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A La Carte (December 10)

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Today’s Kindle deals include a long list of great titles. Among them you’ll find many of P&R’s excellent “Great Thinkers” series which introduces and engages with some of history’s (and today’s) most important thinkers.

If print books are more your thing, then look at this page where I’ve rounded up current deals from a number of different booksellers.

(Yesterday on the blog: Those Who Sing Songs in the Night)

Take Heed Lest You Fall Into an Affair

This is good and needed counsel for men and women alike. “Let me say a word here about what will not protect you from an affair: a great sex life. And what will not cause you to fall into an affair: a cold sex life. It’s certainly true that the warmth of a healthy marriage, which includes sexual intimacy, makes the allure of temptation less appealing. But like all safeguards, temptation can always find a way. And in the end, you have agency. You have the agency to choose to follow your temptations or not, because Christ has freed you from the bondage to sin.”

Ritual Isn’t the Enemy; Empty Ritual Is

Yes, there is a key difference between meaningful ritual and empty ritual.

Come All the Not So Faithful

“I wept quietly, hoping no one would notice, as I sat among our church family at the annual Christmas concert. I had never heard the song before, but the first line was like a sucker punch after many years of trials.”

Will I Suffer My Singleness Forever?

John Piper answers a question from a person who is single but does not wish to be. “Before I saw this question yesterday and had time to think about it, I was sitting in my chair over my Bible, pondering how pervasive and inevitable deep disappointments are that will never be turned around in this life.”

The Art of Getting Out of the Way

There is something to be said for just getting out of the way, isn’t there?

What if Sheep Had a Shepherd?

“What if sheep had a shepherd? What if pastors weren’t elevated on the stage or locked behind the closed doors of the office? What if shepherds ‘smelled like their sheep’ and knew and spent time with people? What if the proportion of pastors to people allowed for pastoral care? What if we valued pastoral practice over eloquence and business acumen?”

Flashback: Why God Delays in Answering Prayer

“Thy prayers are all filed in heaven, and if not immediately answered they are certainly not forgotten, but in a little while shall be fulfilled to thy delight and satisfaction. Let not despair make thee silent, but continue instant in earnest supplication.”

Jesus did not come to impress the crowds, but to die for sinners.

—D.A. Carson


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