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Weekend A La Carte (August 19)

Check out Westminster Books for some new deals on timely books.

Yesterday I shared a review of an excellent new book: Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage: Critical Questions and Answers.

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Eclipses

Atlas Obscura answers a host of questions about the coming eclipse.

10 Suggestions For New Bible College Students

“From one Bible college graduate to another, here’s a brief word to students beginning their education this month…”

Seminary Is Not an Oasis

“While my mind was exploring the Kingdom of Wisdom, my heart was stuck in the Doldrums. Don’t fool yourself like I did. Rhyme and reason can go missing, even at seminary—and if that happens, forget about Reality. It’s invisible by now, haunted by the Terrible Trivium.”

Rotten Apple

It’s amazing at how tech companies will bluster and virtue-signal about problems at home while willfully ignoring problems abroad.

Walking Through It: A Family Violence Survivor’s Reflection

A survivor of family violence shares about her experience. What she shares is important for church leaders and members alike.

Don’t Waste Your Commute

My favourite isn’t included on the list: sit in silence and simply think.

Hate is the New Sex

You may not agree with all you read here, but it’s certainly thought-provoking and contains some solid cultural analysis.

Flashback: What Will Be the Cost to the Church?

What will be the cost to the church if young men continue to give themselves to pornography? What do we, as Christians, stand to lose if so many of our young men continue to spend their teens and twenties in the pursuit of pornographic pleasure?

Knowing God: Discipleship

Thanks to G3 for sponsoring the blog this week.

All is not gold that glitters. All is not good that tastes sweet. All is not real pleasure that pleases for a time.

—J.C. Ryle

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    How Scammers Are Targeting Christian Authors

    Scammers are using AI to target Christian authors. They use fake marketing, offers of translation, and fabricated book clubs. Here’s how to recognize the scams and how to avoid being fooled by them.

  • A La Carte (September 9)

    Why adult children are cutting off their parents / The crucifixion of Patrick Clancy / Christian couples navigating social media and marriage / Babies dashed against rocks? / Neither burnout nor sloth / Where was the Garden of Eden? / and more.

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    A La Carte (September 8)

    Early marriage is a trajectory decision / John Piper on daily vigilance and lifelong productivity / Why America worships its cold-blooded killers / Skipping church helped my soul / Reminders for achievement addicts / What are young men turning away from? / and more.

  • Netflix’s “Little House on the Prairie”

    When Netflix announced they would debut a Little House on the Prairie series, I received the news with a sense of dread. While I knew it could be like All Creatures Great and Small and remain relatively faithful to the spirit of much-loved books, it could also be like Rings of Power and be anything…

  • A La Carte (September 7)

    Mother, give yourself away / This is not what I meant / Lindsay Clancy / The only thing green are the weeds / An open door doesn’t mean walk in / The pastoral hard cases: “no one noticed” / Kindle deals.

  • Works & Wonders

    Works & Wonders (September 6)

    Works & Wonders: Beautiful creation / Photography awards / Blackwing pencils / World’s narrowest islands / Be a stowaway / Vanished Vikings.