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Mark Twain to Reveal All – “Exactly a century after rumours of his death turned out to be entirely accurate, one of Mark Twain’s dying wishes is at last coming true: an extensive, outspoken and revelatory autobiography which he devoted the last decade of his life to writing is finally going to be published.” (HT:Phil Johnson)

Eternal Perspectives Ministries – Randy Alcorn and his Eternal Perspectives Ministries have a nice new web site. You’ll want to check it out at epm.org.

A Primer on Roman Catholicism – Over at the Ligonier blog we are serializing a booklet by John Gerstner in which he explains Roman Catholic theology, focusing on the issue of justification. It is a good and helpful series to begin to understand the key differences.

A Matter of Trust – This article explains a couple of the ways that Google collects data about you. And this one tells you why you shouldn’t trust Facebook’s recent “apology.” I know I’ve been posting a fair number of this kind of link lately, but privacy is quickly becoming one of the most important online issues and I think it’s worth knowing about some of the collection points of your personal information.


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    Weekend A La Carte (February 1)

    A La Carte: The rise of the right-wing exvangelical / A tested faith / Are we alone in the universe? / No one’s born to preach / Associate pastor, it’s good to be second / Why Christians care about submission and authority / and more.

  • Free Stuff Fridays (Boyce College/D3)

    Pastors and Parents are always on the lookout for good discipleship resources for teens. You just might be the person who wins these items for free through the D3/Boyce College Giveaway.

  • Mothering Against Futility

    The Futility of Motherhood

    Life is made up of so much that gives the appearance of being futile. There are so many tasks and responsibilities that we intellectually know to be important but emotionally feel to be fruitless. And if everyone struggles with this to varying degrees, I have it on good authority that mothers are prone to struggle…

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    A La Carte (January 31)

    A La Carte: Dune and female moral authority / Three lies that separate spouses / Sin makes you stupid / Can a fallen pastor be restored? / Evaluating Trump’s first week of executive actions / A future for the family / Book and Kindle deals / and more.

  • New and Notable Christian Books for January 2025

    As you know, I like to do my best to sort through the new Christian books that are released each month to see what stands out as being not only new, but also particularly notable. I received quite a number of books in January and narrowed the list down to the ones below. I have…

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    A La Carte (January 30)

    A La Carte: Small injustices / Is it necessary to be a church member? / How to make friends at college / My letter about a transgender teacher / Prayerless theologians / Deepening fellowship / Kindle deals / and more.