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A La Carte (November 28)

Today’s Kindle deals include some excellent picks from Crossway, all nicely discounted for Cyber Monday. Check them out right here. Also, Amazon has a huge general market Kindle sale today. See those deals here. Finally, you can get $10 off any $25 order of printed books with coupon code HOLIDAYBOOK. Start here.

Also, I continue to update the Black Friday and Cyber Monday Deals for Christians page. There are some excellent deals to be had.

Why You Should Let Complete Strangers Stay In Your Home

Please read this one. “People often come to visit our ministry and they meet some of the characters that live in our home. We have had many over the years. Male and female. Young and old. We have had seriously mentally ill. We have had seriously violent. We have had addicts and alcoholics. We have had criminals galore. ‘Why do you do it?’ That’s always the question. Closely followed by, ‘Aren’t you worried for your girls?’ (I have two girls)”

Making Peace with Parker

I thought this was an excellent bit of writing from Jen Oshman.

The 50 Best Burgers

It is good to have aspirations. Perhaps you can aspire to visit all 50 of these burger joints—the best in each state.

25 Free eBooks

Did you know that Ligonier Ministries is giving away 25 ebooks in the Crucial Questions series to anyone who wants them? They are free for the taking! (Ligonier is this week’s site sponsor.)

I Can’t Wait for Heaven…and That’s the Problem

“Here’s the thing: I can’t wait for the new creation. But not in a good way. Not like a child waiting expectantly for Christmas morning to come. I’m more like the child who sneaks into mum and dad’s room to open the presents early. In my sin and impatience, I want it now. I really cannot wait!”

Don’t Settle for the Gospel of Self-Fulfillment

Trevin Wax explores the popular, deceptive gospel of self-fulfillment.

This Day in 1628. 388 years ago today English preacher John Bunyan was born. He authored more than sixty books including ‘Pilgrim’s Progress.’*

We Believe

Tim Chester shared a new congregational song based on the Nicene Creed.

Let Us Repent of Our Nonchalance

Jared Wilson: “The god of the prosperity gospelists is a pathetic doormat, a genie. The god of the cutesy coffee mugs and Joel Osteen tweets is a milquetoast doofus like the guys in the Jane Austen novels you hope the girls don’t end up with, holding their hats limply in hand and minding their manners to follow your lead like a butler or the doormat he stands on.”

Flashback: Reformed Christians and the Alcohol Issue

I believe there is an issue we need to be aware of that goes beyond the simple issue of whether or not alcohol is forbidden by the Bible. The bigger issue, at least in my assessment, is what people do with the freedom they have found.

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Men do not reject the Bible because it contradicts itself, but because it contradicts them.

—E. Paul Hovey

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    A La Carte (December 3)

    A La Carte: John Piper on gender pronoun hospitality / When there is too much to do / Is Christmas a pagan tradition? / The passion of Jordan Peterson / The joy of our adoption / and more.

  • Is Biblical Counseling for You? Let the Goal be the Guide.

    This week’s blog is sponsored by Insight Counseling, providing counsel, care, and training in the grace and power of Christ.  Click here to find out more. Remember how the Lord your God led you all the way in the wilderness these forty years, to humble and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would…

  • Modesty Requires Looking Away

    Modesty Requires Looking Away

    The plane reached the terminal in Recife, Brazil and the ground crew opened the door. I have been through more airports than I can count1 and find they all kind of blur together—jetways, corridors, escalators, luggage belts. But for some reason, I remembered this one from my previous visit. After exiting the secure area, I…

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    A La Carte (December 2)

    A La Carte: Cyber Monday deals / Eleven hindrances to answered prayer / Thinking about Bruce Willis and Jesus / Nearly there, nearly home / Progressive ideology leads to paganism / You already work a Christian job / Kindle deals / and more.

  • The Revelation We All Still Await

    Is God’s Revelation Complete?

    If for so many centuries God revealed himself through the inspired writings that make up the Bible, is it possible that he may add more inspired writings today or in the future? It is a fair question and forces us to distinguish between what God can do and what God has said he will do.

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    Weekend A La Carte (November 30)

    A La Carte: Britain votes for death / Is Christianity on the cusp of resurgence? / One year after goodbye / Christmas isn’t in the Bible / Why we gather / Black Friday (Weekend) deals / and more.