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The Best of July

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I’ve been at this blogging thing for quite a long time now—it’s coming up on ten years. I’ve been at the daily blogging thing for almost as long. This means that I’ve got an extensive backlist of articles from years gone by. I thought it might be fun to pull out some of the articles I wrote in previous months of July, stretching all the way back to 2004.

2011

Speaking Love’s Languages – I wrote this as a reflection on The Five Love Languages and some of the areas in which that book is useful.

The Weaker, The Stronger, The Homeschooler, Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 – This is a series on how we need to allow Romans 14 to impact our discussions on education.

2010

Read Better with Baxter – Richard Baxter, that is.

A Digital Vacation and its followup, Off the Grid – I plan to do this again in a few weeks.

2009

All About Endorsements – This post kind of anticipates the one I wrote last week about how people who endorse books often don’t read the book.

Your Suffering Does Not Just Belong to You – This is an important implication of living life in Christian community: your suffering does not belong to only you.

2008

Every Word of God – Here I discuss the importance of a good translation of the Bible.

How to Begin a Commentary Collection – Lessons I learned in putting together a collection of commentaries, along with suggestions on specific volumes.

2007

Environmentalism and Christianity – In this article I tried to think through environmentalism from a Christian perspective.

The So Much More – Sometimes I look back through the archives and find an article I had forgotten about but really enjoyed reading again. This is one of them.

2006

One Thousand – This was a reflection on 1,000 consecutive days of blogging.

The Tyranny of Quiet Time – I look to Jerry Bridges to see how quiet time can become a time of tyranny.

2005

The Proper Use of Scripture in Books – Back in 2006 I was thinking about how to use the Bible well.

Bringing Good News by Being Good News and its two follow-up pieces, Further Thoughts On Church Advertising and Final Thoughts On Church Advertising

2004

The Nature of Truth – In this article from long ago I look at God’s progressive revelation of truth.


  • What God Wants You To Forget

    What God Wants You To Forget

    We are never far from reminding God of our credentials, of providing him with a curriculum vitae that lays out all we are, all we have been through, and all we have accomplished for his sake. We are never far from making the subtle turn from grace to merit, from what is freely given to…

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    A La Carte (March 27)

    A La Carte: New music / Millennials and GenZ / Scotland’s new hate crime law / Cate Blanchett, Easter is for you / Why the Reformed pray for revival / What truly happened to Jesus on the cross? / and more.

  • New and Notable Books

    New and Notable Christian Books for March 2024

    As you know, I like to do my best to sort through the new Christian books that are released each month to see what stands out as being not only new, but also particularly notable. I received quite a number of new titles in March and narrowed the list down to the ones below. I…

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    A La Carte (March 26)

    A La Carte: God delivers from the suffering he ordains / The beautiful partnership of family and church / The end of religious liberty / On whales, menopause, and thanks to God / Ordinary women, extravagant gifts / and more.

  • Marriage: A Dance of Beauty and Chaos

    This sponsored post was provided by Burke Care, and written by Jen Arend, which invites you to schedule care today with a certified biblical counselor. As the music swells, she begins her descent down the aisle. All eyes are on her, especially her groom. She is radiant, majestic, and filled with beauty. Her gaze meets his tear-filled…

  • Does God Care How You Cook Your Goat?

    Does God Care How You Cook Your Goat?

    It is one of those biblical commands that has always perplexed me. If it appeared just one time in Scripture I might be tempted to pass it by. But it appears no less than three times, in Exodus 23:19, Exodus 34:26, and Deuteronomy 14:21. The repetition tells me that God is quite concerned that his…