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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

  • You Me and G3

    You, Me, and G3

    I have fond memories of the early years of the G3 Conference. When G3 held its debut event in 2013, I was one of the invited speakers and it quickly became a tradition. For eight years I fell into the comfortable pattern of making an annual trip to Atlanta. I would almost always speak in…

  • A La Carte Friday 2

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    A La Carte: Pornography and the threat of men / When there’s no time to pray / When ball becomes Baal / Six answers to the problem of evil / 7 secular sermons / and more.

  • A La Carte Thursday 1

    A La Carte (May 22)

    A La Carte: Kevin DeYoung reviews John Mark Comer / Kay Arthur (1933-2025) / Overcoming fear in the waiting room / Be drunk with love? / Church grandpas and grandmas / Do you see God? / and more.

  • AI

    AI Makes Me Doubt Everything

    Most technological innovations take place slowly and then all at once. We first begin to hear about them as distant possibilities, then receive the first hints that they are drawing near, and then one day we realize they are all around us.

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    A La Carte (May 21)

    A La Carte: It’s so easy to think the worst / Don’t overcomplicate your Bible reading / The view from Titus 2 / The definitive guide to documentary filmmaking / Where will I find comfort? / Kindle deals / and more.

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    A La Carte (May 20)

    A La Carte: The foibles and fallibility of Christian leaders / Mental illness / Why didn’t Christ come sooner? / When it’s okay to die / Spiritual formation / and more.