If you could speak to 70 nearly-married or newly-married couples and give them some practical pointers on marriage, what would you say? That was the question I faced as I prepared for a recent event across town. My first assignment was to speak on the Christian family and then to describe some of the challenges couples may encounter in the first ten years and the ten years after that. Well and good. But then they wanted me to get practical …
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I woke up early this morning, so spent quite a lot of time attempting to hunt down low-priced Kindle books that might be of interest to you. Maybe there’s something that will jump out! Is There A Climate Change Cult? If it’s not a full-out cult, it’s getting pretty close. “I am using the religious language deliberately because one of the things that greatly bothers me is the way that this whole debate has been moved away from science into …
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It was such a good week for interesting articles and videos that I collected more than I could fit into this week’s A La Carte columns. For that reason I’m adding an additional A La Carte today. Enjoy! Why We Shouldn’t Ditch the Traditional Sermon Just Yet I quite agree that we shouldn’t even seriously consider ditching the traditional sermon! A Lesson (or Two) in Death Eleazar Maduka shares an important lesson or two about death. “To the average churchgoer …
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Today’s Kindle deals include some classics and not some-yet-classics. And don’t forget about the great commentary sale from yesterday! (Yesterday on the blog: I Still Do) Some Men Just Like the Fight Jared Wilson: “Fighting is sometimes necessary. Liking to fight is not. In fact, it is forbidden. Consider whether you are in fact with every caustic tweet chipping away at your qualification for ministry. It is not manly to get up every morning thinking of the brethren as your …
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This week’s Free Stuff Fridays is sponsored by The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, who also sponsored the blog this week. They have two offers that may interest you: First, they are offering everyone a free copy of Truths You Can Trust, a book that offers truths you trust for life and ministry from 13 different theological disciplines. As secular culture becomes increasingly antagonistic to Christian faith and some theological institutions are lowering their convictional standards, the church needs a foundation …
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