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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

  • Harder to Change

    I’m Finding It Harder to Change

    As 2026 began, I decided to change up my devotions. I have followed roughly the same pattern for the last 15 or 20 years and thought it would be nice to freshen things up a little bit. It went poorly.

  • A La Carte (July 15)

    Hell’s evangelistic appeal / Sleepless nights / Was the multiplication of the early church a miraculous movement? / When evangelism is dispiriting / The fiery darts / In praise of a sending church / Preparing for ministry / and more.

  • A La Carte (July 14)

    Should you marry her anyway? / Be sure your sin will find you out / How can we be ready to meet the Lord? / Aging is a series of relinquishments / Making the Christian life more complicated than it needs to be / Happy birthday to you! / Sales and deals / and more.

  • Virtuoso

    Everything I Might Have Been

    The world can feel unfair when we ponder all we might have been. But God sovereignly places each of us exactly where we can best serve and honor him.

  • A La Carte (July 13)

    Does the church need your worship song? / God’s plan for your prayers / Guard your women’s ministry against false teaching / When we despise ordinary help / Inspire others to be better Christians / Bowing our heads to the providence of God / Kindle deals / and more.

  • Works & Wonders - July 12

    Works & Wonders (July 12)

    Works & Wonders offers a collection of interesting and uplifting bits and pieces on: Viking Christians, wedding vows, magnified sand, Amazon knockoffs, a giant “chicken and egg” problem, and a brief devotional, of course.