A La Carte: The Titanic was the safest ship of its time / When God blesses others and not us / If a Millennial is born and no one records it on their phone, do they really exist? / Surgical and sexological practices? Not today, Satan / Logos deals / and more.
A La Carte: How to know if you’re using God / The soul-poison of the little word ‘should’ / True, false, or heresy? / Truthful thinking is greater than positive thinking / Unless the seed dies / and more.
This week the blog is sponsored by P&R Publishing and is written by Ralph Cunnington. Years ago, I stumbled repeatedly on an ancient phrase that altered my thinking forever. Distinct yet inseparable. The first time I encountered this phrase was while studying the Council of Chalcedon’s description of the two natures of Christ. Soon after,…
For many years there was a little potted plant on our kitchen window sill, though I’ve long since forgotten the variety. Year after year that plant would put out a shoot and from the shoot would emerge a single flower. And I observed that no matter how I turned the pot, the flower would respond.…
A La Carte: God is good and does good—even in our pain / Dear bride and groom / Sin won’t comfort you / Worthy of the gospel / From self-sufficiency to trusting God’s people / The gods fight for our devotion / and more.
Here is another Sunday devotional—a brief thought to orient your heart toward the Lord. God takes the initiative in establishing relationship by reaching out to helpless humanity. He reveals himself to the creatures he has made. But what does it mean for him to provide such revelation of himself? John Calvin began his Institutes by…
A La Carte: I believe in the death of Julius Caesar and the resurrection of Jesus Christ / Reasons students and pastors shouldn’t use ChatGPT / A 1.3 gigpixel photo of a supernova / What two raw vegans taught me about sharing Jesus / If we realize we’re undeserving, suddenly the world comes alive /…
I admit it: I felt a little skeptical about Ask Pastor John. To be fair, I feel skeptical about most books that begin in one medium before making the leap to another. Books based on sermons, for example, can often be pretty disappointing—a powerful sermon at a conference can make a bland chapter in a…
A La Carte: Why are Christian workers so often workaholics? / Through the valley of miscarriage / God never needs updating / Sinclair Ferguson’s “Things Unseen” / One downside of listening to online preaching / Various book sales / and more.
A La Carte: How do our kids stay Christian? / The Princess of Wales and the danger of commodified esteem / The receding tides of New Atheism / Did my sin cause my suffering? / Enemies on the narrow road / Plural eldership / and more.
If only I was wealthy, then I could really make a difference in the world,” he told me. “I want to be rich so I can better serve God’s cause, so I can give even more to his work.” But does it really take a lot of money to serve the Lord? In the New…
A La Carte: The message of Jesus is Jesus / When my rights make me wrong / How does the Holy Spirit help me pray? / An insubstantial book for a weighty problem / Repent boldly / Are you weary in ministry? / Book deals / and more.
A La Carte: Encouraging your worship leader / Why aren’t complementarians training women to teach and preach? / Am I the quarrelsome wife? / Can a white person suffer from racism? / Atheist says human rights aren’t real / and more.
This week the blog is sponsored by Church Social and is written by Jonathan Reinink. Growing up, I remember our church would periodically coordinate a church-wide photo shoot where all the families in our congregation would take their turn coming to the church, dressed their best, ready to have their photo taken. Those photos would then be…
There are two ways to read the Bible. The first way to read it is as a series of stories, books, statements, and teachings that are fragmented and disjointed, that, though they have little relationship to one another, have been compiled into an errant and fallible collection. The other way is to read it as…
A La Carte: Five reminders for the weary and burdened soul / Captive thoughts tame the tongue / Getting organized for the glory of God / How to shake the cynicism habit / Counting the stars / More than a social gospel / Kindle and Logos deals / and more.
There are no truly innocent human beings. Each of us has willfully rebelled against God, but even if we hadn’t, we would still be tainted by the sin of Adam, for “by the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners” (Romans 5:19).
A La Carte: How Christians should think about IVF-created embryos / When church members are in secular therapy / How not to be a grumpy old woman / Two common mistakes Christians make about government / How to hear God speak / How can I grow in my faith? / and more.
A La Carte: 5 qualities we should look for in our political leaders / CityAlight / Nihilism in Nazi Germany and today / Is my child transgender because of me? / Are leaders necessarily readers? / Good people get good things / and more.
Thirty percent of families in the US are led by a single parent. Nearly nineteen million children have just one parent in their home. And while the actual numbers will vary from nation to nation, most of the Western world experiences something similar—large numbers of families that are led by just one parent. Sometimes the…