A La Carte (11/01)

Nov 1, 2006

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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 and Packer.

Blog: At long last, Adrian Warnock will cease discussing the continuing gifts. Or so he says. Tomorrow he will begin an interview series that sounds interesting.

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

6 min read
A La Carte (October 28)

A La Carte: How to steward money in marriage / Regrets in parenting / The temptation of temptation / Our common purpose / How much should Christians tithe? / Huge Kindle sale / and more.

Oct 28

A La Carte

4 min read
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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Weekend A La Carte (October 26)

A La Carte: Who are “the least of these?” / Where is Jordan Peterson on his spiritual journey? / A new Getty song / Christianity is not colonial / Reexamining sacramental life for Baptists / and more.

Oct 26

A La Carte

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Free Stuff Fridays (Ligonier Ministries)

This week’s Free Stuff Friday is sponsored by Ligonier Ministries, who also sponsored the blog this week. Are you saved? This is the ultimate question, but it won’t make much sense unless we’ve also asked ourselves what we need to be saved from. In a word, the answer is God. Ligonier Ministries is offering the ebook…

Oct 25

Giveaways

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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

6 min read
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

5 min read
Are You Scattering Bad Seed?

It was an unconscionable crime—grossly immoral and terribly destructive. In the middle of the night, he snuck onto the property of one of his enemies and ruined his crop. Knowing that this man had recently sowed good seed throughout his fields, he stealthily followed behind and sowed seeds he knew would spring up into weeds,…

Oct 21

Articles

3 min read
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…

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