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A La Carte (March 12)

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The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you today.

I added a few new Kindle deals today and, as always, will keep up the search.

(Yesterday on the blog: Two Ways To Read the Bible)

Encouraging Your Worship Leader

Here are some useful tips on encouraging the person who leads worship at your church. “One morning, after a worship service, a lady approached me and asked, ‘Do you put ketchup on your ice cream?’ Confused, I shook my head, no. ‘Then don’t put drums on my hymns.’ I thanked her for her vivid (even visceral!) metaphor, but her comment misses a very important truth.”

Why Aren’t Complementarians Training Women to Teach and Preach?

This article points out that, especially on the mission field, women are often called upon to teach and preach (in settings that do not involve the presence of men). That being the case, shouldn’t they be taught to do so well? “Many complementarian churches are not training even their most gifted women in how to teach and preach the Bible. They are training their women to value good teaching and preaching from the Bible, and to discern good teaching and preaching from the fluff—and these are very good things. Yet it needs to be said that sitting under good preaching and recognizing it is not the same thing as being trained in how to do it.”

Enoch: The Pattern Breaker

Stephanie celebrates the legacy of Enoch who was a kind of Old Testament pattern breaker.

Am I the Quarrelsome Wife? The Making of a Good-Weather Wife

Tilly Dillehay: “How does a woman end up here? Does any woman really decide to become the bad weather in her husband’s life? Or are the habits of contention like other, better habits — like joy, gratitude, and laughter — which develop with time and regular feeding?”

Atheist Says Human Rights Aren’t Real

Sometimes smart people can say dumb things. That’s the case in this video in which an atheist tries to make the case that there is no such thing as human rights. Tim Barnett rebuts his view.

Can a White Person Suffer From Racism

David Robertson points out some of the absurdities and contradictions in society today—the ones that say that some races cannot be racist while others cannot not be racist (or something like that).

Flashback: The Inadvertent Trailblazer

Just as we can lead people to habits that dishonor God and harm others, we can lead people to habits that glorify God and do good to others.

Take away the soul from the body, and all you have left in a few days is a stinking carcass. Take away the fear of God from any profession of godliness, and all that is left is the stinking carcass of pharisaism, barren religiosity, or calculated hypocrisy.

—Albert N. Martin

  • Let the Lord Choose

    Let the Lord Choose

    Though we are limited beings with little knowledge, we are proud beings with little humility. When Jesus taught us to pray, he taught us to bring our petitions before the Lord, to bring to him all our cares, all our burdens, all our sorrows. We can and should plead our case before the Lord, for…

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    Weekend A La Carte (March 29)

    A La Carte: Does God withdraw his presence? / Celebrating the Lord’s Supper / Difficult, emotionally-overwhelming seasons / Wisdom for difficult conversations / Why four gospels? / Sales and deals / and more.

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    New and Notable Christian Books for March 2025

    As you know, I like to do my best to sort through the new Christian books that are released each month to see what stands out as being not only new but also particularly notable. I received quite a number of new books in March and narrowed the list down to the ones below. I…

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    A La Carte (March 28)

    A La Carte: Christians and IVF / And all the people said [mumble] / How your entertainment shapes you / How to preach in 20 challenging steps / Church conflict / Kindle and Logos deals / and more.

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    A La Carte (March 27)

    A La Carte: When the paychecks stop / What does Jesus want me to do? / A messy house / Beast Games / The rise of Nietzschean Christianity / Stop and marvel / and more.