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A La Carte (September 11)

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(Yesterday at the blog I considered How To Grieve Like a Christian.)

Rejoice in the Wife of Your Youth

Ray Ortlund has a wonderful letter to a would-be adulterer. But what he says is equally valuable to those who are not tempted to wander.

Escaping from the Love of Money

Simple: “Although there’s nothing inherently wrong with money, there’s something desperately wrong with devotion to money.”

The Decade That Built the Next iPhone (Video)

This video explains just a little what an incredible impact the iPhone has had on us as individuals and on all of society.

Pastor, Strive to Learn Their Names

“People say I’m naturally gifted at learning names. To some extent that might be true. The full truth, however, is I cheat. But before I tell you how I cheat, let me stress why—as a pastor—I labor to learn the names of those who attend our church.”

Taking Sin Seriously

Aaron Armstrong says the gospel is more beautiful when we take sin seriously.

How Should a Worship Service Be Ordered? (Video)

Matt Merker of Capitol Hill Baptists explains briefly that in their services they “Preach the Bible, read the Bible, pray the Bible, sing the Bible, and see the Bible.”

Flashback: Greetings From Heaven: A Modern History of Heaven Tourism

The heaven tourism genre has proven remarkably lucrative to authors and their publishers, tallying well over 20,000,000 books sold over the past decade. When 90 Minutes in Heaven was released in 2015 I teamed up with Josh Byers to prepare an infographic titled “Greetings From Heaven: A Modern History of Heaven Tourism.”

It is not enough to have a song on your lips. You must also have a song in your heart.

—Fanny Crosby

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    Weekend A La Carte (February 22)

    A La Carte: The ‘ordo amoris’ and immigration policy / Sin casts a long shadow / But For the Cross of Christ (a new song) / Don’t wait to be thankful / Prayers for scrupulosity / and more.

  • Either Or

    Either/Or or Both/And?

    It is sometimes difficult to know how to follow Jesus. It is sometimes difficult to encounter a situation, look to Scripture, and know how to live in a distinctly Christian way. Often it seems there are two options before us that appear to stand opposite one another. Do we respond by expressing truth or by…

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    A La Carte (February 21)

    A La Carte: The heavy seasons of life / Going against the grain / Should we call God mother? / If faithfulness isn’t the highest priority / A heart for adoption / and more.

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    A La Carte (February 20)

    A La Carte: Defining healthy masculinity / The women who disappeared / Dear older women / When leaders fall, are you next? / A Storm in the Desert / Kindle deals / and more.

  • Building Churches

    Building Churches Out of Other Churches

    What is your church really made of? Or perhaps better said, who is your church really made of? This is something we all do well to ponder from time to time, for there are good ways and bad ways, better ways and worse ways to fill a church.

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    A La Carte (February 19)

    A La Carte: Don’t let your fears hold back your children / Denominations in an age of online over-exposure / Full-circle prayers / Secret things and revealed things / Building habits / John Mark Comer’s view of God / and more.