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A La Carte (June 5)

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The Pew and the Pulpit – H.B. Charles Jr. has some good thoughts about the pew helping the pulpit.

The Gift of Rest – Here’s a sweet short film you’ll want to watch (get some tissues first).

Questions to Ask Before Joining a Church – “You move to a new area. You get find your new residence and job. You get the kids enrolled in school. Where you settle in a local church often becomes a longer, more drawn-out task. After checking out all the churches you desire to visit, here are four questions to ask yourself as you narrow the search to make a decision.”

Give Them Bread – Jared Wilson offers some sound counsel.

Four Modern Versions That Are Ruining the Bible – There’s food for thought in this article.

The Extraordinary Work of Ordinary Means – I don’t know about you, but I need to hear things like this again and again–to reaffirm the joy of the ordinary.

Ferguson

Knowing God is your single greatest privilege as a Christian.

—Sinclair Ferguson

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    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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    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,…

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