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A La Carte (September 1)

Today’s Kindle deals include : We Cannot Be Silent by Al Mohler, True Friendship by Vaughan Roberts, Building Blocks in Earth Science by Gary Parker, Transforming Homosexuality by Denny Burk & Heath Lambert, and Beginning at Moses by Michael Barrett. You may also be interested in looking through their monthly general market deals for $3.99 or less.

Logos users will want to pick up this month’s free book: Thabiti Anyabwile’s What Is a Healthy Church Member? You can get a second book in the 9Marks series for $1.99 and enter a draw to win the whole thing.

Christian Audio is giving away a book I’m not familiar with: The Boy Born Dead.

Why Chairs Are Cheap and EpiPens Are Expensive

Joe Carter: “Why are EpiPens so expensive? Because Mylar has a government controlled monopoly that prevents anyone else from making similar products. And yet, ironically, many economically uninformed people are blaming the rapid price increase on the free market.”

Sex Negative

Carl Trueman has some brilliant lines in this article. “Sex is no longer the consummation of an exclusive bond. Now it is just a form of recreation. A bit like golf, but usually cheaper and generally without the plaid pants.”

The Simple Solution to Traffic

Basically it’s your fault and my fault and to fix it we need to turn over the keys…

Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread

R.C. Sproul explains what we pray for when we say, “Give us this day our daily bread.”

Atheism Is Not Endearing

Atheism just can’t escape its natural consequences. “Atheism is the undisputed ruler of the internet, but it reigns alongside the most twisted forms of pornography and human degradation imaginable. There is a reason that Reddit and 4Chan are bastions of sophomore skepticism on one wing, and factories of sexual nihilism and abuse in the other.”

The Invisible Mother

This is a powerful article on mothers whose children are stillborn. “I am a mother with no living children. As a result, I am often forced to defend my motherhood, especially when others — whether through unthinking neglect or through an unwillingness to identify with me — strip it from me for having empty arms.”

This Day in 1803. 214 years ago today the Massachusetts Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge was established. This was the first tract society in North America. *

God Has a Name, and He’s Given It To Jesus

Here’s something to chew on: “Jesus Christ now bears the name Yahweh. And rather than detract from God’s glory, confessing Jesus as Yahweh magnifies it.”

The Mammoth Pirates

Here’s a fascinating story and photo essay about a whole new kind of gold rush in Russia’s Arctic north.

Flashback: Writing Tips

Here are writing tips that focus on the tools and context of writing.

The wheels of justice may seem to turn slowly, but they turn surely.

—Randy Alcorn

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    Intact and Unmoved

    Corrie ten Boom knew what it was to suffer deprivation, to have to do without so many of life’s luxuries and even its necessities. Arrested and sent to a concentration camp for her role in sheltering Jews from the Nazis, she spent almost a year in confinement and suffered the loss of her father and…

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    Weekend A La Carte (November 9)

    A La Carte: Waiting on God / Approach, My Soul / Chronic illness / A comforting verse for not so great preachers / Love the church like Jesus / and more.

  • Free Stuff Fridays (P&R Publishing)

    This week the blog and giveaway have been sponsored by P&R Publishing. Calvin, Spurgeon, and Luther appear alongside Wordsworth, Twain, and Emerson in a vibrant celebration of God’s creation. Ryken joins great works of poetry, hymnody, prose, and art with accessible literary analysis. “John Calvin referred to nature as the theater of God’s glory. Dr.…

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    Now’s the Time to Prepare to Prepare for Christmas

    It’s probably a bit too early to begin preparing for Christmas. But it’s not too early to begin preparing to prepare for Christmas. For example, if you want to use a guide or devotional in the lead-up to December 25, this is the time to start looking into your options and buying the one you…

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    A La Carte (November 8)

    A La Carte: Guard kids’ eyes and hearts online / The game is up for the mainstream media / The church’s unsung hero / Dear New York Times / Bear one another’s burdens / Kindle deals / and more.

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    A La Carte (November 7)

    A La Carte: Where abortion policies stand now / Misconceptions about sports betting / You shall surely die / Does evolution care about you? / Ministering to orphans in Africa / Book and Kindle deals / and more.