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Recent Scenes from Iraq – Another excellent photo essay from Boston.com.

E-Book Sales – “Amazon.com Inc. said it reached a milestone, selling more e-books than hardbacks over the past three months. But publishers said it is still too early to gauge for the entire industry whether the growth of e-books is cannibalizing sales of paperback books, a huge and crucial market.”

Shepherding Your Children – Here’s a must-read article from Brian Croft on one way a father can faithfully shepherd his children.

Filthy Calvinists – Frank Turk writes about people who love to hate Calvinism. He mentions something I wrote and says it was the most strongly worded statement I’ve ever made. He must not have read this review.

Reel Discernment – People who are way more culturally hip than I am hate this show. But I think Boundless’ Reel Discernment is very helpful when thinking about movies. Here is the latest episode.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmeCcSNtAPA&hl=en_US&fs=1

  • What Makes Heaven Happy

    What Makes Heaven Happy

    If you spend any time on social media or any time socializing at a Christian conference, if you refresh your feed on YouTube or listen while people chat after church on a Sunday morning, you may soon learn what makes people happy. People love to talk about other people! And more often than not, they…

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    A La Carte (March 3)

    A La Carte: Roman Catholic apologetics / Life will not get easier / The invisible man / When suffering knocks / All my heroes are broken / Kindle and Logos deals / and more.

  • A Deadly Enemy

    One of the most poignant of Jesus’s parables tells the story of a persistent widow. Having faced injustice at the hand of an adversary, this woman appealed to the local judge. She asked him to use his power and authority to right the wrong that had been done to her. But to her sorrow, she…

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    Weekend A La Carte (March 1)

    A La Carte: Christians and romantasy / Own your faith / Piper’s advice for reading Romans / You’ll ruin everything / Don’t scratch the itch / Correctly confess your sins / and more.

  • New and Notable February

    New and Notable Christian Books for February 2025

    February is typically a solid month for book releases, and this February was no exception. As the month drew to its close, I sorted through the many (many!) books that came my way this month and arrived at this list of new and notables. In each case, I’ve provided the editorial description to give you…