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A La Carte (May 20)

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I am back home after a wonderful time in Ireland. I was grateful to meet so many believers and spend time exploring God’s creation. What a blessing.

Today’s Kindle deals include a selection of books on apologetics.

(Yesterday on the blog: What Does a Discerning Person Do?)

The Foibles and Fallibility of Christian Leaders

“Blessed are the true Christian leaders who understand their need for help from God and express that to God. Christian leaders are formative works of God in character, skills, knowledge, faith, love and even enthusiasm, who have been given responsibility nonetheless for which they often feel entirely inadequate except for Christ’s help.”

How Mental Illness Taught Me of God’s Delight in Weakness

“My brother suffers from severe mental illness, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia. I will soon be caring for him as my mom relinquishes nearly five decades of sacrificial love.” This is a heartfelt article about mental illness and God’s delight in weakness.

Why Didn’t Christ Come Sooner?

It’s a good question and one John Piper answers well: Why didn’t Christ come sooner?

When it’s Okay to Die

Tessa tells why it’s so important to cling to Jesus in moments of suffering and uncertainty.

Spiritual Formation and Artificial Intelligence

I’m thankful that more and more Christians are thinking and writing well about AI. I hope to share some thoughts of my own before long.

Four Things You Can’t Do Without the Holy Spirit

Just as the title says, here are four things you just can’t do without the Holy Spirit.

Flashback: Stop Swiping, Start Serving

…how many church members could be leading important ministries, except that they spend hours on social media thinking that some daft controversy on Twitter in any way impacts the real world? And all the while there are people right before them who need to be loved and cared for and shepherded. 

The man who only repents of this and that glaring offence, has not repented of sin at all.

—C.H. Spurgeon

  • Duty

    For Our Good, Not For Our Bondage

    Matthew Henry once said that when we are out of the way of duty, we are in the way of temptation. Yet Jerry Bridges warns that the spiritual disciplines are privileges to be used, not duties to be performed. So are they duties or are they not?

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    Weekend A La Carte (February 14)

    A La Carte: Satan wants you alone this Sunday / The discipline of unlearning / Asking a pastor to step down / Holy humor / Intentional thankfulness / and more.

  • Science and God

    Do You Have to Choose Between Science and God?

    Whatever else young people know today, they know that science and God are opposed to one another. At least, they think they know this, because it has been taught to them in a hundred formal and informal settings, from the classroom to the television. They have been taught that they must choose between science and…

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    A La Carte (February 13)

    A La Carte: You don’t have a LGBTQ neighbor / Satan doesn’t use rubber bullets / John Piper on criticizing God / Tales that celebrate traditional families / The little things matter / and more.

  • 12 General Market Books I Have Enjoyed Recently

    While I am committed to reading and reviewing Christian books, I also enjoy reading a steady diet of books published for the general market. I suppose my interests lean toward history, but I do read other books as well. Here are a few of the titles I’ve enjoyed over the past couple of months.