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A La Carte (October 13)

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Should Giving Always Be Kept Secret? – Randy Alcorn answers the question of whether giving should always be kept secret.

Cheating Video Poker – There is no real redeeming value in this article; it’s just plain interesting what people will do for greed. Also, it’s hard to feel sorry for casinos when people find ways to rip them off.

Relishing Baseball’s Postseason – Here’s Barnabas Piper on the joys of postseason baseball.

Reading As Spiritual Warfare – Redeemed Reader is a blog dedicated to reviewing books for kids, and they are featuring an interesting article about reading as spiritual warfare.

Activism in the Social Media Age – Clever.

Strange Fire Redux – John MacArthur is beginning a brief series looking back at Strange Fire one year later.

Watson

There is no idol like self.

—Thomas Watson

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    Somewhere deep inside, each one of us longs for more. We want more money, more authority, more followers, more of whatever it is that we find especially desirable or especially validating. “Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied,” says the Sage, “and never satisfied are the eyes of man” (Proverbs 27:20). We live within a vicious…