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Public Prayers – This pastor reflects on one of the things every pastor has to do: pray publicly. “This may come as a surprise but one of my least favorite things to do as a pastor is offer public prayer. I have, I believe, good reasons for my dislike of public prayer.”

Bad Samaritans – Are our cell phones and other devices turning us into bad Samaritans? This article at the Wall Street Journal is worth reading and considering.

Olive Tree – If you are an Olive Tree user, you may like to know that The Discipline of Spiritual Discernment is down to $5.99. There’s a load of other material marked down here.

Marriage, Sex and Cultural Counterfeits – If you are in Southern Ontario, you might be interested in this event. Denny Burk and I will be speaking at Ancaster Canadian Reformed Church on Saturday, November 30.

How to Pray for a Future Husband – Christians are called to pray for everything and anything. So what might a prayer for a future husband sound like?

10 Sanctification Errors to Avoid – Kevin DeYoung offers 10 errors related to santification and the gospel.

Am I Lord of My Wife? – Mounce looks at 1 Peter 3:6 and asks whether Peter means to say that a husband is lord of his wife.

Matthew Henry

A lion in God’s cause must be a lamb in his own.

—Matthew Henry

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