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Jan 8, 2007

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Monday January 8, 2007

Politics: A writer in Canada’s “National Post” says that North Korea is the weirdest country on earth.

Bible: Amazon now has a Bible Store.

Bible: And speaking of Bibles, the ESV is slowly but steadily climbing the ladder. As of this month it is the fourth best-selling translation of the Bible.

Review: Paul does a great job of reviewing “Blue Like Jazz.”

Du Jour: A commenter at a political blog has an interesting comment in regards to the massive storm that struck Colorado.

With Our Eyes on God

Life inevitably faces us with grievous trials and terrible troubles. None of us remains unscathed and undamaged as we make our way through this fallen world. When trials come, they can loom up so large before us that they become the only thing we can see. And even if we find the strength to cry…

Feb 23

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Weekend A La Carte (February 22)

A La Carte: The ‘ordo amoris’ and immigration policy / Sin casts a long shadow / But For the Cross of Christ (a new song) / Don’t wait to be thankful / Prayers for scrupulosity / and more.

Feb 22

A La Carte

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Either/Or or Both/And?

It is sometimes difficult to know how to follow Jesus. It is sometimes difficult to encounter a situation, look to Scripture, and know how to live in a distinctly Christian way. Often it seems there are two options before us that appear to stand opposite one another. Do we respond by expressing truth or by…

Feb 21

Book Reviews

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A La Carte (February 21)

A La Carte: The heavy seasons of life / Going against the grain / Should we call God mother? / If faithfulness isn’t the highest priority / A heart for adoption / and more.

Feb 21

A La Carte

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A La Carte (February 20)

A La Carte: Defining healthy masculinity / The women who disappeared / Dear older women / When leaders fall, are you next? / A Storm in the Desert / Kindle deals / and more.

Feb 20

A La Carte

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Building Churches Out of Other Churches

What is your church really made of? Or perhaps better said, who is your church really made of? This is something we all do well to ponder from time to time, for there are good ways and bad ways, better ways and worse ways to fill a church.

Feb 19

Articles

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Keep Calm and Stay Friends

It is hard to disagree with someone you love. It is harder still to disagree well—to retain genuine respect and true friendship despite differing opinions or convictions. And, as we all know by experience, there is just so much to disagree about.

Feb 14

Book Reviews

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Building Churches Out of Other Churches

What is your church really made of? Or perhaps better said, who is your church really made of? This is something we all do well to ponder from time to time, for there are good ways and bad ways, better ways and worse ways to fill a church.

Feb 19

Articles

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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, 2024

Book Reviews

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Quality Time

People of all faiths pray. Some pray to gods, some to ancestors, some to nature, and some to the universe, but all speak out words, all utter desires, all hope to be heard. But Christians pray differently and Christians pray confidently, for we pray to a Father. We alone “have received the Spirit of adoption…

Feb 16

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Procrastination Is a Failure to Love

I am, for the most part, an organized person. I actually wrote a whole book on productivity in which I laid out the system I used (and still use) to remain organized and, hopefully, effective in what I do. I have begun my days in roughly the same way for many years now, and have…

Feb 16, 2018

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