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Mar 17, 2008

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Monday March 17, 2008

Witnessing to a Thief
Here’s a story of an elderly woman who witnessed to a man trying to rob her (HT: Joe Carter)

The Condom Conspiracy
Joe Carter has an interesting take on the recent news that one in four female adolescents in the United States has some kind of sexually transmitted disease.

Book Bomb
If you are going to buy a copy of “Do Hard Things” by the Harris brothers, you may want to help them by buying it at Amazon on a certain day. Click for details.

The Tempter (in the child’s bedroom)
Al Mohler mentions a new report about the dangers inherent in having a television set in a child’s bedroom.

A La Carte (10/17)

Tuesday October 17, 2006 Health: Dr. Mohler discusses a new study which seems to have found a “‘statistically significant relationship’ between autism and early television viewing in children.” Conference: Adrian Warnock has a roundup of the liveblogging done at the recent International Baptist Conference here in Toronto. Blogging: I forgot to post this last week.…

Oct 17, 2006

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A La Carte (4/17)

Tuesday April 17, 2007 Books: Al Mohler recommends ten great biographies. I have read (or am reading) many of them and agree with his recommendations. Conference: Reformed Virginian reflects on the recent Twin Lakes Fellowship. Books: All of this year’s Pulitzer Prize winners have been announced. Looks like I’ve got some more reading to do!…

Apr 17, 2007

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A La Carte (11/17)

Friday November 17, 2006 Humor: Catherine Claire of “The Point,” Breakpoint’s blog, was inspired when she learned about the Joel Osteen board game. She came up with a list of “Top Ten Bad-Taste Christian Spin-Off Games I Hope I Never See.” My favorite: “Clue-How did the Apostle Paul die? Was it in King Agrippa’s drawing…

Nov 17, 2006

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A Light on the Hill

In early 2020, CHBC, along with almost every other church in the world, was forced to contend with the opening days of the COVID-19 pandemic. At that time Caleb Morell was working as Pastor Mark Dever’s personal assistant. Dever tasked him with finding out how the church had responded to the Spanish flu epidemic a…

Apr 18

Book Reviews

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A La Carte (April 18)

A La Carte: John Piper on being a loner / Snapchat is harming children / The most radical thing / How not to be secular / Three commentary mistakes / Jesus, your sorrow-bearer / and more.

Apr 18

A La Carte

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A La Carte (April 17)

A La Carte: The vibe shift / The Jurassic Park principle of Christian freedom / This is what power looks like / Don’t stay in the puddles / The awkwardness of Easter / Kindle deals / and more.

Apr 17

A La Carte

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They Won’t Because They Can’t

If you’ve flown recently, you have probably made the same observation I have: No one pays attention to the pre-flight safety videos. There may be the occasional uptick in interest after a well-publicized crash or near-disaster, but soon old habits return—people stuff their AirPods into their ears and stare at their phones rather than watch…

Apr 16

Articles

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A La Carte (April 16)

A La Carte: Joy and weeping / Sullivan’s kidnapping / The sin of Sodom / John Piper’s retirement plan / Eagles, fowl, and a Savior with wings / Kindle and book deals / and more.

Apr 16

A La Carte

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Christ for a Cruel World

This sponsored post is provided by Caring for Life—a ministry that takes the Gospel to those who live on the margins of society and who struggle to cope in a cruel and unloving world. They seek to rescue damaged and vulnerable men and women, many who have been homeless or suffered abuse. They seek to…

Apr 15

Articles

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Can Christians Watch “House of David?”

I did not intend to watch House of David, but when a few people told me they were enjoying it and asked what I thought, I decided to give it a go. But before I discuss House of David, I want to talk about The Chosen.

Apr 9

Articles

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They Won’t Because They Can’t

If you’ve flown recently, you have probably made the same observation I have: No one pays attention to the pre-flight safety videos. There may be the occasional uptick in interest after a well-publicized crash or near-disaster, but soon old habits return—people stuff their AirPods into their ears and stare at their phones rather than watch…

Apr 16

Articles

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40 Random Pieces of Advice for the Christian Life

Not every idea is worthy of an entire article. Hence, this one contain a long list of brief, random (and unsolicited) pieces of advice for living the Christian life, most of which I’ve gleaned from others over the course of the past 45 years. I hope there is something here that benefits you. When offering…

Apr 13, 2022

Articles

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A Batch of New Books for Kids (and Teens)

Every month I put together a roundup of new and notable books for grownup readers. But I also receive a lot of books for kids and like to put together the occasional roundup of these books as well. So today I bring you a whole big batch of new books for kids of all ages…

Apr 10

Resources

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Men in the Image of Women and Women in the Image of Men

God made men and God made women. God made men distinct from women and women distinct from men. God made men and women equal in worth and value while also making them distinct in some purpose and function. It’s all obvious stuff, this—obvious matters of differences between the sexes.

Apr 14

Articles

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