Skip to content ↓

Weekend A La Carte (November 29)

A La Carte Collection cover image

I appreciate much of what this writer says in an article titled The Cult of Kiddie Danger. “It is founded on the unshakable belief that our kids are in constant danger from everyone and everything.”

Rick Warren minimizes the differences and highlights the similarities as he outlines a vision of unity with Roman Catholicism. I agree with Dan Phillips who comments, “Absolutely appalling.” Yes, there may be ways we can work together, but not by minimizing those all-important differences!

Here’s a brief but interesting history of the American shopping mall. It’s difficult to remember that malls are a relatively recent invention.

Thanks to HCSB for sponsoring the blog this week with their excellent article Pursuing ‘Optimal Equivalence’.

This video shows just how boring your normal flights are. (And it shows just how safe the margins are for normal airline operations.)

Michael Cooper discusses The Dangerous Task of Expository Preaching. “Just think about the ridiculous nature of preaching for a moment. People take an hour or so out of their week to listen to an oral presentation from an ancient book that contains documents that are over 2,000 years old.”

Spurgeon

Light thoughts of sin breed light thoughts of the Saviour.

—C.H. Spurgeon

  • You Me and G3

    You, Me, and G3

    I have fond memories of the early years of the G3 Conference. When G3 held its debut event in 2013, I was one of the invited speakers and it quickly became a tradition. For eight years I fell into the comfortable pattern of making an annual trip to Atlanta. I would almost always speak in…

  • A La Carte Friday 2

    A La Carte (May 23)

    A La Carte: Pornography and the threat of men / When there’s no time to pray / When ball becomes Baal / Six answers to the problem of evil / 7 secular sermons / and more.

  • A La Carte Thursday 1

    A La Carte (May 22)

    A La Carte: Kevin DeYoung reviews John Mark Comer / Kay Arthur (1933-2025) / Overcoming fear in the waiting room / Be drunk with love? / Church grandpas and grandmas / Do you see God? / and more.

  • AI

    AI Makes Me Doubt Everything

    Most technological innovations take place slowly and then all at once. We first begin to hear about them as distant possibilities, then receive the first hints that they are drawing near, and then one day we realize they are all around us.

  • A La Carte Collection cover image

    A La Carte (May 21)

    A La Carte: It’s so easy to think the worst / Don’t overcomplicate your Bible reading / The view from Titus 2 / The definitive guide to documentary filmmaking / Where will I find comfort? / Kindle deals / and more.