Author: Tim Challies

A La Carte (May 28)

A La Carte: When your spouse doesn’t believe / Cherish Christ / The defensive pastor / The church calendar / Outlaw pornography now / AI and pastoral education / Book and Kindle deals / and more.See AlsoA La Carte (March 19)A La Carte (October 8)A La Carte (July 3)

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A La Carte (May 27)

A La Carte: How to do controversy well / Restoring repentant adulterers / Nothing is “just” anything / Was Mary born without sin? / The hill I’m dying on / AI and work predictions / and more.See AlsoA La Carte (May 20)A La Carte (May 19)A La Carte (August 23)

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The Great Use of a Life: How to Leverage Your Life for the Mission of God

What Are You Living For?
“The great use of a life is to spend it for something that outlasts it.” – William James
The early church was filled with ordinary people who turned the world upside down. What made them so effective? They lived for God’s glory, not their own.
In Leverage Your Life, a free 6-week study, you’ll learn how to align your work, skills, and passions with God’s mission—right where you live, work, and play.
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Start today and live for what truly lasts!
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Four Good Questions To Ask Your Tech

Have you ever considered how much time we spend talking to our tech? How many times a day do we command Alexa, ask Siri, or give an order to ChatGPT? We are in constant communication with our devices and through our devices. And since we are already in the habit of asking them our deep and personal questions, perhaps it would do us good to ask them some good and honest questions about themselves. Here are four questions I propose we ask of any technology that has become (or has the potential to become) deeply embedded in our lives. Why Were You Created? A technology will almost always eventually do what it was created to do. Yet we, the consumers, rarely know exactly what the technology was created to do. If we can find its original purpose, we will not be surprised when we learn how it will soon begin to change and shape us. If a technology was created for military applications, we should not be surprised that it treats us like soldiers. If it was created for use in a hospital, we should not be surprised to find that it treats us like doctors. When we understand that cellular phones were introduced to keep businessmen in touch with the office while they were at home or on the road, we will not marvel that our mobile phones tend to do just that. The phone is simply doing what it was created to do. The pessimist might say that every new technology is heralded…See AlsoWe’re More Honest With Our Phones Than With Our PastorsLet’s Ask John MacArthur Some Hard QuestionsLooking For A Church Home?

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A La Carte (May 26)

A La Carte: Empty of all but memories / When you don’t feel like going to church / How to be human / Not every sermon is a challenge / The sorrow of saying goodbye / Kindle deals / and more.See AlsoA La Carte (December 10)A La Carte (December 9)Weekend A La Carte (October 12)

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