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Too Healthy? – Some reflections on lessons learned from MLJ: “It’s important to learn from the past and to recognize that most problems have a way of coming full circle. This seems to be the case when it comes to the health of the church and of individual believers.”

Amazon’s Lending Library – Trouble is afoot when it comes to Amazon’s lending library. There are so many issues like this that remain to be worked out in the digital world!

Forest? What Forest? – Here’s the kind of parenting moment I think we can all identify with.

Suicide and Heaven – Ed Welch: “Here is the principle: theological questions are often personal questions in disguise; they are about the burdens on a person’s heart. Please do not respond with theological propositions or ethical guidelines. Instead, use these questions as the time to know and shepherd the person.”

iPad Wallpapers – Some swag for your iPad.

Who Wrote the Gospels? – Here’s a way of defending the authorship of the gospels.

The law of God is like a mirror; it can reveal flaws, but not remove them.

—John Blanchard

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    A La Carte (March 4)

    A La Carte: A case study of tribalism / Women pastors / Daughter or daughter-in-law / Life and death / John Piper on being God’s enemy / For God and country / and more.

  • What Makes Heaven Happy

    What Makes Heaven Happy

    If you spend any time on social media or any time socializing at a Christian conference, if you refresh your feed on YouTube or listen while people chat after church on a Sunday morning, you may soon learn what makes people happy. People love to talk about other people! And more often than not, they…

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    A La Carte (March 3)

    A La Carte: Roman Catholic apologetics / Life will not get easier / The invisible man / When suffering knocks / All my heroes are broken / Kindle and Logos deals / and more.

  • A Deadly Enemy

    One of the most poignant of Jesus’s parables tells the story of a persistent widow. Having faced injustice at the hand of an adversary, this woman appealed to the local judge. She asked him to use his power and authority to right the wrong that had been done to her. But to her sorrow, she…

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    Weekend A La Carte (March 1)

    A La Carte: Christians and romantasy / Own your faith / Piper’s advice for reading Romans / You’ll ruin everything / Don’t scratch the itch / Correctly confess your sins / and more.