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Weekend A La Carte (June 14)

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25 Facts on the Importance of Fathers – Here’s Joe Carter doing what Joe Carter does.

Ecclesiology of the New Calvinism – I certainly don’t agree with all this author says, but I did benefit from his take on New Calvinist ecclesiology (based on the book Creature of the Word). He writes from a confessional Dutch Reformed perspective.

Taking God at His Word – Westminster Seminary held an event to mark the release of Kevin DeYoung’s Taking God at His Word. You can now watch all the video from that event.

A Quest for More – New Growth Press is offering Paul Tripp’s book A Quest for More as a free download. Today only!

Daaaad! – This Father’s Day video rings true.

Christ Receives the Devil’s Castaways – I love these little historical vignettes from Vance Christie. “Lady Huntingdon, a member of the aristocracy in eighteenth-century England, was a zealous Evangelical Christian who heartily supported the ministry of George Whitefield. She regularly had him speak to aristocratic audiences in the drawing room of her estate mansion.”

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Unless there is an element of risk in our exploits for God, there is no need for faith.

—Hudson Taylor

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    What Grieves the Heart of God?

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