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A La Carte (October 10)

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Today’s Kindle deals include some neat books for kids, along with a devotional by Joni Eareckson Tada and a few other choices like Andrew Peterson’s The God of the Garden.

Logos has some deals associated with Pastor Appreciation Month. You don’t need to be a pastor to use the code MINISTRYTHANKS at checkout to get 15% off $50 or more on your entire next order, now through October 15. Also, Expository Preaching Kits are on sale. And remember to grab your free and nearly free books and free e-book.

Parenting an Autistic Child in 2025

Amy Mantravadi offers a fascinating kind of “lay of the land” for parenting an autistic child in 2025. “This is my meditation on what it is like to raise an autistic child in the year of our Lord 2025: the difficulties, the hope, and the ultimate dignity of human life.”

The FAQs: Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Case on Free Speech and Bans on Sexual Reorientation Therapy

Joe Carter has one of his FAQs, this one on the U.S. Supreme Court hearing arguments in an important case relating to free speech and so-called “conversion therapy.”

The Voyage of Life (Video/Music)

Luke Hill has released a neat EP. The four songs chart the voyage of life from childhood to old age. I found the final track particularly moving.

How to Think About a (Possible) Revival

“Are we in the midst of a revival? This was an open question many in the West were pondering even before the tragic assassination of Charlie Kirk. Now, the response to his death has sparked prayer vigils, massive gospel gatherings, and, it seems, previously uninterested people going to church. What’s more, Gen Z is now the generation most likely to be attending church.”

Creation Order, Broken Families, and God’s Grace

Ben Hicks: “Teaching apologetics has taught me a lot. It’s made me learn to think on my feet, and it’s challenged me to think through questions I would never have thought to ask. It has also, at times, helped me to see common yet wrong thinking. This happened a few years ago as we were going through God’s design for the family.”

Belief Trumps Understanding

Brandon says, “we will experience grief and sorrow in our days. And, when we do, we may not always understand the ways of our God, let alone the ‘why’ of what He’s done. We may be left in our grief without an answer to the ‘why’.” And we can learn to be okay with that.

Flashback: Busy, Lazy, and the Space in Between

We need a word of virtue that fits in the space between busy and lazy. We need to use it, and we need to live it.

Satan is no more likely to advertise the time and method of his assaults in advance than a burglar is to send us word that he will be trying the bolts of our front doors at one o’clock to-morrow morning.

—Theodore Cuyler

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    So Many Dumb Ways To Die

    Do you remember the catchy little earworm “Dumb Ways To Die?” In what was undoubtedly one of history’s most successful public awareness campaigns, Metro Trains of Melbourne, Australia, reached millions of people around the world with their message of railroad safety. They did this through an irresistibly snappy song.

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    Your phone is hurting you / The awkward, important part of prayer / You’re drowning in busywork / The cost of rushing grief / Habits for Sunday rest and worship / A missing doctrine / ESV Journaling Study Bible / and more.

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    God pursued me / It’s okay to love the church / Living in an empty nest / The gratitude shift / Help me let go / The right focus in leadership / New book releases / TGC church map / and more.

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    A La Carte (May 11)

    The wife whose husband isn’t a good spiritual leader / 9 hours of screen time / Advice for college graduates / Righteousness like the mountains / The tests of life / Kindle deals / and more.