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A La Carte (June 2)

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There are some interesting deals to look at in Logos’ monthly free and nearly-free collection.

Today’s Kindle deals include a number that are worth a look.

(Yesterday on the blog: 4 Guidelines for Dating Without Regrets)

Lessons From Mainline Decline

Kevin DeYoung shares some observations from the decline of mainstream churches.

Let Nature Do Its Job

I appreciate this call to get outside this summer to ensure we’re letting nature do its job.

Help! I’m terrified of evangelism!

“Many Christians are terrified of evangelism. It is the kind of thing we know we should be doing but we don’t get around to, like flossing or exercise. It is easy to come up with all kinds of excuses not to tell other people about Jesus.” Here are simple tips meant to help you get going.

4 Questions about the Lord’s Supper

What’s the Lord’s Supper all about? This article is a refresher of sorts.

How I Would Explain a Christian View of Transgenderism to a Non-Christian

Samuel James explains how he’d attempt to explain a Christian view of transgenderism to someone who is not a Christian.

Dress-Up Servants

This is a neat illustration and reminder that Jesus truly came and dwelt among us.

Flashback: On Caring for the Property of Others

Sin obscures the truth, it blinds us to our own flaws, it persuades us that vice is virtue and virtue vice.

Set not your heart upon the world, since God hath not made it your portion.

—Samuel Rutherford

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    Noteworthy New Commentaries from 2025

    There are few resources I rely on more than I rely on my commentaries. Over the years, I have developed an extensive collection and turn to them often. I try to keep tabs on new commentaries and thought I would let you know about some of the best options that were published in 2025

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    A La Carte (December 4)

    A La Carte: Why I changed my mind on mixed martial arts / Misunderstanding porn / When time feels short / The Bible and friendship / Is God disappointed in me? / and more.

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    Can Satan Put Thoughts Into Our Minds?

    Each of us is familiar with the experience of being tempted to sin. Sometimes these temptations arise from outside of us and sometimes they arise from within. Each of our three sworn enemies—the world, the flesh, and the devil—has the ability to tempt us to do what God forbids or fail to do what God…