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A La Carte (October 13)

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Should Giving Always Be Kept Secret? – Randy Alcorn answers the question of whether giving should always be kept secret.

Cheating Video Poker – There is no real redeeming value in this article; it’s just plain interesting what people will do for greed. Also, it’s hard to feel sorry for casinos when people find ways to rip them off.

Relishing Baseball’s Postseason – Here’s Barnabas Piper on the joys of postseason baseball.

Reading As Spiritual Warfare – Redeemed Reader is a blog dedicated to reviewing books for kids, and they are featuring an interesting article about reading as spiritual warfare.

Activism in the Social Media Age – Clever.

Strange Fire Redux – John MacArthur is beginning a brief series looking back at Strange Fire one year later.

Watson

There is no idol like self.

—Thomas Watson

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  • The Breakthrough Prayer

    The Breakthrough Prayer

    I am certain you have had a time when the Lord has brought you to a sudden, unexpected point of repentance or resolution. Perhaps you’ve been fostering a sin, and while you may have known it was sin, you haven’t been willing to deal with it—to put it to death and come alive to righteousness.…

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    We do not often speak of duty today, but Christians traditionally spoke of it often. In fact, Christians understood the means of grace as duties, responsibilities of every believer toward God. And while these duties are the means through which God provides us with his grace, they are also the means through which God guards…

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    Invisible Grief

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