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Weekend A La Carte (10/26)

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Initiating and Declining – This is a very good article from Brad Hambrick. He talks about initiating and declining sex within marriage and offers some sound, practical counsel.

Better Selfies – Here are 4 quick tips for taking better selfies.

9 Things About Down Syndrome – Joe Carter: “October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month. Here are nine things you should know about the condition.”

Greatest Innovations Since the Wheel – Lists like this are always a little bit silly, but interesting nonetheless.

The Elusive President – I enjoyed this article at the New York Times about JFK and the surprising lack of good biographies of the man. “An estimated 40,000 books about him have been published since his death, and this anniversary year has loosed another vast outpouring. Yet to explore the enormous literature is to be struck not by what’s there but by what’s missing. Readers can choose from many books but surprisingly few good ones, and not one really outstanding one.”

Redeeming Social Media – I enjoyed this interview with Nathan Bingham as he discusses Christians, ministry, and social media.

Faith and Works

We must come to good works by faith, and not to faith by good works.

—William Gurnall

  • Marriage

    When Your Spouse Stops Being Your Project

    Many marriages stall at the same point: each spouse convinced the breakthrough will come only when the other finally changes. What if the real breakthrough begins somewhere else?

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    A La Carte (March 25)

    Embracing slow sanctification / Men are lost / Your attention isn’t failing, your environment is / Notes on justice / Ships passing in the night / It is Christ who saves, not Christians / and more.

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    A La Carte (March 24)

    Check your guns at the door / Counseling the victim identity / Christian sexual ethics / Leaders are readers / Missionary meditations from the Middle East / Personal callings / and more.

  • Here We Stand! A Call from Confessing Evangelicals for a Modern Reformation

    Thirty years ago, evangelical leaders gathered in Cambridge, MA, to take a stand for truth. That moment led to the Cambridge Declaration—and sparked a call for a modern Reformation. Now, Here We Stand! returns in a newly revised edition from Alliance Publishing with new insights from leading voices like Carl Trueman, Sean Michael Lucas, and…

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    A La Carte (March 23)

    Equipping your children to navigate a hostile world / What you know about your spouse / The tyranny of Christian experience / From marching to murmuring / The Bible isn’t a smartphone / Love the hard ones / Kindle deals / and more.