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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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    A La Carte (June 5)

    A La Carte: The dangerous secret young men are keeping / Gratitude for closed doors / Sex, love, and marriage in Africa / Why and how to begin Scripture writing / Seeing myself more clearly / Trust the process / Kindle deals / and more.

  • Original Sin

    Non-Political Lessons from “Original Sin”

    Like so many other people, I came to understand that I was witnessing something deeply significant on the evening of June 27, 2024, as Donald Trump and Joseph Biden met for their fateful debate.

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    A La Carte (June 4)

    A La Carte: Failing boys and wrong men / A response to N.T. Wright on abortion / Breaking gender stereotypes / Beth Anne’s Bible / Brick by brick / Why I didn’t deconstruct after church hurt / and more.

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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.