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A La Carte (December 6)

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Errors of the Prosperity Gospel – Five errors of the prosperity gospel. “No matter what name is used, the essence of this new gospel is the same. Simply put, this egocentric ‘prosperity gospel’ teaches that God wants believers to be physically healthy, materially wealthy, and personally happy.”

How To Confess and Forgive – Thabiti Anyabwile reviews how to confess sin and how to extend forgiveness.

Generations – Here’s a gallery of multiple generations of families. It’s strangely fascinating.

The World Outside My Window – “This montage of time-lapse photography from the International Space Station is collected from many taken in Expeditions 29, 30 and 31.” You pretty much want to go full screen and HD.

12 Reasons to Pray Scripture – Andy Naselli shares twelve reasons you ought to pray Scripture.

Escaping the Cage Stage – R.C. Sproul: “My friend Michael Horton often comments on the phenomenon of ‘cage-stage Calvinism,’ that strange malady that seems to afflict so many people who have just seen the truth of the Reformed doctrines of grace. We’ve all known one of these ‘cage-stage Calvinists.’ Many of us were even one of them when we were first convinced of God’s sovereignty in salvation.”

Entertained

We should not be entertained by the sins for which Christ died.

—John MacArthur

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    New and Notable Christians Books for December

    Even late in the year, we continue to see some excellent new books come our way. And, one way or another, most of them make their way to boxes on my front doorstep. I sort through all those books and try to distill them down to some of the most notable. Here are the ones…

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    A La Carte (December 29)

    A La Carte: Sharing about difficult issues / Is God still angry? / Your heart is not a toy / If you want to truly live / Wisdom is infectious, not contagious / Kindle deals / and more.

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    My Only Plea at New Year’s

    As we come to the end of one year and the dawning of the next, I often find myself pondering the year that was and the year that will be. I often find myself thanking the Lord for all his mercies and pleading them for another year. To that end, I have often appreciated this…

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    Weekend A La Carte (December 27)

    A La Carte: What is true after Christmas / Top 10 YouTubes of 2025 / Gilead reveals a gilded world / The joy of Bible journaling / No one is going to make you / Kindle, Logos, and book deals / and more.

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    A La Carte (December 26)

    A La Carte: Don’t fight the wrong war / What is tech good for? / AI griefbots / Dieting to the glory of God / Discipling younger men / John Piper on complacency / and more.