Merry Christmas, friends. Today I’ve got an all-Christmas edition of A La Carte for you. Enjoy!

Today’s Kindle deals include a few excellent picks from Crossway themed around biblical theology and systematic theology.

(Yesterday on the blog: A Prayer for a Christian Husband and Wife To Pray Together)

With You

It is good to consider on Christmas that God is with us. And that’s exactly what Blake does here. “What are you currently going through? Has a trial overtaken you? Did an unexpected event capsize your heart and cause you to despair of life? Have you been doubting the Lord because of the death of a loved one? Whatever the occasion, the statement is true: Jesus is with you.”

Puppy Points and God’s Free Gifts

“When I was in the seventh or eighth grade I asked for a German Shepherd puppy for Christmas. I think I desired that gift more than any other I ever requested as a boy.
Dad and Mom told me that I could have a dog if I earned enough ‘puppy points.’” Vance Christie explains what this has to do with the gospel.

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