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Jan 3, 2008

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Thursday January 3, 2008

Prime Time America
Just a reminder to readers that I am a guest all this week on Moody Radio’s Prime Time America. For those who don’t listen to the radio, broadcasts and archives are available online.

My Book: The DR Review
Mark Tubbs, a Discerning Reader reviewer, has posted a review of my book.

Life in the Cellular Age
Dr. Mohler has an interesting article about how the age of the cell phone is changing just about everything.

A New Superpower
The Independent says that 2008 is the year a new superpower will be born. They refer, of course, to China. It’s an informative article.

Christian Publishing in 2007
Christian Retailing has a quiz for anyone who thinks they know what happened in Christian publishing in 2007.

A La Carte (October 8)

A La Carte: A Christian response to polygamy, incest, and pedophilia / 10 diagnostic questions for you and your spouse / neither despair nor blind optimism / To confront or to cover / Did Jesus lie to his brothers? / Huge book and commentary sales!

Oct 8

A La Carte

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A La Carte (October 2)

A La Carte: Clearing up confusion about humility / A new initiative / Lessons in holiness / Contemporary Christian music / John Piper on overcoming spiritual laziness / The flipside of worry / and more.

Oct 2

A La Carte

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A La Carte (July 16)

A La Carte: All we have left undone / What does the Bible teach about divorce and remarriage? / How America’s premier theologian interpreted God’s providence after Lincoln’s assassination / Will God judge people for being born Muslim? / Theological discernment is for moms too / Prime Days / and more.

Jul 16

A La Carte

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Educated, Free, Wealthy, and Privileged

We are an educated people with high standards of literacy. We are a free people who enjoy religious liberty. We are a wealthy people with unlimited access to a nearly infinite quantity of Bibles. We are a privileged people who may not realize how blessed we are.

Nov 3

Articles

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Weekend A La Carte (November 2)

A La Carte: Coldplay’s prayer in Melbourne / Zombies, Heath Lambert, and gatekeeping biblical counseling / Keep the Feast (a new song) / Stop playing the numbers game / Squandering security / and more.

Nov 2

A La Carte

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Free Stuff Fridays (Ligonier)

This week’s Free Stuff Friday is sponsored by Ligonier Ministries, who also sponsored the blog this week. Yesterday was Reformation Day, when many Protestants celebrate the sixteenth-century recovery of the biblical gospel. It was while Martin Luther was studying the book of Romans that he rediscovered the doctrine of justification by faith alone. So, today…

Nov 1

Giveaways

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Why Not Use a Daily Liturgy for Your Devotions?

Trends come and go. Certain habits or interests rise for a time, wane, then rise again, often at unexpected moments. One of the recent trends I have found particularly surprising and also particularly interesting is the rise (or re-rise, if you prefer) of liturgy. This may be liturgy within formal worship services of the local…

Nov 1

Book Reviews

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A La Carte (November 1)

A La Carte: When a Berkeley feminist had three sons / The tragedy of IVF / What if I don’t feel forgiven? / Piper on how not to respond to suffering / What sola scriptura protects us against / Kindle deals / and more.

Nov 1

A La Carte

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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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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
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

10 min read
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

7 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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Could I Be One of the Bad Guys?

Here is something I have been considering over the past few days: Every one of us acknowledges there is a lamentable lack of unity among Christians today. Yet none of us seems to consider that we ourselves may be the cause of that disunity, or at least contribute to it. In our minds, it is…

Oct 25

Book Reviews

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