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This Week's Sponsor: Unleashing the Word (11/16/09 - 3 Comments)
Note: This is a sponsored post (click here to learn about sponsored posts) I came across Tim's blog in 2005 when I was doing some research for our recording of Martin Luther's Here I Stand. The day I connected with Tim, he told me that he had just that day started listening to John's Gospel from the ESV version of the Listener's Bible that we had recently published. Not long after that he interviewed me...


This Week's Sponsor: True Church Conference 2010 (10/26/09 - 11 Comments)
Note: This is a sponsored post (click here to learn about sponsored posts) 
True Church Conference is hosted by: Anchored in Truth Ministries The Quagmire of Hyper-Calvinism A quagmire is a difficult, precarious, entrapping position. How could the church of the Lord Jesus Christ find itself in such a place? By misusing the most glorious truths in the Bible, the Doctrines of Grace. Finding Balance In recent years there has been a genuine awakening to...


This Week's Sponsor: ESV Study Bible (10/19/09 - 11 Comments)
Note: This is a sponsored post (click here to learn about sponsored posts) Celebrating One Year of the ESV Study Bible By Geoff Dennis, Crossway Executive Vice President of Sales, Marketing, Media On October 15th, 2008 Crossway launched the ESV Study Bible to help people understand the timeless truth of God's powerful, compelling, and life-changing Word in a deeper way. And now, one year later, we rejoice and praise God as we see how the...


This Week's Sponsor - Banner of Truth (10/12/09 - 77 Comments)
Note: This is a sponsored post (click here to learn about sponsored posts) No matter how you cut it, there's something different about The Banner of Truth! I knew it 30 years ago when I was working my way through seminary. I knew it 20 years ago when I was pastoring families outside Philadelphia. I knew it 5 years ago when I took over the helm here at Banner's North American office. And I can...


This Week's Sponsor: Crossway (10/05/09 - 0 Comments)
Note: This is a sponsored post (click here to learn about sponsored posts) Proclaiming the Gospel through Publishing: An Introduction and a Special Offer My name is James Kinnard and I serve as the Director of Marketing at Crossway. I help organize our marketing and communication efforts. Crossway's not-for-profit publishing ministry is fueled by a desire to proclaim the gospel through publishing and see God's Word applied to every area of life. To that end...


This Week's Sponsor: Moody Publishers (09/28/09 - 4 Comments)
Note: This is a sponsored post (click here to learn about sponsored posts) Hi, my name is Keith Wiederwax and I work in the marketing department of Moody Publishers. Like you, I'm a reader of Tim's blog and appreciate his open, thoughtful, and biblical perspective. I hope to follow that same "recipe" here with this sponsored post. My job at MP is to simply make you aware of our books and what need or niche...