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A La Carte (May 22)

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The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you today.

Today’s Kindle deals include Jeremy Walker’s The Brokenhearted Evangelist.

Logos is having a massive Memorial Day Sale with thousands of products discounted. You can use code PARTNER15 to get an additional 15% off any purchase over $50. The Spring Academic Sale may also be worth a look.

What Should We Think About Paedocommunion?

As someone who formerly held to paedobaptism, I am glad to see this well-reasoned article about paedocommunion. “Because of growing interest in paedocommunion within some quarters of the Reformed church over the last half century, the practice merits a closer look. Let’s consider the compelling biblical and theological arguments against paedocommunion. These arguments, furthermore, help to explain why the confessional consensus of the Reformed churches has knowingly rejected the practice.”

Ten Questions for Readers of Erotica

John Piper’s ten questions for readers of erotica would be good questions to ask in a good many other situations as well.

That Time Paul Gave Timothy a Quote from Luke’s Gospel

You Are an Influencer

Marli looks at “influencer” and some other popular terms to see what’s behind them.

Do You Believe Your Pasture’s Green?

“Perhaps you, like me, have found comfort in keeping a record of wrongs of your surroundings. Instead of resting, we’re fretting. I’ve been swift to find fault with a circumstance and resort to envy or strife in viewing my personal situation. Preoccupied with ‘what ifs’ and ‘if onlys,’ we wonder if we’re in the right place at the right time, or maybe we’re hopelessly lost and in the wrong lane at peak rush hour.”

Adam Poisoned Me

You’ll enjoy the illustration and lesson in this article.

Flashback: The Freedom of Embracing My Weaknesses

As important as it has been to learn who God has made me to be has been learning, admitting, and embracing who he has not made me to be.

In the end, as in the beginning, it is not our good intentions or even our good deeds that will get us out of the muck of ourselves. It is God’s rescuing hand. It is his enduring announcement over us messed-up creatures, “I love you,” that changes everything.

—Jared C. Wilson

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    The Pastoral Prayer: Examples and Inspirations

    Of all the elements that once made up traditional Protestant worship, there is probably none that has fallen on harder times than prayer. It is not unusual to visit a church today and find that prayer is perfunctory, rare, or absent altogether. If that is true of prayer in general, it is particularly true of…

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