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Weekend A La Carte (October 29)

Today’s Kindle deals include some good ones that rarely go on sale: Bold Reformer by David Steele, Uneclipsing the Son by Rich Holland, Expository Listening by Ken Ramey, and The Pursuit of God by A.W. Tozer.

Time is running out to take advantage of some really good deals from Logos.

4 Keys to Kindling Your Love for the Book of Revelation

Grant Osborne shares his love for the book of Revelation.

19 Possible Motive-Triggers for Pornography

Brad Hambrick: “Often triggers and motive are treated as two distinct things, and there are differences. But those differences are more akin to two sides of the same coin than apples and oranges. In this post you will examine the things that trigger your sexual sin and the motives attached to those triggers.”

No Kids Allowed?

“The popularity of adult-only activities and spaces is on the rise. Could we soon be living in a world of kid-free cafés and family-free flights?”

We’re Stealing it Back

Jared Wilson on Halloween: ” If the Devil is somehow pleased by two little girls dressing up like princesses and getting candy from their neighbors, he’s a bigger idiot than I realized.”

9Marks Mailbag

This new mailbag from 9Marks has a really good answer about elder training (and, to my mind, a not-nearly-as-good answer about divorce).

This Day in 1863. 153 years ago today Henri Dunant, a Christian businessman, spearheaded a conference in Geneva to found the organization that would later become the Red Cross. *

Placebo Buttons

You probably already suspected this, but there are lots of placebo buttons out there–in elevators, crosswalks, and so on.

Urgent, Necessary Reform

What grounds did the Reformers have for concluding that reform was both necessary and urgent?

Flashback: 4 Great Reasons to Read Romans

J.I. Packer echoes many pastors and theologians when he says, “All roads in the Bible lead to Romans, and all views afforded by the Bible are seen most clearly from Romans, and when the message of Romans gets into a person’s heart there is no telling what may happen.”

Kids Can Find Jesus in Proverbs

Thanks to New Growth Press for sponsoring the blog this week with “Kids Can Find Jesus in Proverbs.”

God does not bless what his word forbids.

—Matthew Rueger

  • With Our Eyes on God

    With Our Eyes on God

    Life inevitably faces us with grievous trials and terrible troubles. None of us remains unscathed and undamaged as we make our way through this fallen world. When trials come, they can loom up so large before us that they become the only thing we can see. And even if we find the strength to cry…

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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.