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  • wednesday

    A La Carte (April 27)

    Good day my friends! There are once again some good Kindle deals to look at. Elon Musk Bought Twitter: So What? Chris Martin ponders Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter. “If you find yourself jumping for joy or drowning in tears amid Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter, maybe you should be a bit more concerned about…

  • tuesday

    A La Carte (April 26)

    The God of love and peace be with you today. Westminster Books is doing some spring cleaning which means they have some really good deals for you. There are quite a few more Kindle deals to consider today. (Yesterday on the blog: Why Do Billionaires Want to Live Forever?) What We Need is Power Jared…

  • monday

    A La Carte (April 25)

    Grace and peace to you. Today’s Kindle deals include an interesting title by Collin Hansen and Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra. (Yesterday on the blog: Deconstruction, Exvangelicals, and Jumping Overboard from an Ocean Liner) Should Christians Always Submit to the Government? Robert W. Yarbrough comments on Romans 13 and whether Christians should always submit to the government.…

  • Weekend A La Carte (April 23)

    My gratitude goes to TGC for sponsoring the blog this week with news of their upcoming Good Faith Debates. Today’s Kindle deals include some classics and some newer works. (Yesterday on the blog: The Loveliest Place) Inviting God into the Hard Places When we face difficulties we always long for deliverance. But “what if—rather than…

  • friday

    A La Carte (April 22)

    May the Lord be with you and bless you on this fine day. Shepherds Please Think, “Protect Well.” Please Stop Saying, “Suffer Well.” Bob Kellemen explains by way of personal example why it’s so important for Christians to think about protecting those who are suffering (rather than simply telling them to suffer well). When Good…

  • thursday

    A La Carte (April 21)

    Good morning. Grace and peace to you. Today’s Kindle deals include books by Barnabas Piper and Leland Ryken. (Yesterday on the blog: Sorrowful Departures and Joyful Arrivals) Sin Is “Barbs In Your Eyes, Thorns In Your Sides” “Imagine a barb in your eye. A thorn in your side. Talk about painful. Debilitating. Something that hurts.…

  • wednesday

    A La Carte (April 20)

    May the Lord bless and keep you today. There are a few more Kindle deals to browse through today. Will My Son Go to Heaven? Infancy, Disability, and Sovereign Grace That all those who die in infancy or with a severe cognitive disability go to heaven is by far the majority position among Christians, and…

  • tuesday

    A La Carte (April 19)

    I hope that all of you who are at T4G this week are blessed and encouraged by the experience. Unfortunately I couldn’t make it for this one! Today’s Kindle deals include another good little list. (Yesterday on the blog: A Family Easter Update) If Ben Had Been There I love this one! Andrea imagines the…

  • monday

    A La Carte (April 18)

    Grace and peace to you on this fine Easter Monday (which is a holiday in these parts). There is a very long list of Kindle deals available today. (Yesterday on the blog: Why Should We Try To Add One Stitch To a Finished Garment?) We Should Talk About Disney Trevin Wax tells how Disney’s current…

  • Weekend A La Carte (April 16)

    There are some more Kindle deals to browse through today, for those who are interested in such things. (Yesterday on the blog: Approaching the Tomb with Joy) Go to Funerals It’s good advice, this. “Let me encourage you to something: consider attending every funeral that occurs in your church’s life. And if you are a…

  • friday

    A La Carte (April 15)

    I trust you are enjoying God’s grace as you prepare to remember Christ’s death and celebrate his resurrection this weekend. Today’s Kindle deals include at least a couple of interesting titles. Meat from the Sky and the Resurrection’s Plausibility “In 1876, a Kentucky grandmother was making lye soap on her front porch. Suddenly, an odd…

  • thursday

    A La Carte (April 14)

    Grace and peace to you today, my friends. There are a couple of Kindle books on sale—one by Kevin DeYoung and one by John Stott. (Yesterday on the blog: 40 Random Pieces of Advice for the Christian Life) Was Jesus Punctual? I found this a very helpful cross-cultural look at punctuality. “The English phrase ‘don’t…

  • wednesday

    A La Carte (April 13)

    The Lord bless you and keep you today. There are a couple of Kindle deals today. Potentially of greater interest are this week’s deals at Westminster Books, which include a new book by James Hamilton. More Programs Train Complementarian Women to Teach Bible This is an interesting and positive development. “Preparing a message of biblical…

  • tuesday

    A La Carte (April 12)

    The God of love and peace be with you on this fine day. Today’s Kindle deals include some excellent titles from Crossway. (Yesterday on the blog: When The Great Resignation Comes to Church) The Christian Veneer of a Sacred Journey “I’d suggest that one of the greatest risks to the Church in the modern west…

  • monday

    A La Carte (April 11)

    Good morning! Grace and peace to you. (Yesterday on the blog: To Plumb Depths that Have No Bottom) Does Romans 7 Describe a Christian? I’m surprised it took almost 1800 episodes of Ask Pastor John to cover this one. Freedom not to speak Janie Cheaney recounts a well-known tale from Acts, then says “The hysteria…

  • Weekend A La Carte (April 9)

    May God bless you as you worship and serve him this weekend. Westminster Books has a sale on a new book by Dane Ortlund. There are some new Kindle deals to look at today. (Yesterday on the blog: What Kind of Men Does the Church Need?) Laura to Jake and back again This is a…

  • friday

    A La Carte (April 8)

    The Lord be with you and bless you today. Today’s Kindle deals include a couple of good picks. In Defense of the Gender Binary “The plausibility structure of the gender binary is losing its grip on contemporary consciousness. And, it’s not just in contemporary culture writ large, but we are seeing and experiencing shifts in…

  • thursday

    A La Carte (April 7)

    Grace and peace to you today. (Yesterday on the blog: The Joy of Forgetting What You Need To Remember) An Open Letter to the Christian Disheartened by Ongoing Temptation You may appreciate this letter from D.A. Carson and John Woodbridge. What Exactly Does 1 Timothy 2:12 Teach? “Applying 1 Timothy 2:12 in the local church…

  • wednesday

    A La Carte (April 6)

    A number of people who receive this content via email are having trouble clicking links. I am waiting for the newsletter service to fix it. In the meantime, clicking the headline will take you to my site where the links are working as they should! There are a couple of Kindle Deals worth looking at.…

  • tuesday

    A La Carte (April 5)

    The God of love and peace be with you today. Logos users will want to grab the free book and at least consider the nearly-free ones. (Yesterday on the blog: Don’t Waste the Days When You Feel Little Need for God) The Mustard Seed Mum: Pressured to be perfect? Ruth Clemence: “The start of being…