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A La Carte (3/24)

We Can’t Sing – Michael Krahn: “I see a parallel between the lack of confidence in singing and the world of visual images in tabloid and fashion magazines. Photoshopped images create unrealistic body expectations. In the modern era of music autotuned recordings give us unrealistically perfect sounds.” An Interview – Frank Viola recently interviewed me about blogging and life in general. Another Interview – I also guested on the Samson Society podcast a couple of days ago. We talked mostly …

A La Carte (3/18)

Three Great Reads for Easter – Earlier this week I suggested a few books that are suitable for Good Friday reading. Here’s the natural follow-up: three books to read before Easter. One, two and three. Son of Hamas – GQ (of all publications) has an interview with Mosab Yousef, the Christian author of Son of Hamas. Heavenward – Scotty Smith has moved his blog, which is almost entirely prayers, to Gospel Coalition. Kindle for Mac – At long last, Amazon …

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A La Carte (11/30)

Cyber Monday Today is “Cyber Monday,” the day that online retailers come up with deals to try to rival what brick-and-mortar retailers offer on Black Friday. Here are a few deals I noted this morning: The big news at Amazon today is a great deal on the 8 GB iPod Touch. Today only it’s on sale for the lowest price you’re likely to see. Meanwhile they’ve got tons of other deals on a wide variety of products. MLB.com is offering …

A La Carte (6/13)

Friday June 13, 2008 Desiring God National Conference Registration is now open. This year’s topic: The Power of Words and the Wonder of God. Speakers include Driscoll, Ferguson, Kauflin, Tripp… Youth “Must Read” Lists Doctrine Matters is asking your help in putting together a must-read reading list for youth. Space Wallpapers If you still haven’t prettied up your desktop, here’s another chance. Working Man Hands My most recent article at Boundless. A Bookmark for Book Lovers This page aggregates many …

The Practice of Trust

Here is another excerpt from James Spiegel’s Gum, Geckos and God. This brief passage deals with how and why we trust God (or fail to trust God). The other day I was sitting in a faculty meeting, trying not to doze off during some committee reports. As I looked around, I mused over how much each of my colleagues understands about his or her discipline. It occurred to me that if there was a single mind that possessed all of …

A La Carte (6/27)

Wednesday June 27, 2007 Books: As promised, all the books at the Desiring God store are a mere $5 today. Even John Piper thinks this is crazy. So go and lose yourself in a frenzy of consumerism. You won’t be sorry! Photo: Though the text accompanying it is a little over the top, this photo tells a story that the media seems to be hiding. Islam: The NY Times has an interesting article about the etiquette of Jihad. Theology: The …

Podcast #1 (Guest: Mark Dever)

I’ve gone and done it. This is my very first podcast. For those who don’t know, a podcast is really just an audio file that can be listened to either through a normal media player or through a kind of subscription. Both options are available to you. If you don’t know about podcasting and don’t want to, simply follow the instructions below to listen to it the old fashioned way. I was thrilled to have Dr. Mark Dever join me …