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A La Carte (May 2)

A La Carte Thursday 1

The God of love and peace be with you today.

Westminster Books is offering a discount on two new books by the much-respected theologian Vern Poythress.

I added a heap of new Kindle deals yesterday and have a few new ones for today as well. We are spoiled!

(Yesterday on the blog: Climb a Mountain, Swim a Sea, Fight a Dragon)

How to Resist Content Anxiety

This may resonate with parents. “Almost every time I open up social media, I’m bombarded by parenting influencers telling me the best ways to care for my child. Apparently swaddling is bad now. Who knew?! I can’t scroll through my feed without being confronted by ads for must-have baby products that are “backed by research” and happen to be designed to perfectly fit an Instagram aesthetic. I didn’t realize even our burp cloths needed to be performance-ready for an online audience.”

How Much Power Does Satan Have? Is Satan Omnipresent? (Video)

How much power does Satan have? Is Satan omnipresent? Bruce Ware provides excellent answers to these questions and others.

Which Preacher Influences You the Most?

This was an unexpected yet thought-provoking answer to the question from Bill Farley.

The Path Away From Pornography

Chris Hutchison describes the path away from pornography. “Of all the things I get to do in ministry, few bring me more joy than helping men break free from pornography. I love seeing someone come alive as the stupor of sexual slavery loses its hold on them and they begin to live in the light.”

Grieving the Erasing of Friendship

Bryan Schneider grieves the contemporary erasing of friendship. He suggests some reasons why friendship has fallen on such hard times.

A Tribute to David Livingstone

Fittingly, this tribute to David Livingstone comes from someone who lives in Zambia, the country where Livingstone spent so much of his life (and where he ultimately died).

Flashback: Behind-the-Scenes: Christian Publishing

I’m familiar only with Christian books so will keep my comments focused on that small corner of a much larger industry. From my perspective, here’s a look at how Christian publishing works.

It is better to fail in the eyes of the world than to succeed without the Lord.

—Collin Hansen

  • Your Life is a Sermon

    “God saves us just as we are, but he is not content for us to remain just as we are. No—God’s great purpose for us, having saved us, is to conform us into the image of Christ (Romans 8:28-29).”

  • A La Carte (September 14)

    The kind of mom I’ve become / Young Christians, you need older Christians in your life! / 6 observations about ‘online’ church / An age of mechanical providence / God’s people don’t become angels at death / Why women are celebrating Lindsay Clancy / Kindle deals / and more.

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    Weekend A La Carte (September 12)

    It’s 10 p.m., and your kids want to know where you are / The dark side of mindfulness / Planet of bots / How to love your local public school / The beautiful complexity of the human eye / Hard cases: no time to talk / Reader recommendations.

  • Free Stuff Fridays (Harvest House Publishers)

    This week, the blog and this giveaway are sponsored by Harvest House Publishers. Dear Millie,  You are cordially invited to The God Party.Love, F, S, & HS Who sent this strange invitation and what does it mean? Millie has no idea—that is, until her fiendishly funny friends, the REAL BAD GUYS, shed some light on the…