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A La Carte (March 15)

5 Ways Not to Tell Your Wife about Your Porn Addiction

If you need to tell her, at least give her the dignity and grace of telling her well.

He’s Still Risen

You’ll enjoy this short video, I think.

4 Essentials for Finishing Well

Now that Jerry Bridges has finished well, these words take on added weight.

The Day After DST

Why on earth was I so tired yesterday, the day after Daylight Saving begins? This article explains.

Band of Bloggers

Band of Bloggers lives on. It will be taking place at this year’s T4G with quite an interesting panel (and, of course, lots of free books). Registration is limited, so don’t wait!

Did Jesus Rise from the Dead?

Check out our new Visual Theology print on the resurrection of Jesus. Bundle it with The Passion Week and you’ll get a discount on both.

7 Lies You’ve Been Telling Yourself About Church

Kristen Wetherell tells of a book that made “me think more deeply about common objections I’ve heard from friends, family, and others regarding local churches, along with the lies that fuel these objections. Here are seven lies that you may also have encountered, whether personally or from other people, about church…”

This Day in 1953. 63 years ago today, “the first Southern Baptist church in North Dakota was formed in Williston, with 12 charter members.” *

Muslims turning to Christ in Denmark

This was a neat report to read from Gene Veith. “The organization Inner Mission, whose conference I spoke at, does much of the evangelism work in that supposedly secularist country. Staffers told me about how they are being overwhelmed by Muslim immigrants and refugees who come to them wanting to learn about Jesus and asking to be baptized.”

A Trapped Cougar

This is an intense video of park rangers releasing a very large trapped cougar. Note: I think there is one swear word along the way.

Carson

The more clearly we see sin’s horror, the more we shall treasure the cross.

—D.A. Carson

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    I’m a Grandfather!

    Yesterday Abby and Nathan welcomed their first child into the world: Finnegan Safir Nicholas Elfarrah. Because they live just minutes away, Aileen and I were able to be there shortly after his birth to rejoice with them and to meet our first grandchild. We are thrilled beyond measure. And he is cute beyond belief. They…

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    What Grieves the Heart of God?

    What pleases God? What delights his heart? And what displeases God? What grieves his heart? If asked, I think most of us would assume that if we ever grieve the heart of God it will be through denying the gospel or committing a grave moral scandal. Or if we do so as a local church,…