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A La Carte (September 7)

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The Lord be with you and bless you today.

How a Firebombed Pregnancy Center Is Changing the Post-Roe Landscape

Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra reports from Buffalo, New York.

Age with Joy

“Aging is beautiful. On the one hand, aging is difficult, it carries with it its own sufferings: our aging body that seems to slowly betray us, forgetfulness, pain, illness, and the harsh reality that we are mortal. But on the other, for Christians, aging carries a promise.”

Who Called David’s Census—God or Satan?

Here’s a question many people like to ask and answer!

I Could Always Get My Dad

This is a nice little illustration of an even better reality.

Should Joining a Church Be Difficult?

Here is a historically-grounded look at whether joining a church should be easy or difficult.

“Nearer My God to Thee”: A Serious Song of Hope for Sufferers

“The songs we sing do not always provide realistic expectations of the Christian life. Consider the line from a well-loved hymn which states that it was at the cross by faith, ‘I received my sight, and now I am happy all the day.’ The first phrase is true. The second is strictly unbiblical.”

Flashback: What Can God Do With Broken Hearts?

Where the world looks to those who are whole and strong, God looks to those who are weak and broken, for his specialty is bringing much from little, beauty from ashes, strength from weakness.

Never doubt in the darkness what God has told you in the light.

—Victor Raymond Edman

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