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A La Carte (October 29)

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Preventing and Responding to Child Abuse – Here’s an important new resource you may (should?) want to consider.

Superheroes, Heresies and the God-man – I quite enjoyed this video about Jesus’ humanity and divinity.

What Is Reformation Day All About? – ‘Tis the time of year for Reformation Day articles.

Joining Hands with Rome – And on the same topic, here’s when Christians will know they can now join hands with Rome.

Hadfield’s Best Photos – Astronaut Chris Hadfield took 45,000 photos from space; here are some of the best ones.

Not a Christian? – Does the church have authority to say a person is not a Christian? Here are some brief answers.

Wragg

You can work your way to heaven, but only for your sentencing at the court of divine judgment.

—Jerry Wragg

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    A La Carte (October 10)

    A La Carte: How women combat comparison / Recognize your pastor this month / Gone are the dark clouds / Why does God say no to good things? / Ministers of loneliness / Book and Kindle deals / and more.

  • O Jesus I Have Promised

    Give Me Grace to Follow!

    Knowing that we can be self-deceived, we must examine our lives to ensure we are living as Christians are called to live—that we are putting sin to death, that we are coming alive to righteousness, and that we are finding ever-greater joy in our relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ. And always we must pray…

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    A La Carte (October 9)

    A La Carte: The normalization of slander / Doctrine and formation / Destructive relationships / Why Satan wants you to think you’re alone / Laughing at yourself is grace / and more.

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    A La Carte (October 8)

    A La Carte: A Christian response to polygamy, incest, and pedophilia / 10 diagnostic questions for you and your spouse / neither despair nor blind optimism / To confront or to cover / Did Jesus lie to his brothers? / Huge book and commentary sales!

  • What Is “The End” of Religious Liberty?

    This week, the blog is sponsored by Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. This article is adapted from Jason G. Duesing’s chapel message, “A Portrait of the End of Religious Liberty,” given during the Spring 2024 semester at Midwestern Seminary and Spurgeon College. You can watch the full message here.   The beautiful hymn in Philippians 2 tells of the humbling, sacrifice,…

  • We All Want More of God

    We All Want More of God

    We all want more of God. Anyone who professes to be a Christian will acknowledge a sense of sorrow and disappointment when they consider how little they know of God and how little they experience of his presence. Every Christian or Christianesque tradition acknowledges this reality and offers a means to address it.