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Weekend A La Carte (August 23)

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This blogger has a powerful letter he wrote to a judge as the judge prepared to sentence his son’s kidnapper.

An awful lot has been written about the situation in Ferguson; Justin Taylor’s article is one of the most helpful, at least in my assessment.

The Bridegroom’s Incredible Vow is a good piece on marriage from Jared Wilson.

Last year I went to Scotland and, in one of my dispatches, mentioned a young lady who is laboring in the schemes. It was a joy to read that there is now a church plant being started in that very community.

Vance Christie has put together a challenge for you: Who’s Who in Church History?

If you’ve thought about attending the Doxology and Theology conference, you can use the coupon code CHALLIES to take the cost down to $149.

McGrath

Disciplined faith is a faith that is likely to survive and lead to faith in others.

—Alister McGrath

  • Living in the Era of the Lie

    You could probably make the case that we are living in the era of the lie. Maybe every era on this side of Genesis 3 has been an era of the lie, but lies seem to have taken on greater prominence than ever at a time that has been labeled as “truthy” and “post-truth” rather…

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    A La Carte (August 7)

    The mark of the beast / Did Jephthah really sacrifice his daughter? / My side of the bed is cold / The marital conflict multi-tool / When pain has purpose / Counting blessings / The Funnies / and more.

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    A La Carte (August 6)

    Art and Jesus jukes / No record of wrongs / Connected to the church / You are not enough / The need behind the need / Your unique God-given platform / Poetry / Kindle deals.

  • Laboring Upstream

    Cruising Downstream, Laboring Upstream

    You may know from experience that it is easy to take a boat downstream and much harder to take it back up. You certainly know from experience that it is easy to follow sin downstream and much harder to change your course to pursue holiness.

  • A La Carte (August 5)

    Sophie Cunningham and transgender lies / Please don’t pray for me / PowerWash Simulator / Three ways to know I am a real Christian / Against gambling / Struggle against sin doesn’t signal defeat / and more.

  • A La Carte (August 4)

    The Spurgeon family scandal / The porn buster / The unwelcome intruder / What about animal suffering? / Pastoral time guilt / Twenty two & engaged / Mary Todd Lincoln / Sales and deals / and more.