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Weekend A La Carte (April 22)

Today’s Kindle deals include three books that will help you better understand the Bible.

Westminster Books is offering deals on catechisms and resources to help teach them.

How Brainy Women Benefit the Church

“Even today, when my husband tells other people that I’m smarter than he is, I instinctively wince. He means it as a compliment; but I still see it as a social liability—an aspect of my character that, for many people, conflicts with my very womanhood and for some, my ability to be spiritually mature.”

A High School Counselor’s Tips on Parenting Teenagers

“I have had the privilege of spending the last 13 years working as a music teacher and crisis counselor for teens. The following six tips represent a handful of lessons I have learned along the way. If you are the parent of a teenager or pre-teen, I pray that you find this helpful.”

Six Privileges of Living in a Wealthy Country

It is good to be reminded of the amazing privileges we enjoy by living in wealthy countries.

The Battle for France

This is a long but interesting look at the recent history of France and the division within the country.

How Bad Is the Porn Problem? (Video)

This is the start of what looks like a promising little series of videos.

Beware of Broken Wolves

Broken Wolves are “the false teachers who use their own authenticity, pain, and brokenness to attract believers who are also suffering and broken—and then using their ‘brokenness’ to lead the sheep to turn away from God’s Word and embrace sin. They blend into the flock because Christians are not—and should not be—suspicious of broken people.”

A Hill To Die On

This is a thought-provoking take on hills to die on.

Flashback: Don’t Tweet That Sermon

Is it a good idea to tweet during a sermon? I’ll just go ahead and lay my cards on the table and say that I am convinced that it is neither wise nor helpful, either to you or to the people around you. Here are five good reasons.

Family Worship Has Fallen on Hard Times

My gratitude goes to Reformation Heritage Books for sponsoring the blog with “Family Worship Has Fallen on Hard Times.”

If we found on Mars what we find in the womb, there would be no doubt life was discovered.

—Garrett Kell

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    Throw Out the Buoys!

    When I was young, my family owned a cottage on a lake. From a young age, I loved to head out in our little motorboat so I could explore that lake and the others that were connected to it. I could easily make a day out of slipping into little inlets to see where they…

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    A La Carte (January 29)

    A La Carte: Your phone habits / A guide for single women / JFK, conspiracy theories, and the Deep State / So what if you’re bored? / God’s a writer / Hard relationships / Kindle deals / and more.

  • Happy Lies

    Happy Lies

    I’m quite certain you have heard of the New Age movement. Though its popularity seems to have crested and begun to wane some time ago, it continues to wield a good bit of influence. But I wonder if you’ve heard of another similarly-named but quite different movement called New Thought.

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    A La Carte (January 28)

    A La Carte: Parenting is hard / The wildness of orthodoxy / Rubbing shoulders throughout eternity / Glorifying ourselves / The middle of somewhere / Is Roman Catholic baptism valid? / Excellent Kindle deals / and more.

  • Who Am I?

    It is not simply that we as a culture have lost our knowledge of God, but that in so doing we have also lost sight of ourselves. “Who am I?” is the question of the age.

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    If I Could Change Anything about the Modern Church

    I have often been asked what I consider the greatest weakness of today’s church or what I would change about today’s church if I could. Such questions make for good discussion at a conference Q&A session but they are also pretty much impossible to answer in a compelling way. It’s not like any of us…