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A La Carte (October 16)

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The Lord be with you and bless you today. 

Today’s premier Kindle deal is a daily devotional by David Powlison. There are some other good picks too, like a study guide for Ephesians and a commentary on Proverbs.

And now, a few recommended reads for the day.

“Touch Not the Lord’s Anointed”

Conrad Mbewe addresses one of those biblical phrases that gets terribly misused.

How Our Lust for Man’s Approval Blinds Us to Sin

This is helpful counsel on the ways that our desire to be approved by others can blind us to our sin.

“I Feel Guilty When I’m Not Overworking”

Reagan Rose: “I recently wrote about ​the blessings and temptations of remote work​, offering some cautions for Christians to be wary of laziness. While many found it helpful, I also received some gentle pushback from readers who said they actually have the opposite problem. They feel guilty when they’re not overdoing it.”

Ground Your Faith in Reality

“I love meeting with Latter-day Saints, especially the young men and women who are serving on their mission. I often invite them to my house to discuss their beliefs and ask questions about what Joseph Smith taught. After a few meetings, they usually ask if they can bring their bishop along with them to help answer some of my questions. I always say yes.”

Where Does Happiness Originate?

There are a few themes that pervade Randy Alcorn’s writing and one of them is happiness. Here he explains why happiness should matter just as much to all of us.

Why Do People Deconstruct? Beware the Grand Theories.

Trevin Wax looks at some of the grand theories of why people deconstruct and leave the Christian faith and shows that often these theories don’t hold up under scrutiny.

Flashback: If God Utters Any Complaint At All

If God utters any complaint at all, it is merely that we should have approached more often and more earnestly, that we should have drunk more freely of the waters and drunk more deeply.

It is better to go with difficulty to heaven, than with ease to Hell.

—Thomas Watson

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