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A La Carte (October 16)

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Caring for Aging Parents – “What does Jesus’ example offer for his followers? It reminds us that honoring our parents isn’t simply payback for their care for us in childhood. It’s not a reward dependent on how well they parented us. Care for your parents is a reflection of what we believe about the gospel.” Amen!

Resisting Gossip – Westminster Books is having a great sale on the book Resisting Gossip (an excellent book on a way-too-common problem) and some helpful resources surrounding it. (Here is some video about the book.)

The YRR in the SBC – I appreciate Tim Brister’s comments on what happened to the Young, Restless, and Reformed in the Southern Baptist Convention.

Mark Driscoll Resigns – Mark Driscoll has resigned from Mars Hill Church.

Benefits of a Challenging Teen – Mark Altrogge shows how God works all things for good–even a rebellious or difficult teen.

The Spirit Never Convicts – This makes a lot of sense. “In Christianese, the word is used anytime somebody feels guilty about something and wants to explain that the Holy Spirit was the source of their guilt.” But…

Spurgeon

The sermon which does not lead to Christ … will make the devils in hell laugh, but make the angels of God weep.

—C.H. Spurgeon

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    Where Is the Right Place to Worship?

    A woman from Samaria was once conversing with Jesus and puzzling over the answer to an age-old question: Where is the right place to worship? After all, the Jews and Samaritans worshipped in different places, each convinced theirs was the right and best place. But Jesus answered in a way neither Jew nor Samaritan would…

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