A La Carte (06/02)

Jun 2, 2006

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Friday June 2, 2006

Family: Russell Moore has a moving post celebrating his son’s birthday. “Five years ago today my oldest son, Benjamin, was born. Five years ago on June 19th my middle son, Timothy, was born. I missed both days…”

Du Jour: Rebecca has an update on a tragic story and yet a story of faith. It’s a must-read.

Sexuality: Jollyblogger has done the research and has discovered from Scripture that sex is good. “I contend that…Christianity is pro-sex.”

Technology: From the “neat but useless” file comes NPA-NXX Geolocator, a “phone prefix location lookup tool” that uses Google Maps.

Weekend A La Carte (June 1)

A La Carte: The desegregation of Dallas Theological Seminary / 12 things that happened on the cross / How can I be a Christian in my workplace? / Five questions for our skepticism / The sanction of sin / Never let a crisis go to waste: AI, statism, and the threats to free speech /…

Jun 1

A La Carte

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A La Carte (June 7)

A La Carte: Feminism as critical social theory / Lessons from a Job season / Was the woman at the well married to any of the five men? / Holy haggling / The other D-Day / The problem with livestreams / and more.

Jun 7

A La Carte

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A La Carte (July 16)

A La Carte: All we have left undone / What does the Bible teach about divorce and remarriage? / How America’s premier theologian interpreted God’s providence after Lincoln’s assassination / Will God judge people for being born Muslim? / Theological discernment is for moms too / Prime Days / and more.

Jul 16

A La Carte

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Intact and Unmoved

Corrie ten Boom knew what it was to suffer deprivation, to have to do without so many of life’s luxuries and even its necessities. Arrested and sent to a concentration camp for her role in sheltering Jews from the Nazis, she spent almost a year in confinement and suffered the loss of her father and…

Nov 10

Articles

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Weekend A La Carte (November 9)

A La Carte: Waiting on God / Approach, My Soul / Chronic illness / A comforting verse for not so great preachers / Love the church like Jesus / and more.

Nov 9

A La Carte

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Free Stuff Fridays (P&R Publishing)

This week the blog and giveaway have been sponsored by P&R Publishing. Calvin, Spurgeon, and Luther appear alongside Wordsworth, Twain, and Emerson in a vibrant celebration of God’s creation. Ryken joins great works of poetry, hymnody, prose, and art with accessible literary analysis. “John Calvin referred to nature as the theater of God’s glory. Dr.…

Nov 8

Giveaways

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Now’s the Time to Prepare to Prepare for Christmas

It’s probably a bit too early to begin preparing for Christmas. But it’s not too early to begin preparing to prepare for Christmas. For example, if you want to use a guide or devotional in the lead-up to December 25, this is the time to start looking into your options and buying the one you…

Nov 8

Resources

4 min read
A La Carte (November 8)

A La Carte: Guard kids’ eyes and hearts online / The game is up for the mainstream media / The church’s unsung hero / Dear New York Times / Bear one another’s burdens / Kindle deals / and more.

Nov 8

A La Carte

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A La Carte (November 7)

A La Carte: Where abortion policies stand now / Misconceptions about sports betting / You shall surely die / Does evolution care about you? / Ministering to orphans in Africa / Book and Kindle deals / and more.

Nov 7

A La Carte

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Four Years After Our Hardest Day

Yesterday marked four years since Nick went to heaven. I find myself calling him “Nicky” more often now—a name I hadn’t used for him since he was a child. I wonder if it reflects that in some ways he is becoming dearer to my heart and younger to my mind. After all, I keep aging…

Nov 4

Articles

5 min read
8 Sins You Commit Whenever You Look at Porn

We know that pornography is an ugly and harmful sin. We know that those who indulge in porn have committed the sin of lust, but there is so much more to it than that. When you open your browser and begin to look at those images and videos, you are sinning in ways that go…

Apr 25, 2017

Articles

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Now’s the Time to Prepare to Prepare for Christmas

It’s probably a bit too early to begin preparing for Christmas. But it’s not too early to begin preparing to prepare for Christmas. For example, if you want to use a guide or devotional in the lead-up to December 25, this is the time to start looking into your options and buying the one you…

Nov 8

Resources

4 min read
Why Not Use a Daily Liturgy for Your Devotions?

Trends come and go. Certain habits or interests rise for a time, wane, then rise again, often at unexpected moments. One of the recent trends I have found particularly surprising and also particularly interesting is the rise (or re-rise, if you prefer) of liturgy. This may be liturgy within formal worship services of the local…

Nov 1

Book Reviews

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Rejoice in the Wife of Your Youth (and Not-So-Youth)

This summer Aileen and I celebrated our twentieth anniversary and I can say with honesty that few things in life have thrilled or honored me more than the fact that she chose to spend her life with me, of all people. All those years ago she agreed to link her life to mine and we’ve…

Nov 5, 2018

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