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A La Carte (March 11)

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Preparing for Easter – This week’s deals from Westminster Books will help you get ready for Easter.

A Good [Wo]man is Easy to Find – Yes! “Whenever I have languished around wishing and hoping and dreaming for mentors, I have found myself lacking them. Yet when I have engaged in the ministry of mentorship myself, I find myself in an abundance of counselors.”

Why Salvation Is Far from Some People – “One characteristic of those the Bible describes as ‘wicked’ is that they do not seek God’s statutes, God’s Word. For that reason, ‘Salvation is far from’ them since the way of salvation—the way to God—is found only in the Word of God.”

The Cost of Relativism – “We now have multiple generations of people caught in recurring feedback loops of economic stress and family breakdown, often leading to something approaching an anarchy of the intimate life.”

The Dreadful Loneliness of Life Without Scripture – Here’s a good article with a great title.

An African Ordination – You’ll enjoy reading this little glimpse into an African ordination service.

Sibbes

It is better to go bruised to heaven than sound to hell.

—Richard Sibbes

  • Marriage

    To Those Who Married Poorly

    Some marriages are the stuff of fairytales. Some are not. Some husbands marry wives who respect them and some wives marry husbands who love them as Christ loves his church. Some do not. The sad fact is that some people marry well and some people marry poorly. 

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    A La Carte (January 7)

    A La Carte: Scott Adams / How you listen to sermons / Love the church you’re in / Defeating hypocrisy / Petra / Normalizing euthanasia / Kindle deals / and more.t

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    A La Carte (January 6)

    A La Carte: Motherhood is a mission, not an identity / What Betty Friedan got wrong about motherhood / Being a better ministry dad / Young men and looksmaxxing / New CityAlight song / Resolutions for Reformed Twitter / Kindle deals / and more.

  • How do we minister to parents with broken hearts?

    For every family in the church where the children seem to be well established in the faith, there will be another family where one or more of the children have deserted it… How can we help bring comfort to parents in pain?

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    A La Carte (January 5)

    A La Carte: 5 habits for better prayer / How do you stop a malevolent idea? / The freedom of a lower reading goal / You can’t trust your eyes anymore / Write a new song / and more.

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    It Pictures Something and It Accomplishes Something

    Each of the ordinances has a distinct purpose and a distinct role in the life of the Christian. Baptism is an initiatory rite, a means by which a person publicly identifies with Christ Jesus—an occasion of joy and blessing not only for the person being baptized but for the entire church.