I will be on a holiday blogging schedule this week, which means there will be only A La Carte posts. Normalcy will resume next week! Today’s Kindle deals are headlined by some titles from Crossway. (Yesterday on the blog: When I Get to the End of the Way) What if I Don’t Want to Rejoice? “Humans are natural rejoicers. Not only do we love rejoicing but we do so all the more with others. And yet, there are many times we simply do not want to rejoice. Though the Bible tells us to ‘rejoice in the Lord always,’ we find ourselves doing the exact opposite. How are we supposed to rejoice when life gets rough?” Canada’s conversion therapy ban commits six secular sins This is an interesting look at Canada’s Bill C-4 and the sins it commits. “Canada’s Bill C-4 bans ‘conversion therapy.’ But the bill is bad. How bad is the bill? It’s so bad that it, for lack of a better word, sins. It sins against democracy, freedom, truth, reason, and other goods. (Consider these secular sins that may or may not include sins against God.) Bill C-4 sins so badly that, if there were a fiery pit for bad bills, it should be thrown into it.” The Evil of Earthly-Mindedness “If one characteristic could describe the Puritan movement as a whole—apart from their personal piety—I believe it would be the Puritans’ ability to penetrate both heart and mind. Their knack for bringing conviction to the stubborn, hope to the hopeless, and relief … Continue reading A La Carte (December 27)