A La Carte (March 23)

Logos’ March Matchups is down to its final pairing, so you should go and vote one more time. Yes, there are once again some new Kindle deals. (Yesterday on the blog: On Being the Main Character in Your Own Sermon) The Honorable, Shameful Service of True Leaders This article offers some wisdom for leaders. “The balance that Jesus models so well for us is one in which leaders are honored, but they respond to this honoring by embracing sacrificial and costly …

A La Carte (March 22)

May the Lord be with you and bless you today. Westminster Books has a discount on a new book that looks excellent. There are a few new Kindle deals today. The World that Money Makes Go Round “The economically inactive, we are told, are a hazard to the economy—although no one can quite bring themselves to say they’re doing anything wrong. They’re perhaps just a bit thoughtless as to how their leisure impacts others around them, like an old man in a …

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A La Carte (March 21)

Logos has a sale on my recommended bundle of commentaries which will give your library a great boost. Also, be sure to keep voting in March Matchups. Today’s Kindle deals include some more good books. (Yesterday on the blog: If God Would Outsource His Sovereignty) There is Something Better than Never Suffering Jared Wilson: “It is the sustaining vision of eternal life in Christ that fixes even a lifetime of suffering to a fine point — a fine point that …

A La Carte (March 20)

Good morning. Grace and peace to you. Today’s Kindle deals include a great selection from Crossway. I happened to notice that Amazon has a good number of games and activities on sale today. (Yesterday on the blog: A Man Both Bruised and Broke) My Father’s Death Brought Me Life This is powerful in its own way. “I thought death meant being stuck in the dark, like being inside a vacuum. I wasn’t afraid of the cold but of being desperately …

Weekend A La Carte (March 18)

My thanks goes to The Good Book Company for sponsoring the blog this week. I am so grateful for each and every one of the sponsors who help keep this site going. Logos has a sale on my recommended bundle of commentaries. Also, be sure to keep voting in March Matchups. Today’s Kindle deals include a good selection of titles. (Yesterday on the blog: Now What?) How the Side B Project Failed Bethel McGrew writes about the Side B project. …

A La Carte (March 17)

Good morning from Louisville, Kentucky where we are attending Boyce College’s Preview Day for the third time (this one for Michaela’s sake). Strongmen vs. The Structures of a Healthy Church “When modern dictators fall the societies they ruled tend to flounder and splinter. This is because they have previously been gutted. A dictator, in order to increase and maintain his power, needs to systematically weaken all other institutions of civil society that might serve as independent centers of power and …

A La Carte (March 16)

May the Lord be with you and bless you today. Today’s Kindle deals include Tom Schreiner’s excellent The Joy of Hearing. Westminster Books has some Easter resources on sale this week. (Yesterday on the blog: How To Ruin a Perfectly Good Friendship) Preaching from a Place of Fullness “I have preached from a place of emptiness and from a place of fullness, and the experience of the one makes me long for the other.” Take the time to have Andrew …

A La Carte (March 15)

Logos users, we are getting near the end of March Matchups and the deals keep getting better. Also be sure to vote in the second-to-last round. God Saved Me from a Polygamist Cult “When people ask my wife and me how we met, the story of how Christ met us inevitably takes over. It’s unavoidable from the moment I say, ‘Well, we actually met in a polygamous Mormon cult.’ Eyes grow wide, and folks eventually find a few words like, ‘Wait …

A La Carte (March 14)

Blessings to you today, my friends. I collected a few interesting Kindle deals for you to look at. (Yesterday on the blog: Living Selflessly with Your Wife) 50 Thoughts on Preaching This is great stuff from Jared Wilson. Names Nobody Remembers “Though the world’s idea of success might see our small days lacking, our good God operates very differently. He has a knack for using people lost in the credit roll. We can see this beautifully in the story of …

A La Carte (March 13)

Good morning. Grace and peace to you. Today’s Kindle deals include a little list of books on parenting from Crossway. (Yesterday on the blog: A Pastoral Prayer for Love and Unity) Authenticating the Fourth Gospel “When I asked Christians why they trust the Bible in contrast to other holy books, most ended up pointing to their own subjective feelings or experiences, rather than to any objective considerations. Some even described faith as a kind of ‘gut-feeling’ or ‘spiritual sixth sense.’” …