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Weekend A La Carte (January 28)

Today’s Kindle deals include several solid picks. You’ll want to give them a look, I think.

On Board with Waterboarding?

Richard Phillips: “Most alarming to me has been the support of waterboarding and other forms of torture among evangelical Christians. To my surprise and indignation, instead of applying the obvious implications of the Sixth Commandment, Christian leaders have lined up in support of waterboarding.”

Caught in a Dragnet

Mandy Belz reports on the precarious situation for Christians in Turkey.

The Gimli Glider

I’ve always loved the story of the Gimli Glider (though I’m glad I wasn’t aboard). Note that there’s one swear word worked into the story.

Justification by Attendance

This is bang-on: “As kids, I bet most of us reading this post probably hated math—all the subtracting, borrowing, and dividing. These are all words that make pastors nervous. No wonder teachers called them ‘problems.’ But as we aged and began ministry, something miraculous happened and we suddenly fell in love with numbers.”

Churches on Super Bowl Sunday

A surprising number of churches are going to modify their day somehow to adjust for Super Bowl Sunday.

This Day in 1499. 518 years ago today Katherine von Bora, a German nun who married Martin Luther, was born. She was 26 and Luther 41 the day they were married. *

Marital Love Must Be Superlative

Here is wisdom on marriage from the Puritans.

Can Loved Ones in Heaven Look Down on Me?

John Piper answers this one.

Flashback: How To Offend a Room Full of Calvinists

It’s not actually all that hard…

Study the Gospels with Eyes on the Gospel

I’m grateful to The Gospel Project for sponsoring the blog this week.

I grant you that true repentance is never too late, but I warn you at the same time, late repentance is seldom true.

—J.C. Ryle

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    You Were Made To Tremble

    Christians have an unusual relationship with trials. While we do not wish to go through trials, and while we generally try to avoid them, we also know that God uses them to accomplish his good purposes in the world and in our lives.

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    A La Carte (October 16)

    A La Carte: Speak with a Christian accent / The land of many meetings / Hedges of protection / The pastor and AI / What happens at home / What complaining does / and more.

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    10 Ways To Keep Your Reading Fresh

    Most of us want to read more than we do. Many factors can interfere, whether the busyness of life, the allure of our devices, or the limitations of our budget. But I find that as often as not, we stop reading becauseF our habits have grown stale.