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A La Carte (June 9)

Today’s Kindle deals include just a couple of interesting titles.

You Already Bugged Your Own House Years Ago

It’s nerve-wracking to hear of all the ways companies and governments can listen in to us. But, the fact is, most of us bugged our homes years ago.

In Defense of Educational Administrators

Carl Trueman: “They are committed to, and acting consistently with, a philosophy that sees the purpose of education as therapeutic rather than transformative. A moment’s reflection on the structure of the modern humanities indicates that therapy lies at the very heart of higher education.”

When Should Doctrine Divide?

Gavin Ortlund considers the question and says, “At the broadest conceptual level, I see two opposite dangers: doctrinal minimalism and doctrinal separatism.”

10 Quick Things You Can Do To Improve Your Church Website

Here are 10 quick things you can do today to continue to improve your church website and serve the people who use it.

4k StormLapse (Video)

Terrible storms can be terribly beautiful.

Stop Capitalizing Pronouns Referring to God

I wouldn’t want to get too dogmatic about this, of course, but I don’t think we need to be capitalizing pronouns referring to God.

Give Them Law and Gospel

Tom Ascol: “If parents are going to bring their children up ‘in the discipline and instruction of the Lord’ (Ephesians 6:4), then they should understand the role of both the law and the gospel in that task. The former reveals to us God’s all-encompassing will and the latter reveals to us His all-sufficient provision for sinners who violate that will.”

Flashback: Why I am Not Arminian

I was raised within the Reformed tradition, left it as a young adult, and returned to it a few years later. Here I explain why I am not Arminian.

Our intellect is not intended to be an end in itself, but only a means to the very mind of God.

—Ravi Zacharias

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    Is It Time To Stop Streaming Your Service?

    It always surprises me how quickly an idea can go from introduction to expectation, from mere inquiry to accepted standard. And once an idea has become mainstream in that way, it is difficult to revisit and evaluate it.

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    A La Carte (August 28)

    A La Carte: What canoeing can teach us about marriage / What are spiritual gifts and how do I discover mine? / How a troll becomes a troll / The biggest Evangelical divide / When Bible reading doesn’t produce a neat and tidy takeaway / and more.

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    New and Notable Christian Books for August 2024

    We live at a great time to be readers! Christian publishers labor diligently to provide us with good books on every conceivable topic. Once a month I like to sort through all the new releases and put together a list of some of the new and notables. Here are my picks for August, 2024.

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    A La Carte (August 27)

    A La Carte: Keith Green, Bill Hybels, steeples, and bells / Did negligence kill my baby? / Rethinking nostalgic postpartum advice / Yes, all things / We can’t be friends / Kindle deals / and more.

  • Nothing Can Separate Us from God

    This week the blog is sponsored by Zondervan Reflective. This excerpt from The NIV Application Commentary on the Bible: One-Volume Edition explains the original meaning of Paul’s words in Romans 8:31-39 and shows how his message can apply to our lives today. We begin with words from the Apostle Paul: 31 What, then, shall we…

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    I Used To Dream Big Dreams

    I used to be a dreamer. I used to lie awake at night thinking of the great man I might be, the great awards I might win, the great deeds I might accomplish for the Lord. I would eventually drift to sleep convinced of my own potential and glimpsing visions of my own grandeur. As…