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A La Carte (March 8)

A Sky Unsullied by Clouds

How cool is this? “And so it was quite the thrill to discover in the box this astonishing letter written by William Wilberforce to Priscilla in 1822, when he was 61 and she was only around 14.”

7 Points to Consider When You Preach about Homosexuality

Brad Hambrick: “Having just written Do Ask, Do Tell, Let’s Talk: Why and How Christians Should Have Gay Friends, I wanted to offer some points of consideration for pastors.” Also, “While this post is about preaching, my book is about friendship.” Additionally, click here to learn what you’ll learn if you read his book.

Jerry Bridges (1929–2016): My Prayer Partner, Mentor, and Friend

Be sure to read Bob Bevington’s tribute to his dear friend and prayer partner. “In the eyes of many, Jerry was a giant of the Christian faith. Yet in his own eyes, he was never more than an undeserving sinner redeemed by Christ. Those who knew him best understood that Jerry’s humility was the key to his greatness.” (Don Whitney has collected other tributes here.)

The Editor’s Wife

This is a great little biographical sketch of Vera Pink, wife to A.W. Pink.

10 Things You Should Know about Church Discipline

Just like the headline says, here are ten things you should know about church discipline.

This Day in 1740. 276 years ago today, colonial evangelist Gilbert Tennent preached his famous sermon, “The Danger of An Unconverted Ministry.” Tennent was a friend of evangelist George Whitefield and a son of William Tennent, founder of the “Log College. *

3 Books Every Church Planter Should Read

TGC went far and wide to ask a whole collection of pastors for suggested books that every church planter should read.

Risen

Reformation21 shared a helpful review of the movie Risen. “Films seem better equipped to ask questions rather than answer them. Films, whether they are faith-based or secular, start to break down when they get preachy, but there’s a much greater temptation to get preachy when making a movie about faith.”

Carson

The way to really beat sin is not to whip it out, but to so glory in Christ that sleeze looks dirty.

—D.A. Carson

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