This week, in the course I am taking with CCEF, I read David Powlison’s reflections on Psalm 131. And as he teaches the Psalm, he re-writes it as the exact opposite–rather an interesting teaching technique. But rather an effective one, I’d say. So here is Psalm 131, words I’m sure you know well. O Lord,…
I do believe this is the first Saturday in many, many months for which we have absolutely nothing planned. I hardly know what to do with myself. The Social Costs of Pornography – Anthony Bradley writes about the results of a study on pornography that “summarizes a consultation of 54 scholars held in Princeton, N.J.…
This week’s Free Stuff Fridays giveaway is sponsored by Revive Our Hearts, the ministry of Nancy Leigh DeMoss. ROH is giving away 5 prize packages, each of which contains 4 books: If these aren’t books you will read yourself, I know there is someone you could give them to who would benefit from reading them.…
Oops. I mistakenly hit the “publish” button a little prematurely on this one. So you can enjoy A La Carte 2/4 on 2/3. $5 Friday – You asked for it and now you’ve got it. Today only you can buy R.C. Sproul’s commentary on John for just $5 (book or e-book). The retail price on…
As you know by now, I am one of the co-founders of Cruciform Press, a publishing company that is seeking to give Christian publishing a bit of a “reboot.” Each month, on the first day of the month, we release a new book. And this month’s book is a good one. It is written by…
I recently received an email from a long-time reader of this blog who asked if I could write about a week of prayer. Your blog is the third time in the last month that I’ve heard of churches having a week of prayer once a year. You state that you pray 2 hours a day…
This whole “snowpocalypse” and “snowmageddon” thing was way overblown. We got a pretty good snowstorm, but within a few hours the roads were clear and life went on. For which I’m grateful. Minibook Blowout – New Growth Press (a.k.a. CCEF) has put all of their minibooks on sale for a week only. You can buy…
Every Friday Ligonier Ministries has a $5 Friday special where they put a selection of their products on sale for the ridiculously low price of $5. This week they want to allow you to choose one of these items. I’ve got a list of 5 items here and one of them will be available this…
I had something I wanted to say today. But then I looked out the window and saw that we had received the big snowfall that everyone had been fussing about for the past 3 or 4 days. I went outside to begin to shovel out (I am so out of shape) and saw something I’ve…
It’s a snow day today–the first one in 2 years. Special thanks to the local school board for calling us at 6:30 AM to tell us that it is a snow day (and for making sure that the children couldn’t sleep in…). Most Popular in 2010 – ECPA has released a list of the top…
This may be the strangest memory of my entire childhood: at some point I acted in a class play in which I played the role of February. Yes, February. I was a whiny little month, complaining that I was the shortest month and also the one that no one likes because the weather always stinks.…
Like everyone else between here and Texas, we’re about to get walloped by a snow storm. They’re calling it the storm of the year. Should be interesting. We’ve had this one coming… DG Live-Stream – The Desiring God conference for pastors is on right now. You can catch live-streaming of the event at DG’s web…