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A La Carte (June 3)

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Logos users will want to consider this month’s Legacy Library Sale and the sale on WBC mini-bundles. You will also want to take a look at the free and almost free books.

Today’s Kindle deals include some more excellent books, many of them intended to help parents.

(Yesterday on the blog: What Does a Name Mean?)

The Astounding Persistence of Life

Andrea celebrates the astounding persistence of life and draws a spiritual lesson from it.

Can Women Serve as Deacons? (Arguments for and Against)

Matt lays out the best arguments for and against women serving as deacons. At the end, he offers his perspective, then says, “I do not wish to be dogmatic in this view, and I certainly respect the many godly believers who disagree with me. As we await that time of eternal clarity ‘when the perfect comes [and] the partial will pass away’ (1 Cor. 13:10), there is room for both conclusions in the kingdom of God.”

To the Single Lady at the Wedding

It’s wedding season and Rachel has a word for single women who may struggle with attending them.

The Apologetic of Love on Display

“If all we get out of the so-called quiet revival is more people coming to church, that does not strike me as much of a revival at all. Moving unbelievers from outside the building to sitting in it with us at the same time is really not the mission of the church. Getting them inside might be part of the means we use to get to the desired end, but it is not the end itself. The goal is to make disciples.”

Over the Rainbow (Video)

The John 10:10 Project celebrates the rainbow in this new video.

Bottled Up Tears

Reuben Bredenhof: “Here is David, tears streaming down his face, a list of laments as long as his spear, enemies pressing, and where is God? So he pleads, ‘O Lord, take notice of my sorrows! Put my tears in your bottle and let them prompt you to action.’ It’s a prayer that God would see the depths of David’s suffering—its every detail and sigh—and finally respond in mercy and power.”

Flashback: How Can You Mumble?

How can you fail to sing when others need your words? How can you stay silent when others need the truths that could so easily pass through your mouth and reach their ear? How can you mumble when others so desperately need to hear?

It is easy to bring a man to the river of regret, but you cannot make him drink the water of repentance.

—C.H. Spurgeon

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    A La Carte (June 3)

    A La Carte: The astounding persistence of life / To the single lady at the wedding / Love on display / Can women serve as deacons? / Bottled up tears / Logos and Kindle deals / and more.

  • What Does a Name Mean

    What Does a Name Mean?

    Few matters are more consequential to a man than his name, for a name has importance, a name has association, a name has meaning. The name of Caesar means power. The name of Herod means cruelty…

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    A La Carte (June 2)

    A La Carte: Telltale signs of Christianity gone south / Evangelicals after Obergefell / What we can learn from the Josh Buice situation / Therapy culture from different generations / Unclean street dogs / Kindle deals / and more.

  • Substack

    One for the Substackers To Consider

    I do my best to maintain Inbox Zero. At least once or twice a day, I like to process my emails and take action on each one of them. Though this can be onerous at times, it ensures I stay on top of my correspondence. As I went through this process the other morning, I…

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    Weekend A La Carte (May 31)

    A La Carte: The heart of a Christian father in the college search / Baby Boomer secrets of power / Prioritize hospitality this summer / The Beast of Revelation 13 / The Church of Scotland goes woke and broke / and more.