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A La Carte (8/2)

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ESV Bible + – The ESV Bible + app for iPhones and iPad is now available. In addition to the ESV, it contains the ESV Study Bible and the ESV audio.

The God That Failed – Carl Trueman writes just a few words about Anne Rice’s recent statement that she can no longer call herself a Christian. He touches on one thing I haven’t seen anyone else mention, but which interested me–the medium through which Rice communicated her message.

The Web’s New Gold Mine: Your Secrets – An interesting article from the Wall Street Journal. “One of the fastest-growing businesses on the Internet, a Wall Street Journal investigation has found, is the business of spying on Internet users.”

Free @ Christian Audio – This month’s free audio book from ChristianAudio is Tim Keller’s Ministries of Mercy.

New from Jars of Clay – Jars of Clay has released a new EP that may interest you. It consists of recent live recordings of songs from their debut album.

Joel Osteen – Joel Osteen recently preached on the evils of pork. It’s…epic. Tens of thousands of people go to church to hear him preach about pork.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU5kek3D-4I&hl=en_US&fs=1?color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6

  • No Matter How You Plan To Read The Bible In 2025 We Can Help

    This week the blog is sponsored by Into the Word and is written by Pastor Paul Carter. No matter how you plan to read the Bible in 2025, Into the Word wants to help! Into the Word began in 2017 with a simple mission: to help people read, love and live the whole counsel of…

  • Devotionals

    Devotionals I Recommend For a New Year

    With 2024 quickly waning, many of us are beginning to think about a devotional approach for the year ahead. Some are looking for a resource that will serve as the main component of their devotions and others for something that will be merely supplementary. Either way, I’ve collected some of the resources I most recommend…

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    A La Carte (December 23)

    A La Carte: Christmas as crisis / How not to use AI / What gifts would wise women bring? / 5 habits that changed my life / Beauty and brokenness / Kindle deals / and more.

  • It Is We Who Must Be Bent

    It Is We Who Must Be Bent

    We must always pray that we would conform ourselves to the Word rather than conforming the Word to ourselves. We must always pray that we would allow our desires to be changed according to the Bible rather than allowing the Bible to be changed according to our desires. We must guard ourselves against looking to…

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    Weekend A La Carte (December 21)

    A La Carte: Chatbots aren’t a solution to our loneliness epidemic / Struggling with sexual intimacy / Christmas, a day for the suffering / What is total depravity? / The God over geopolitics / and more.

  • Free Stuff Fridays (Thomas Nelson Bibles)

    This week’s Free Stuff Friday is sponsored by Thomas Nelson Bibles. They are giving away five copies of the Life in Christ Bible.  About the Life in Christ Bible: Identity is all the rage today, and that’s kind of a good thing because when you think about it, identity is foundational to the gospel. The…