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A La Carte (November 8)

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The God of peace be with you today, my friends.

There are lots of great Kindle deals this morning, including a couple of books for people struggling with pornography, Christopher Yuan’s book that explains a biblical view of sexuality, and a biography of the great D.L. Moody. You’ll also find Don Whitney’s classic Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life.

Guard Kids’ Eyes and Hearts Online

“I’m a career law enforcement official who has been working exclusively on child exploitation cases for the past six years. I’m also a parent and serve as an elder in my local church. So I’ve had the opportunity to study the issue of online exploitation from multiple perspectives.” It would be wise for parents to read his counsel.

Which New Testament Commands Should Christians Obey?

Some commands in the New Testament were clearly meant for only certain individuals while others were meant for everyone. How can we distinguish them?

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Dear New York Times

Kristin addresses an article in the New York Times that gets prayer completely wrong. “Snippets of truth swirled together with error, and opinions that, if swallowed whole, will lead many far from God.”

The Game Really Is Up For The Mainstream Media (Just Like Last Time)

Stephen McAlpine explains what the mainstream media got wrong (again) and tells, briefly, how it matters for Christians.

How can Christians best bear one another’s burdens? (Video)

Christians are called to bear one another’s burdens. In this brief video, Dr. Scott Redd explains what this looks like.

The Church’s Unsung Hero: The Persevering Sunday School Teacher

Trevin Wax celebrates one of the local church’s unsung heroes.

Flashback: How To Draw Near To The Throne of Grace

…as we draw near, we will become more like him—our desires will become submitted to his and our will will yield to his. We will find ourselves in harmony with God and delight ourselves in his answer to our prayer, no matter what it is.

A church characterized by a small experience of forgiveness will be characterized by a small expression of love.

—Peter Hubbard

  • Works and Wonders November 8

    Works & Wonders (November 8)

    This week’s Works & Wonders: the power of God, Nikon’s microscope photos, three Come, Thou Founts, a brain-injured musical genius, and Prepare Him Room live.

  • 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.