Long-form content and think pieces: Egg freezing is a booming business / Talk to the A.I. me / Is aging becoming optional? / Feminism and the Fall / The lie of living your truth / Moving on from the Christian Nationalism moment / and more. challies.com/a-la-carte/week…
Flashback: “At their most unimaginative moments, husbands try to help spouses be like Christ’s perfected bride by identifying their wives’ faults with clinical precision.” But there is a better way. The Van Dixhoorns offer some diagnostic questions that will better guide a husband to truly helping his wife...
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"In the same way that playing matchbox cars on the front lawn loses its attractiveness when we're invited to spend the afternoon at a NASCAR race, sin loses its appeal as we allow ourselves to be re-enchanted time and time again with the unsurpassable beauty of Jesus." (Dane Ortlund)
The curious case of extra resurrections / Are kids too expensive? / Why hot takes are the enemy of conviction / Piper on preaching outrage / A daily rhythm of prayer / Forgetting and pursuing / A La Quiz / The funnies / and more. challies.com/a-la-carte/a-la…
Flashback: As time progresses and we make our way through the middle years, we can’t help but begin to think about friends ahead, for by this time we have lost so many of them. Companions we once counted dear have already lived and died.
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Sacrificial obedience to the One who sends is what it will take to reach every language. Join us October 14 to 16 in Dallas–Fort Worth for The Lord Who Sends as we reflect on God’s word and the lives of missionaries who followed the Great Commission. Register a group of 10 or more by August 15 to save at missionary.com/2026. (#sponsored)
Flashback: It is embedded deep within our depraved nature to regard weakness as misfortune, feebleness as failure, lack of physical strength as lack of divine favor. But nothing could be further from the truth, for weakness draws the eye of God, the heart of God, the strength of God.
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"The man who has once fallen under strong temptation, and has been mercifully lifted up by the divine arm, should not only walk more carefully; he should use his experience for the warning of others." (Theodore Cuyler)
One of the aspects of the Christian faith that I find particularly perplexing is the freedom God gives his people to obey him in different or even opposite ways, so that one person’s obedience is another person’s disobedience. Even as two people take the same action, one might be obeying him and the other disobeying him. challies.com/articles/you-ca…
Does prayer make a difference? / Portrait of an abortionist / Pushing back against the black tax / Bring your whole self to work / Blessed are the weak / When service isn't a transaction / A pastoral analogy / Bill C-9 will soon be law in Canada / and more. challies.com/a-la-carte/a-la…
Flashback: Continue to wage harsh warfare against the least presence of sin in your life, knowing that none of us is entirely immune to any sin on this side of the grave.
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