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A La Carte (October 27)

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Forgotten Providence – “We seem to have moved past needing to talk about God’s providence—we’re quite sophisticated these days.” That’s true, I think. Read this article to brush up on providence.

ERLC Conference – You can tune in today and the next couple of days to watch the ERLC National Conference. There’s a great list of speakers on a critical topic.

JW’s and Viral Marketing – I found this a fascinating article. It looks at Jehovah’s Witnesses from a marketing perspective.

Halloween on Mission – David Mathis thinks about Halloween and mission.

The Decline of Contemporary Worship Music – David T Gordon predicts and describes what he believes is the imminent decline of contemporary worship music.

Keller

An unforgiving heart is an unforgiven heart.

—Tim Keller

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    The Victim of a Grave Injustice

    Joseph was the victim of a grave injustice. Though he was a righteous man, he was being treated like an unrighteous one. Though he was pure, he was being treated like a convict. Though he was blameless, he was being treated like he was guilty. And there was no court of appeal, no opportunity to…

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    A La Carte: Clearing up confusion about humility / A new initiative / Lessons in holiness / Contemporary Christian music / John Piper on overcoming spiritual laziness / The flipside of worry / and more.

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    A La Carte: Don’t go to church; submit to one / Is the end of history at hand? / Steve Lawson and all the King’s men / Kevin DeYoung on headship and head coverings / How to raise godly teenagers / Atheist or Christian, we all choose our miracle / Kindle deals / and more.

  • True Rest Comes from God

    This week the blog is sponsored by Burke Care. You are good and do good; teach me your statutes. Psalm 119:68 Corrie ten Boom as quoted as saying: “If you look at the world, you will be distressed. If you look within, you will be depressed. But if you look at Christ, you will be…

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    The Sins of the Elderly and the Sins of Youth

    The news about Steve Lawson hit hard. It’s not that Steve and I have ever been particularly close. In fact, I can’t think of a time he and I interacted outside the context of a conference. But he has been a steady presence at events for as long as I have been attending them. I…

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    A La Carte (September 30)

    A La Carte: How to lose your leaders / What if he’s faithful / Three pounds of wonder / Breaking the anger chain / Sermon prep is worth the effort / Kindle books by/for women / and more.