R. Scott Clark writes about the curious contemporary phenomenon by which children decide which church their families will attend. Is it any wonder contemporary church is evaluated on its entertainment value and not on its faithfulness to truth? Surely such families will also put their children in charge of making decisions of equivalent importance. Over …

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Thanks again to Gospel Ebooks for the link. I read The Me I Want To Be when it was first released back in 2010. John Ortberg is a helpful writer/pastor who focuses on Christian spiritual formation, deepening our identity in Christ. His books contain genuine insight, and challenge which is accompanied by gentle, often self-deprecating …

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Practical piece on not worshipping like a consumer and instead worshipping as a Christian. This is how to bless others and experience blessing. From David Mathis of Desiring God, posted on Gospel Coalition. Other Christians. Can’t do corporate worship without them, and yet sometimes it feels like we can’t really do corporate worship with them …

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I think this is a prevalent trend among Australian men, as well. From Marc Cortez’s Everyday Theology blog (which also has a video grab): Alistair Begg recently spoke at Western Seminary. And just before he got into his sermon, he went on a fascinating little digression about the fact that American men don’t sing during …

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