I apologize to the email subscribers who did not receive yesterday’s A La Carte. The fault was mine!
Westminster Books has a special deal on a new book for pastors. Several other titles for pastors are similarly discounted.
(Yesterday on the blog: God’s Grace for Every Family)
5 Qualities We Should Look for in Our Political Leaders
Kevin DeYoung outlines some qualities we should look for (and hope for and wish for) in our political leaders.
Nihilism—in Nazi Germany and Today
Carl Trueman: “We have witnessed amazing technological advances since the 1940s. The transformation of humanity from a given, limited, teleological essence to a potency whose limits and ends are merely technical problems to be overcome is now complete (at least in the cultural imagination). Ironically, human technical brilliance has served to make human beings into nothing of any great significance. We are the only creatures on the planet who are intelligent and intentional enough to have abolished ourselves.”
CityAlight – Jerusalem (Live)
CityAlight is celebrating 10 years since their first single by releasing a previously-unreleased video of what I still think is one of their best songs.
Is My Child Transgender Because of Me?
“One of the great anxieties that parents face is the fear of what our own sins could do to corrupt our kids. It can be a paralyzing anxiety, one that has come up on the podcast in many different forms.” John Piper addresses such a distressed parent in this Ask Pastor John.
Are Leaders Necessarily Readers?
You’ve heard it before, I’m sure: leaders are readers. But is that necessarily the case? Stephen takes a slightly contrarian position here.
Good People Get Good Things
Most people and most religions operate (whether subtly or explicitly) in such a way that good people get good things and bad people get bad things. Sometimes even Christians.
Flashback: Most To Jesus I Surrender (or Maybe Just Some)
Do we really fully surrender to him those things that we love most, or do we effectively bring him what is lame and spotted, what is of little consequence and low on our list of priorities?
We may meet death in confidence and victory only if our hopes are firmly and entirely grounded in His merits on our behalf.
—Guy Prentiss Waters
