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Weekend A La Carte (January 3)

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My thanks goes to Harvest House Publishers for sponsoring the blog this week to ensure you know about The Farmer Who Chose to Plant Kindness, a book by Costi & Christyne Hinn that your children will enjoy.

If you’re after other books, Westminster Books is hosting a 2025 Bestsellers Encore Sale.

Today’s Kindle deals include more great books! Things have been a bit quiet through the holidays but should normalize next week.

Is a Quiet Life Consistent with the Culture Wars?

The Bible calls Christians to live a quiet life. But is that kind of quiet life consistent with the culture wars?

Welcome to WALL-E’s World

“For the past century or two, our civilization has collectively embarked on a journey in search of the perfect vacation, imagining, on the other side of all our industrial age blood, toil, and sweat the ultimate pleasure-dome of a leisured post-work society.”

How to Not Fall Away

William Boekestein offers some wisdom on not falling away from the Lord. “I was recently driving with my young daughter a few days after she publicly professed her faith in Christ. She asked an important question: Not everyone who says they trust in Jesus stays faithful to him. How can I be sure that isn’t me?”

Happy New Year. Choose Your Kingdom.

“As we step into a new year, my challenge for you is simple, but not easy: choose your Kingdom.” Why is this so important? Because “it seems increasingly clear that many Christians are living with divided loyalties, caught between two kingdoms.”

When You Don’t Get Anything Out of Devotions

There will inevitably be times when you don’t get anything out of your devotions. What should you do in such times?

As Far As It Depends On Me

Peter Mead offers several ways you can resolve to live well in 2026.

Flashback: Three Kinds of Blog (and the Future of Christian Blogging)

…as I think about the future of Christian blogging, this is one of my foremost concerns—that as bloggers migrate away from personal blogs to instead submit their content to ministry sites, we are giving away the ability to say what we want to say, when we want to say it, and how we want to say it.

We insanely run at hell as though it were heaven, and reject heaven as though it were hell itself.

—Ray Comfort

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    A La Carte (April 8)

    I’ll start with me / Once a promiscuous woman, always a promiscuous woman / 1,000 people got baptized on Easter Sunday / The authenticity trap / Advice for new elders / Book reviews / Sales and deals / and more.

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    A La Carte (April 7)

    The secular hole in Christian thought / Sex is worship / Christian movie characters who act like Christians / The usefulness of public debates / Wear your own armor / New book releases / Kindle deals / and more.

  • Do Extroverts Make Better Pastors

    Do Extroverts Make Better Pastors?

    Do extroverts really make better pastors? Explore how God uses both introverted and extroverted men in ministry and why personality must never excuse duty.

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    A La Carte (April 6)

    Love the body God gave you / Navigate the slippery slope / How do we fence the table? / When the call comes late / What will AI undo? / The greatest invitation / Excellent Kindle deals / and more.

  • Works & Wonders

    Works & Wonders (April 5)

    In my weekly Works & Wonders article, I combine a brief devotional with other interesting and uplifting bits and pieces I gleaned throughout the week. There’s a strong collection this week, I think!