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A La Carte (June 9)

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The Drunken Downfall of Evangelical America’s Favorite Painter – This is a very interesting profile of Thomas Kinkade. “Thomas Kinkade’s death shocked his legions of fans—not only had the Painter of Light died at 54, but the cause was alcohol and Valium. How did the Evangelical Darling fall so far?”

Iain Murray on T4G – Iain Murray shares his thoughts on Together for the Gospel.

Sharpen Your Affections with Fasting – David Mathis: “Fasting has fallen on hard times — at least, it seems, among our overstuffed bellies in the American church. I speak as one of the well-fed.”

Why Kids Don’t Read – One of the primary reasons kids don’t read is that their parents don’t read. In many cases it is learned behavior!

9 Things About the SBC – The 2014 Southern Baptist Convention Meeting kicks off today and Joe Carter gives you 9 things you ought to know about the SBC.

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A cross without offense in the world is a cross without power in the world.

—Steven Lawson

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    A Front Door and a Family Meal

    Baptism is a kind of front door to the local church, the God-ordained means through which a person identifies with Jesus Christ and formally comes to belong to Christ’s body, the church. Baptism is the church’s sign that this person is one of us, a brother or sister in the Lord, who has now been…

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    Weekend A La Carte (January 10)

    A La Carte: An elder’s authority / Don’t use AI to cheat in school / Against the algorithm / An age of outrage / What’s weird? / The good news about bad days / and more.

  • Free Stuff Fridays (TGBC)

    Enter to win a practical, gentle, and honest resource offering hope and help for parents of non-believing children.

  • Power

    Power Dynamics within Marriage

    Any well-taught Christian should be able to speak of God’s attributes and to distinguish between those that are communicable (shared with other beings) and those that are incommunicable (unique to God alone). Among God’s communicable attributes is power. God, who has ultimate power, distributes limited power among human beings. This power is given to us…

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    A La Carte (January 9)

    A La Carte: The courage in encouragement / First-time obedience / Practical tips / Christians bear fruit / Sing! hymnal daily readings / Kindle deals / and more.

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    A La Carte (January 8)

    A La Carte: Is there room in the church for me? / Dusty Bibles and new iPhones / Fruitful to the end / Helping students read the Bible for themselves / Australia is coming apart / Kindle deals / and more.