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A La Carte (November 1)

It’s the first day of a new month which means we’ve got lots of deals to sort through. Today’s Kindle deals include: Rescuing the Gospel by Erwin Lutzer, Letters to My Daughters by Barbara Rainey, Church History by Bruce Shelley, The Mingling of Souls by Matt Chandler and many more. Alsoy, Amazon has many of their Kindle devices on sale today.

Crossway wants to give you a free copy of The Reformation by Stephen Nichols.

Free from ChristianAudio this month is America’s Pastor by Grant Wacker. You will find several other excellent biographies there for just $4.98 each.

Free from Logos this month is Philippians by Precept Ministries. Headlining their monthly deals is a John Piper collection. Find other deals here.

Rosaria Butterfield Responds to Jen Hatmaker

“Today, I hear Jen’s words—words meant to encourage, not discourage, to build up, not tear down, to defend the marginalized, not broker unearned power—and a thin trickle of sweat creeps down my back. If I were still in the thick of the battle over the indwelling sin of lesbian desire, Jen’s words would have put a millstone around my neck.”

The New Evangelical Moral Minority

The New Yorker profiles Russell Moore. “If the Southern Baptist church can’t be bigger, Russell Moore wants it to be better.”

10 Things You should Know about the Protestant Reformation

I suppose I should have posted this one yesterday. Also, check out Justin Taylor’s interview with Carl Trueman.

Church History

Redeemed Reader (a great site for Christian parents) just wrapped up a church history month. It included an interview we did on the subject.

This Day in 1512. 504 years ago today after fours years of work, Michelangelo Buonarroti unveiled his 5,800 square foot painting on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. *

Be a Man and Preach!

I enjoyed this story from H.B. Charles Jr.

Maturity in Ministry

This is challenging: “God does not invest His energy in lazy homiletics even if they tread the historical-redemptive axis of Scripture. God wants His preachers to sweat as they prayerfully search out Christ in all of Scripture and prepare to teach. When they do so, His energy will invade and sanctify their agonies.”

Is It Worth It To Hire Movers?

We’ve moved a bunch of times (though thankfully not recently) but never used movers. Maybe we should have.

Internet Safety Rules for Children

This is a good list of safety rules for children as they begin to use the Internet.

Flashback: The Discipline of Adversity

“In times of adversity Satan will seek to plant the thought in our minds that God is angry with us and is disciplining us out of wrath. Here is another instance when we need to preach the gospel to ourselves…”

We never imagine that getting our heart’s deepest desires might be the worst thing that can ever happen to us.

—Tim Keller

  • Weekend A La Carte (November 7)

    The Hutterites’ guide to technology / Searching for jobs, Gen Z feels like it’s staring into ‘the void’ / The gospel according to Peter (Thiel) / Scientism and the allure of control / Can science explain sparkling rivers? / What led to Christianity Today’s crisis?

  • I Regret to Inform You That Heaven Tourism Is Back

    I Regret to Inform You That Heaven Tourism Is Back

    I regret to inform you, dear reader, that heaven tourism is back. The genre possibly never went away entirely, but it did at least disappear from the bestseller lists for several years. Sadly, it has returned in Gabe Poirot’s 18 Days in Heaven.

  • A La Carte (November 6)

    Don’t despise the red flags / Your thoughts are shaping your life / Can’t you just love everyone? / Selfies are not the self: forming embodied youth in a disembodied age / Effective altruists and the spreadsheet gospel / 4 Applications for the order of love—from the home to the ends of the earth /…

  • A La Carte (November 5)

    When you feel guilty about your giving / The missing piece in John Mark Comer’s quiet time / A manifesto for phone-free church / The pull of Rome / 4 Misconceptions about spiritual warfare / Slouching toward Narnia / Kindle deals, and more

  • A Daring Suggestion for Netflix

    A Daring Suggestion for Netflix

    Netflix appears to have fallen on hard times and I have some suggestions that I’d like to think would help it: cut the sex, nudity, and profanity, and gain back the viewers it’s long been alienating.

  • A La Carte (November 4)

    Can I love my enemies while addressing wrongs and protecting myself? / Is missions too costly for kids? / Don’t stock the pantry with temptation / Churches face a shortage of worship leaders / AI brought a mathematician to Ecclesiastes / Discerning between godly and worldly grief / Harvest in fearful times / and more.