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Weekend A La Carte (October 25)

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It was quite a week for Kindle deals, and especially if you’re into resources and commentaries. I don’t have anything new for you today, but if you’re into Kindle deals, you may want to look back at this week’s A La Carte archives.

Nick Batzig is Working on Learning to Rest. I need help there as well!

Ray Ortlund shows how The Ways of God Are To Be Admired.

I’m grateful to Thom Rainer for sponsoring the blog this week with his article 7 Reasons Some Churches Experience Revitalization (While Others Don’t).

Here are some of the best shots from The National Geographic 2014 Photo Contest.

Here is a sweet and comforting letter To Parents Who Have Lost a Child.

If you are in or near Toronto, I’d love to see you at the annual dinner for the Pregnancy Care Centre, an amazing ministry you ought to know about. (If finances are an issue, send me an email and I’ll see if I can hook you up…)

Here’s a description of the World’s Strangest Road-Trip through North Korea.

Lawson

The preacher can only bring the Word to the ear; the Spirit must bring it from the ear to the heart.

—Steven Lawson

  • A La Carte (August 25)

    US missionary freed after 9 months’ captivity / Sharing suffering / The Lord will keep your children’s lives / The real reason Iran is persecuting Christians / Dinesh D’Souza’s case against Calvinism, answered / Canadian military chaplains can’t mention God in public / Do religious families actually have more kids?

  • Sleep as an Act of Faith

    Every night, lying down to sleep is a small enactment of death and resurrection. Hear from Brett McCracken on what our nightly surrender teaches us about trusting God’s sovereignty in this excerpt from The Wisdom of Sleep, on the blog today.

  • Why Fallen Pastors So Rarely Walk Away

    Why Fallen Pastors So Rarely Walk Away

    Have you ever wondered why pastors who have been disqualified from ministry so rarely concede to the reality of their disqualification and just move on? Have you ever wondered why they so often disappear for a year or so and then turn up at another church or in a different denomination?

  • A La Carte (August 24)

    Making men and women hate each other / Will Christians really judge the world? / Why we never speak to each other / The New Earth / An anti-Pharisee’s prayer / Preaching simply / Kindle deals / and more.

  • Works & Wonders (August 23)

    Insects don’t live in the ocean / Underground mail / The return of the monarch / The most valuable items / Singing through the hymnal / Perfect wisdom and perfect purposes

  • Weekend A La Carte (August 22)

    Should Christian women freeze their eggs? / AI and utter chaos / A biblical case for IVF / Indy cars in D.C. / What A.I. is, and how I use it / Preparing for Sunday / Reader recommendations / and more.