A La Carte (10/23)

Oct 23, 2006

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Monday October 23, 2006

Conference: The Fifth Annual Evangelical Forum Meeting (Virginia Beach, VA), is coming up on November 8, 2006. Speakers include Tom Nettles and Andrew Davis. Details are available here.

Quote: Mark Dever shares a convicting quote from David Wells about the centrality of the Word in the weekly congregational setting.

Conference: Tom Ascol has information about the upcoming Alpha & Omega conference. If you are in the Orlando area, this is a conference that sounds well worth attending. Speakers include Burk Parsons, David King, Don Kistler, Steve Camp and, of course, James White.

A La Carte (11/01)

Wednesday November 1, 2006 Purpose: An article in the O.C. Register sheds some light on how Rick Warren’s PEACE plan will work, including the infrastructure lying behind it. Conference: Here is a conference I hadn’t heard of until yesterday. The reFocus conference will be held in Vancouver, B.C. and the speakers include Piper, Ware, Driscoll…

Nov 1, 2006

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A La Carte (11/03)

Friday November 3, 2006 Conference: Information for the 2007 Children Desiring God conference has been released. Speakers include Piper, Grudem and Mahaney. (HT: JT). Liveblogging: There will be liveblogging at this weekend’s Alpha & Omega National Conference which will include a debate between James White and John Shelby Spong. You can keep up with the…

Nov 3, 2006

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A La Carte (10/13)

Friday October 13, 2006 Technology: Haven’t you always wanted to play “Space Invaders” using nothing but your brain for a controller? Well now it has been done. Humor: Guess what you can download from www.ie7.com… Conference: Pastor Paul will be blogging from the International Baptist Conference right here in Toronto. Among the speakers are Joe…

Oct 13, 2006

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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…

Oct 31

Resources

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A La Carte (October 31)

A La Carte: What is the Reformation? / More than a list of problems / A surprising story / More than songs of praise / Do elders need to evangelize? / Preach the gospel / and more.

Oct 31

A La Carte

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From Practice to Perfection

You should stop by someday,” he said. “The orchestra is beginning to learn a new piece. I think you would enjoy hearing them. As promised, he met me in the lobby and led me through a locked door. As we walked down a long hallway, I could begin to hear music coming from somewhere ahead.…

Oct 30

Articles

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A La Carte (October 30)

A La Carte: Not the Halloween you remember / How God used the loss of a loved one to save another / Infertility and longing / Daylight saving and spiritual disciplines / Belong and believe? / and more.

Oct 30

A La Carte

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A La Carte (October 29)

A La Carte: When King Charles came to church / Curiositas and the David Platt documentary / Teasing out idolatry in narcissism / Loving people through slow change / Can God forgive without punishment? / and more.

Oct 29

A La Carte

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The Practice of Accepting Disappointment

One of the most important habits you can develop is the habit of accepting that life is full of disappointments. One of the best ways to grow in contentment is to accept the inevitability of discontentment. One of the ways you can be most joyful in life is to be realistic about life, to know…

Oct 28

Articles

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The Practice of Accepting Disappointment

One of the most important habits you can develop is the habit of accepting that life is full of disappointments. One of the best ways to grow in contentment is to accept the inevitability of discontentment. One of the ways you can be most joyful in life is to be realistic about life, to know…

Oct 28

Articles

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Would It Be Better to Take a Pay Cut Than a Church Cut?

There are times when circumstances dictate that we move—that we move from one town to another, one province or state to another, or even one country or continent to another. There are other times when it is desire more than circumstance that causes us to uproot ourselves from one location and re-root ourselves in another.

Oct 23

Articles

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John Mark Comer and Practicing The Way

It has been a few years since I have had a substantial number of people reach out to ask my view on a particular author. Do you know anything about him? Have you read him? Would you consider reviewing some of his books? But after this break of a few years, it has recently begun…

Sep 25

Book Reviews

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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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A Father’s Prayer for His Son

Every father knows the importance of praying for his children. Yet every father also knows that at times it can be difficult to know what to pray. I recently found a sweet prayer in an old book and thought I would share it with you, dad, so you can pray it for your son. Take…

Oct 27

Articles

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