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A La Carte (March 28)

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5 Hard Things to Pray for Your Husband – Jen Thorn provides five hard things a wife should be praying for her husband.

History Lives – The History Lives series is a collection of 5 church history books written for kids (pre-teen or early teens). We’ve used them at home and at church and have benefitted a great deal. For a week they are 50% off at Westminster Books. Get a set for your family and a set for your church library!

8 Causes of Spiritual Depression – Here are 8 possible causes of spiritual depression. “It is good for us to search our hearts in times like this. We must ask the Lord to give us wisdom in identifying the cause–even as we continue to seek Him. These are eight of the most common causes…”

Why Is This Issue So Different? – Kevin DeYoung offers a candid answer to a candid question: Could someone please give a short, simple explanation as to why the issue of homosexuality is not like Christians differing on baptism or the millennium? (On a related note, you may enjoy In Praise of Evangelical Identity by Andrew Walker.)

To the Girls Who Didn’t Say No – Here’s a helpful blog post for all the girls who didn’t say no.

Phelps, Dricoll, Gothard – I appreciate what R.C. Sproul Jr. does and doesn’t say about Phelps, Driscoll and Gothard.

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Did Christ finish His work for us? Then there can be no doubt but He will also finish His work in us.

—John Flavel

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    Happy Lies

    I’m quite certain you have heard of the New Age movement. Though its popularity seems to have crested and begun to wane some time ago, it continues to wield a good bit of influence. But I wonder if you’ve heard of another similarly-named but quite different movement called New Thought.

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    A La Carte (January 28)

    A La Carte: Parenting is hard / The wildness of orthodoxy / Rubbing shoulders throughout eternity / Glorifying ourselves / The middle of somewhere / Is Roman Catholic baptism valid? / Excellent Kindle deals / and more.

  • Who Am I?

    It is not simply that we as a culture have lost our knowledge of God, but that in so doing we have also lost sight of ourselves. “Who am I?” is the question of the age.

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    If I Could Change Anything about the Modern Church

    I have often been asked what I consider the greatest weakness of today’s church or what I would change about today’s church if I could. Such questions make for good discussion at a conference Q&A session but they are also pretty much impossible to answer in a compelling way. It’s not like any of us…

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    A La Carte (January 27)

    A La Carte: To men delaying marriage / A mother unknown / Steve Lawson update / Three essential values for effective teamwork / God is good even when he doesn’t do what we want / Kindle deals.

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    How To Learn To Pray

    Christians are well-resourced with tremendous books that teach the theology and the practice of prayer. Many churches and ministries offer powerful classes that teach why we must pray and how we must pray. We are truly blessed.