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A La Carte (08/04)

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Friday August 4, 2006

Eschatology: Jason of Fide-O fame, having recently adopted an amillennial understanding of the end times, has written an article explaining this viewpoint. He also lists many highly-regarded Christians who share the belief.

Evangelism: John R. Sittema has an interesting article entitled “Popeye, Evangelism, and the Reformed Faith.” He “offers some practical thoughts on evangelism and why reformed people have such difficulties with it.”

Humor: A reader of this site, David, sends along “the ultimate boss key” for the internet surfing office worker. Workfriendly will copy the contents of a web page to what looks like Microsoft Word. It’s amazing how much time people will invest in brilliant responses to sinful desires!

Blogging: Is it just me, or is the blogosphere pretty quiet these days? I suppose summer is coming to an end for many Americans and perhaps they are distracted with real life. Either way, it has been a tad difficult gathering A La Carte items!


  • Educated, Free, Wealthy, and Privileged

    We are an educated people with high standards of literacy. We are a free people who enjoy religious liberty. We are a wealthy people with unlimited access to a nearly infinite quantity of Bibles. We are a privileged people who may not realize how blessed we are.

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    Weekend A La Carte (November 2)

    A La Carte: Coldplay’s prayer in Melbourne / Zombies, Heath Lambert, and gatekeeping biblical counseling / Keep the Feast (a new song) / Stop playing the numbers game / Squandering security / and more.

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    Free Stuff Fridays (Ligonier)

    This week’s Free Stuff Friday is sponsored by Ligonier Ministries, who also sponsored the blog this week.  Yesterday was Reformation Day, when many Protestants celebrate the sixteenth-century recovery of the biblical gospel. It was while Martin Luther was studying the book of Romans that he rediscovered the doctrine of justification by faith alone. So, today…

  • Daily Liturgy Devotional

    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…

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    A La Carte (November 1)

    A La Carte: When a Berkeley feminist had three sons / The tragedy of IVF / What if I don’t feel forgiven? / Piper on how not to respond to suffering / What sola scriptura protects us against / Kindle deals / and more.

  • New and Notable Christian Books for October 2024

    New and Notable Christian Books for October 2024

    As October draws to its close, I wanted to ensure you know about at least some of the most notable books it brought our way. I did not see quite the quantity of new books I have seen in some previous months, but there were still some special ones. For each, I’ve provided the publisher’s…