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A La Carte (September 29)

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Why We Neglect Our Bibles – “Many Christians find it difficult to get into a daily habit of Bible reading. So this week John Piper addressed four common causes of Bible neglect in the Christian life, like: ‘I don’t read my Bible because…’”

The 6 Ingredients of Jesus’ Bitter Cup – “When Jesus looked into the cup He saw–from every dimension of His sufferings–all that He would suffer, both at the hands of men, Satan and God Himself. Isaac Ambrose captured so well the meaning of the cup when he set out what he believed to be the 6 ingredients that made it so burdensome a sight to the soul of the sinless Son of God…”

Sermon Introduction Mistakes – Here are ten sermon introduction mistakes.

Six Reasons To Live More Simply – Randy Alcorn gives six reasons to live more simply and give more generously.

The Cure for Shame – This is a powerful bit of writing from Sammy Rhodes.

The Long Fall of B.J. Upton – For the baseball fans.

Watson

He who crowned the heavens with stars was Himself crowned with thorns.

—Thomas Watson

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