Grace and peace, my friends. If you live in southern Ontario, you may want to take a look at the Simeon Trust workshop coming up in this area. (Yesterday on the blog: We Are Very Anxious About Our Character) The ‘Young, Restless, Reformed’ Movement Wasn’t Enough, But It Wasn’t a Mistake “The problems of the present are real, but so were the blessings of the past. The passing of a particular moment in evangelical life is lamentable not because it …
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Earlier in the week I posted an article about being willing to suffer wrong in the face of those who wish to do us harm. After sharing it I came across a wonderful quote from F.B. Meyer that is at least parenthetically related. He counsels us on what to do when others attack our character and seek to harm our name. In short: wait on the Lord. We are very anxious about our character, but if we live close to …
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Please bear with me as I try a bit of a different format for today’s A La Carte. Let me know if you prefer (or don’t prefer) it. First up, there are some new Kindle deals for those who collect them—some newer books and some older ones. Then, here’s today’s prayer from F.B. Meyer’s hard-to-find collection My Daily Prayer, which I thought you might enjoy: “Most gracious God, I thank You for the gift of the Holy Spirit, the Comforter, pure as dew, …
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This week’s Free Stuff Fridays is sponsored by Crossway, who also sponsored the blog this week. They are giving away the new The Biggest Story Bible Storybook. There will be five winners this week and each will receive a copy of each of these Bibles. Here is how Crossway describes it: The Bible is a BIG book about the BIGGEST story. Each page tells about the God who created the world, acted in history, and continues to act in the …
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Wherever the true gospel makes inroads, we can be sure that false gospels will follow close behind. Wherever the true gospel begins to win the hearts of men, we can be sure that false gospels will begin to compete with it. And sure enough, one of the most attractive, most deceptive, and most pernicious of today’s false gospels is the one known as the “prosperity gospel.” The prosperity gospel promises that those who love God will inherit not only the …
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