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Dec 20, 2006

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Wednesday December 20, 2006

Du Jour: Al Mohler has an excellent article on “KGOY” — or Kids Growing Older Younger.

Bible: A British stewardess who is described as a committed Christian, has been forbidden from carrying her Bible on flights to Saudi Arabia. The Telegraph reports.

Film: “Amazing Grace,” the forthcoming film dealing with the life of William Wilberforce, now has a trailer available for your viewing pleasure.

Quote: Roger Nicole on perfectionism: “It is one thing for a man to say he is perfect; it is another thing for his wife to say he is perfect.”

Emergent: David Wayne asks if the Reformers waged war on the illiterate…or if that was actually the Catholic Church.

Humor: This is just a great idea.

A La Carte (02/03)

Friday February 3, 2006 Giveaway: Monergismbooks is giving away a Premium ESV Calfskin Bible. That’s calfskin – they killed baby cows to make this Bible, and it can be yours! Film: The success of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe has paved the way for a second Narnia film. “The second film will find…

Feb 3, 2006

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A La Carte (March 5)

Taking God at His Word – I’m really excited about this new book by Kevin DeYoung. Something More – Be sure to check out this powerful little three-minute film. Sex Scandals in Conservative Homeschool Circles – This is some hard-hitting writing from Lore Ferguson. “These parents intended to protect, and they did, but drawing boundary…

Mar 5, 2014

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A La Carte (6/4)

Wednesday June 4, 2008 A Princely Film We Commoners Can Relate ToC.S. Lewis scholar Devin Brown has an interesting review of “Prince Caspian.” He liked the movie (and perhaps understood the movie) better than many other reviewers. Dever on Personal Bible ReadingNew Attitude’s blog has a brief interview with Mark Dever on personal Bible reading…

Jun 4, 2008

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Merry Christmas, My Friends

Merry Christmas, my friends. I trust you are enjoying this day, whether with friends or family or in solitude. As for us, we are having a quiet morning with just the three of us. Abby, Nate, and Finn will come by later in the day as will Aileen’s parents so we can celebrate and enjoy…

Dec 25

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A La Carte (December 24)

A La Carte: Holiday blues / Biblical justice requires strong rules of evidence / Christmas used to be perfect (then I grew up) / Praise God for boring days / What did Mary know? / In awe of the aged / and more.

Dec 24

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No Matter How You Plan To Read The Bible In 2025 We Can Help

This week the blog is sponsored by Into the Word and is written by Pastor Paul Carter. No matter how you plan to read the Bible in 2025, Into the Word wants to help! Into the Word began in 2017 with a simple mission: to help people read, love and live the whole counsel of…

Dec 23

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Devotionals I Recommend For a New Year

With 2024 quickly waning, many of us are beginning to think about a devotional approach for the year ahead. Some are looking for a resource that will serve as the main component of their devotions and others for something that will be merely supplementary. Either way, I’ve collected some of the resources I most recommend…

Dec 23

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A La Carte (December 23)

A La Carte: Christmas as crisis / How not to use AI / What gifts would wise women bring? / 5 habits that changed my life / Beauty and brokenness / Kindle deals / and more.

Dec 23

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It Is We Who Must Be Bent

We must always pray that we would conform ourselves to the Word rather than conforming the Word to ourselves. We must always pray that we would allow our desires to be changed according to the Bible rather than allowing the Bible to be changed according to our desires. We must guard ourselves against looking to…

Dec 22

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12 Fresh Ways to Read Your Bible in 2025

A new year offers a new opportunity—an opportunity to rethink and refresh the way you read your Bible. While some have found a pattern or habit they love and will never deviate from, others like to look for new ways to read, digest, and apply the Word. For those who may be interested in trying…

Dec 18

Resources

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Devotionals I Recommend For a New Year

With 2024 quickly waning, many of us are beginning to think about a devotional approach for the year ahead. Some are looking for a resource that will serve as the main component of their devotions and others for something that will be merely supplementary. Either way, I’ve collected some of the resources I most recommend…

Dec 23

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My 10 Favorite New Songs of 2024

I have wide-ranging tastes in music and will gladly listen to all kinds of different genres. I recently spent some time considering some of the new songs I enjoyed in 2024 and, focusing on songs by Christian artists, eventually narrowed my favorites down to this list of 10—my 10 favorite new songs of 2024. I’ve…

Dec 20

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A Collection of Random Thoughts on Christian Living

Not every thought makes a good article and sometimes an entire article can be distilled down to a single thought. For those reasons, I like to occasionally create what I have created here–a roundup of brief, random thoughts about Christian living. Some of these are original and some are drawn from articles I’ve written in…

Dec 16

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32 Random Thoughts About the Local Church

Every now and again I jot down a thought that I’d like to ponder but that I don’t intend to tease out into an article. After all, not every idea is worthy of a full-length treatment. Hence, today I’ve got a long list of brief, random (and unsolicited) observations and pieces of advice related to…

Dec 18, 2023

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