'With the goodness of God to desire our highest welfare, the wisdom of God to plan it, and the power of God to achieve it, what do we lack?' (A.W. Tozer)

A La Carte: The pain of being single; the love that holds me fast / The Christian response to cultural catastrophe / The reduction of public Bible reading / All Things (a new song) / Why should I go to church? / Kindle deals / and more. challies.com/a-la-carte/wee…

Flashback: In theology we make a study of God—of his works and of his ways...And as we study our God we find there is blessing in the macro and the micro, in the whole and in the parts.
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'Self-serving needs are not meant to be satisfied; they are meant to be put to death.' (Ed Welch)

How Should We Then Die? challies.com/book-reviews/h…

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Flashback: If you aren’t being extravagantly generous with the bit you have now, what makes you think that having more would suddenly make all the difference?
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'The reprover should have a lion’s stout heart, or he will not be faithful, and a lady’s soft hand, or he is not like to be successful.' (George Swinnock)

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Flashback: Here are a couple of objects I discovered in my round-the-world Epic journey that help tell the story of Easter.
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'When God does not give us the things we plead for, he will give us grace to do without them; and if we accept his decision sweetly and trustingly — he will enable us to go on rejoicing.' (J.R. Miller)

The Sun Is Blotted from the Sky challies.com/articles/the-s…

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Flashback: We all sin in different ways. Some sin loudly and some sin quietly. Some sin in their actions and some in their imaginations. But it’s all sin.
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'If I could write as I would about the goodness of God to me, the ink would boil in my pen!' (Frances Ridley Havergal)

A La Carte: Christians are a last days people / The case for holy obstinacy / Don't lose your home to a passing storm / We need a gospel awakening in Africa / Can I tell an unbeliever 'Jesus died for you?' / Imagining the new heavens and new earth / more. challies.com/a-la-carte/a-l…

Flashback: Masculinity has become complicated...The culture has plenty to say about masculinity that is toxic, but far less to say about masculinity that is good and honoring.
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'If you have suffered deeply, you are onto something that most people aren’t. You know that this life is flawed. Strangely, that is a good thing! Now allow that to move you toward God, to renew your faith in him and your need of him.' (Tim Lane)

The Sins That Plague Our Souls challies.com/articles/the-s…