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A La Carte (June 5)

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Today’s Kindle deals include Spiritual Game Plan which is essentially a brand new book. Christopher Ash’s Remaking a Broken World is also worth a look.

(Yesterday on the blog: Non-Political Lessons from “Original Sin”)

The Dangerous Secret Your Young Men Are Keeping

This is quite an article about some of the ugly ideologies that are impacting young men.

Gratitude for Closed Doors

Daniel expresses gratitude for some of the doors the Lord closed to him along the way.

Sex, Love, and Marriage in Africa

This article (or newsletter, really) aptly explains why it is so important to have material written specifically for different cultures. In it, Dave and Stacey Hare explain, for example, why good marriage instruction in their context needs to account for ghosts.

Why and How to Begin Scripture Writing

Rebekah Matt is committed to the practice of Scripture writing. Here she explains what it is and how to get started.

Trust the Process

This is good advice in so many areas of life: Learn to trust the process.

Seeing Myself More Clearly

Dave Harvey: “I think the best way to upgrade our self-awareness and assess our self-portraits is through the perspectives of living mirrors. We desperately need the eyes and words of others to help us form a healthy and informed self-perception.”

Flashback: The Least of My Children’s Accomplishments

…even while David may be been sorrowful that he would not be the one to build the temple, he must have been overjoyed to know that the task would fall to his son. Even while he grieved that he would never see it, it must have warmed his heart to know that his son would not only see it but build it. 

The Church needs pastors who’ve had the swagger gospeled out of them.

—Jared Wilson

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    Invisible Grief

    There is no path through this life that does not involve at least some measure of grief. This world is so broken that at different times and in different ways, grief affects us all. Some grief flows from what we loved and lost but other grief flows from what has never been and may never…

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    A La Carte (February 6)

    A La Carte: The need for father-scholars / Teach your kids what to think / The fading of the flower / Playing God with children / Softly break a bone / Kindle deals / and more.

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    A La Carte (February 5)

    A La Carte: Life is a vapor / Jelly Roll and Billie Eilish / Did God need to kill his Son? / Should we forgive apart from repentance? / His Mercy Is More / Worship / and more.

  • Cliff

    Tiptoeing to the Edge of Cliffs

    Not too long ago, there was a trend in which people would see how close they could come to being hit by a train without actually being hit by a train. That’s about as stupid a game as I can imagine. Play stupid games, win stupid games, as the kids say. But researching sin when…

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    A La Carte (February 4)

    A La Carte: Jesus loves the self-righteous sinner / How churches began using grape juice / Stop praying “in your name” / We aren’t very good at rest / The greatest theological statement ever written / and more.

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    A La Carte (February 3)

    A La Carte: Scheduling hospitality / False teachers / Dating Christian women / Stoking the fire / Origins of the evil one / Love and accept / Kindle deals / and more.