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Weekend A La Carte (April 12)

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Together for the Gospel – All of the Together for the Gospel talks are now available for listening and/or watching.

The Great 1980s Dungeons & Dragons Panic – BBC covers the great Dungeons & Dragons panic of the 1980s. “In an era of potent concern over internet pornography, cyber-bullying, and drugs, it is hard to imagine a game being controversial. But 30 years ago Dungeons & Dragons was the subject of a full-on moral panic, writes Peter Ray Allison.”

How Deep are the Black Boxes? – “Pings from what investigators believe could be the missing Malaysian airliner fight MH370’s black box have been detected at a depth of 15,000 feet – deeper than light, deeper than the deepest diving mammal, deeper than the Titanic.” This graphic shows what investigators are up against.

Keep It To Yourself – What are you actually asking a Christian when you ask him to keep the gospel to himself?

How to Date Jesus’ WifeChristianity Today: “New tests suggest a manuscript fragment is ancient after all. Is it important? We asked noncanonical gospels expert Nicholas Perrin.”

Christ and Him Crucified – What does it mean to know nothing except Christ and him crucified? R.C. Sproul explains.

Murray

The general rule is that those who listen most and speak least will be the most useful to sufferers.

—David Murray

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    A La Carte (April 23)

    A La Carte: Climate anxiety paralyzes, gospel hope propels / Living what God has written / How should I engage my rebellious child? / Satan hates your pastor / How to navigate our spiritual highs / The art of extemporaneous preaching / and more.

  • The Path to Contentment

    The Path to Contentment

    I wonder if you have ever considered that the solution to discontentment almost always seems to be more. If I only had more money I would be content. If I only had more followers, more possessions, more beauty, then at last I would consider myself successful. If only my house was bigger, my influence wider,…

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    A La Carte (April 22)

    A La Carte: Why my shepherd carries a rod / When Mandisa forgave Simon Cowell / An open mind is like an open mouth / Marriage: the half-time report / The church should mind its spiritual business / Kindle deals / and more.

  • It Begins and Ends with Speaking

    It Begins and Ends with Speaking

    Part of the joy of reading biography is having the opportunity to learn about a person who lived before us. An exceptional biography makes us feel as if we have actually come to know its subject, so that we rejoice in that person’s triumphs, grieve over his failures, and weep at his death.

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    Weekend A La Carte (April 20)

    A La Carte: Living counterculturally during election season / Borrowing a death / The many ministries of godly women / When we lose loved ones and have regrets / Ethnicity and race and the colorblindness question / The case for children’s worship services / and more.

  • The Anxious Generation

    The Great Rewiring of Childhood

    I know I’m getting old and all that, and I’m aware this means that I’ll be tempted to look unfavorably at people who are younger than myself. I know I’ll be tempted to consider what people were like when I was young and to stand in judgment of what people are like today. Yet even…