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A La Carte (June 29)

Today’s Kindle deals include just a few minor deals.

Westminster Books is offering a deal on a little new book by Kevin DeYoung. It’s a free download if you’d like the electronic version.

An Incredible Spider (Video)

This BBC video highlights a spider with an incredible ability.

Does God Love Everyone?

You can read or watch R.C. Sproul’s answer to a common question.

Forgive Us Our Debts

Here’s an important one for students and their parents. “Recent student loan trends have left some Christian college grads feeling the economic impact for decades. Meanwhile, financial counselors are desperate to improve financial understanding within a system that makes lending an easy default.”

Why I Need My Friends to Judge Me

“The other day I was on a drive through a part of my city that I have not been to in a while and saw a billboard for a church. In bright letters, their sign said something like ‘Where you are always loved and never judged.’” Not good…

What Every Parent Needs to Know About the Updated Instagram

If your kids use Instagram, you may want to read these article. It’s good to be informed!

Turning Pain Into Hope

“Thousands of women were raped during Rwanda’s genocide. Now their kids are coming of age.”

80th Anniversary

Here’s a couple who have just celebrated their 80th wedding anniversary! That’s got to be some kind of a record.

Flashback: How Much Television Do You Actually Watch? Way Too Much

How much television do you think you watch? No, honestly, how much? And how much time do you give to other screens—your mobile phone, your tablet, and whatever it is you use to watch Netflix? A study from Nielsen suggests that it is a lot.

If offense is to be taken at the gospel, let it be because of the gospel, not the one who proclaims it.

—Sam Storms

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    A La Carte (October 10)

    A La Carte: How women combat comparison / Recognize your pastor this month / Gone are the dark clouds / Why does God say no to good things? / Ministers of loneliness / Book and Kindle deals / and more.

  • O Jesus I Have Promised

    Give Me Grace to Follow!

    Knowing that we can be self-deceived, we must examine our lives to ensure we are living as Christians are called to live—that we are putting sin to death, that we are coming alive to righteousness, and that we are finding ever-greater joy in our relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ. And always we must pray…

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    A La Carte (October 9)

    A La Carte: The normalization of slander / Doctrine and formation / Destructive relationships / Why Satan wants you to think you’re alone / Laughing at yourself is grace / and more.

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    A La Carte (October 8)

    A La Carte: A Christian response to polygamy, incest, and pedophilia / 10 diagnostic questions for you and your spouse / neither despair nor blind optimism / To confront or to cover / Did Jesus lie to his brothers? / Huge book and commentary sales!

  • What Is “The End” of Religious Liberty?

    This week, the blog is sponsored by Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. This article is adapted from Jason G. Duesing’s chapel message, “A Portrait of the End of Religious Liberty,” given during the Spring 2024 semester at Midwestern Seminary and Spurgeon College. You can watch the full message here.   The beautiful hymn in Philippians 2 tells of the humbling, sacrifice,…

  • We All Want More of God

    We All Want More of God

    We all want more of God. Anyone who professes to be a Christian will acknowledge a sense of sorrow and disappointment when they consider how little they know of God and how little they experience of his presence. Every Christian or Christianesque tradition acknowledges this reality and offers a means to address it.