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A La Carte (October 25)

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

If you’ve never read a biography of George Müller, today’s Kindle deals will remedy that. There’s also a neat book of love letters and some other picks as well.

Does Your Church Need to Repent for the Nursery?

The Family Integrated Church movement effectively says that churches ought to repent of having a nursery. Writing for The Cripplegate, Dan Crabtree explains how this binds consciences on an issue where Scripture does not.

Why We Won’t Spend Eternity in Heaven

It is important for Christians to know and understand that we won’t actually spend eternity in heaven (depending, of course, what we mean by heaven). “One pervasive misconception is that we’ll spend eternity in heaven, gathered around God’s throne with the angels. Of course, this is a present reality—deceased saints are indeed worshiping God in heaven. Scripture is clear on this point. But the church is often ignorant about what will transpire in the future after Christ’s second coming.”

$5 Friday (and More) Sale: Reformation Collection

Today, Ligonier Ministries is holding a special $5 Friday (and More) sale. A wide selection of Reformation-themed books, audiobooks, teaching series, and study guides have been significantly discounted for you to explore, with many discipleship resources available for only $5. (Sponsored)

Finding Warmth in God During the Chill of Fall

“Day by day, things are getting darker. The sun will soon start to set before 6 pm and warm, sunny days will be harder to come by. This darkness also can start to seep into our hearts and minds, polluting our thoughts and actions. How do we cultivate our faith and relationship with Jesus when the darkness creeps in?”

Volunteer Mums

“Sometimes we can get lost in our heads. We want to share the gospel, but we’re scared. We want to talk about Christ, but what if we don’t have all the answers? We love the idea of evangelism, but it all seems so hard.” Jacob speaks about those times using an analogy from the garden.

How should you respond when Christians are mocked in popular culture? Here’s one solid answer to the question.

What Pastoral Productivity Can and Cannot Do For You

It is important for pastors to know what productivity can and cannot do for them. The same is true of non-pastors as well, of course.

Flashback: Why I Owe Everything To Don Lewis

Don found opportunities to explain the gospel of grace and to call dad to it. And eventually dad realized he had finally found ideas that were big enough to fill his mind and great enough to satisfy his heart.

Most men are notable for one conspicuous virtue or grace. Moses for meekness, Job for patience, John for love. But, in Jesus you find everything.

—Oswald Sanders

  • A La Carte Friday 2

    A La Carte (October 25)

    A La Carte: Does your church need to repent for the nursery? / Why we won’t spend eternity in heaven / Volunteer mums / When Christians are mocked in popular culture / What productivity can and cannot do / and more.

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    A La Carte (October 24)

    A La Carte: Barnabas Piper’s gratitude for his dad / When eyewitnesses disagree / How endorsements work / God’s gift of musical memory / Receiving critique / Book and Kindle deals.

  • Moving House and Moving Church

    Would It Be Better to Take a Pay Cut Than a Church Cut?

    There are times when circumstances dictate that we move—that we move from one town to another, one province or state to another, or even one country or continent to another. There are other times when it is desire more than circumstance that causes us to uproot ourselves from one location and re-root ourselves in another.

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    A La Carte (October 23)

    A La Carte: How to write a meaningful card / God brings us bad to give us best / New notebook, same mission / There but for the grace of God go I / The trouble with competitiveness / and more.

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    A La Carte (October 22)

    A La Carte: John Piper on future judgment / Is every sin the same in God’s eyes? / The long defeat of history / Common marketplace leadership sayings / Infertility and grief / Kindle deals / and more.

  • Bad Seed

    Are You Scattering Bad Seed?

    It was an unconscionable crime—grossly immoral and terribly destructive. In the middle of the night, he snuck onto the property of one of his enemies and ruined his crop. Knowing that this man had recently sowed good seed throughout his fields, he stealthily followed behind and sowed seeds he knew would spring up into weeds,…