much again / Kindle deals.

  • The Hard Work Is Done—Family Bible Study Is Fun

    We plant the seeds of the gospel through rich, Christ-centered family worship. We water them with our prayers. But only God can cause those seeds to grow—and isn’t it a relief that this part is not up to us? God calls us to faithfully pass on the gospel to our kids and reserves the saving…

  • Knife to a Gunfight

    Go Ahead, Bring a Knife to a Gunfight

    They say you should never bring a knife to a gunfight. It’s a colorful little proverb that emphasizes the value of proper preparation, yet I’m not sure it’s a proverb God cares much for.

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    A La Carte (September 8)

    A La Carte: Are we the idols? / The power of prayer meetings / Pro-life or pro-forced birth? / Raising the next generation / A distorted view of lobola / Deep in church history / Kindle deals / and more.