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Kindle Deal: Ninety Days of God's Goodness by Randy Alcorn (@randyalcorn). #march21" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">challies.com/kindle-deals-f…

Kindle Deal: Finish Line by Robert Wolgemuth. #march21" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">challies.com/kindle-deals-f…

This weekend's A La Carte covers the sports gambling debate, parasocial relationships in Gen Z, AI-generated writing, the Abuja Affirmation in global Anglicanism, early church baptism, and new worship music from Jordan Kauflin and The Village Chapel. challies.com/a-la-carte/wee…

Flashback: All truth is true, but truth can be spoken in ways that are appropriate or inappropriate, fitting or unsuitable, in ways that build up or in ways that tear down. So much depends on circumstance. challies.com/articles/truth…

"Our greatest problem in life isn’t how people treat us, the trials we go through, or the suffering we might endure. Our greatest problem is our sin." (Jonathan Landry Cruse)

A Journey Through Confusion, Surgery, and Detransitioning challies.com/book-reviews/o…

A La Carte: The one-hundredth-day name / What does the Bible say about Satan? / Calibrating the conscience / When Christians disagree / Legacy over platform / What can triumphant Christians sing? / and more. challies.com/a-la-carte/a-l…

Flashback: Voting, lobbying, and campaigning may make a difference to a nation, but we can be absolutely certain that prayer will make a difference to a nation. challies.com/articles/the-u…

"God isn’t calling you to make great promises to Him. He is calling you to trust His great promises to you." (Kevin Dibbley)

AI is here to stay, and most of us are still trying to figure out what to do with it. We wonder: Should Christians use AI, and if so, how? I’ve spent the last while experimenting with tools like Claude and Perplexity, not with the intention of having them replace me, but having them assist me. Where has it helped? Summarizing long videos and articles, searching vast personal archives of quotes and articles, proofreading, and even analyzing huge sets of data, like a collection of 7,000 Puritan works or the complete sermons of Charles Spurgeon. It has also been useful for tedious or repetitive work: organizing receipts, wrangling spreadsheets, generating topical indexes, and helping a non-coder like me build simple but helpful apps and tools. Yet I have some significant concerns: AI flatters us, it sometimes “hallucinates” and fabricates information, and it invites us to give vast amounts of personal data to companies we barely know and have little reason to trust. AI is still in its infancy, but it is not going away. As Christians, it may be wise for us to learn how it works, where it helps, where it harms, and how to ensure it remains a servant rather than a master. I’ve tried to outline some of that here: challies.com/articles/wise-…

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Kindle Deal: Hope in an Anxious World by Helen Thorne (@HelenRuth12). #march19" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">challies.com/kindle-deals-f…

Today's A La Carte links: God's fatherly providence in triumph and disaster, surrendering to kindness after loss, the wisdom of deference, leaving a legacy beyond the Hall of Fame, mercy ministry vs. missions, and more. challies.com/a-la-carte/a-l…

Flashback: For a time the world around us may look dark and foreboding, like the Valley of the Shadow of Death is closing in around us and threatening to swallow us up. Yet our duty in such times is to look for the light and to turn toward it. challies.com/articles/alway…

"Repentance begins in the love of God, and ends in the hatred of sin." (Thomas Watson)

AI is here to stay, and many Christians are wondering what to do with it. In this article I share some of the ways I use AI—along with the dangers that still concern me. challies.com/articles/wise-…

An ancient answer to a present problem / Here we are now (entertain us) / Marriage really matters / The other book that shaped America / Automatically anticipating God's help / The population bomb / Book and Kindle deals. challies.com/a-la-carte/a-l…

Flashback: It is a question I get asked with fair frequency: What book would you recommend for a new Christian? If someone has just made a profession of faith in Christ, what would you suggest they read? challies.com/book-reviews/n…

"As the wicked are hurt by the best things, so the godly are bettered by the worst." (William Jenkyn)