Today’s Kindle deals include a whole lot of C.S. Lewis discounted for today only. You’ll also find the Osborne New Testament Commentaries series marked down. Be sure to check out this deal from Westminster Books on what looks like a neat new title: God’s Timeline. There are lots of other deals below it. 10 Reasons…
This week’s Free Stuff Fridays is sponsored by Crossway, who also sponsored the blog this week. They are giving away a brand new book that I think will be of a lot of interest to you: The Gospel According to God: Rediscovering the Most Remarkable Chapter in the Old Testament by John MacArthur. There will…
It’s Good Friday today, which is a holiday here in Canada. That means I’ll be on light blogging today, posting just A La Carte and Free Stuff Fridays. I hope you enjoy your Easter weekend! Today’s Kindle deals include a few books–one meant for women and two meant for a general audience. (Yesterday on the…
Welcome to another edition of Three-Minute Thursdays. Every year I get literally hundreds of books in the mail. That’s one of the perks of being a book reviewer. From time to time I take the big stack, I turn it into a little stack, so I can tell you about some of the new and…
Today’s Kindle deals include couple of good books including one by John MacArthur. (Yesterday on the blog: God, Don’t Take the Bible From Us!) Two Lessons from Two Radically Different Funerals Jordan Standridge writes, “Funerals are a gift from God. I know that sounds crazy, but they are a God-given tool to force us to…
They say you don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone, that you can’t appreciate what you have until it’s taken away. Isn’t this why we sometimes imagine ourselves without the people we love? As we imagine their absence we grow in our affection. Perhaps we would grow in our affection for the Bible if…
Today’s Kindle deals include some stuff you’ll probably want to check out if you’re an avid collector or are just building a library. (Yesterday on the blog: Message To My Older Self) The Blessing of a Good Example David Qaoud writes, “‘You are a hardcore student of the Word,’ he told me. I didn’t think…
If I could roll back time a little, what would my older self say to my younger self? That’s the premise of this short video. I also try to predict what I’ll want to say a few years hence… Transcription What was one thing when you were younger that you thought was going to be…
Today’s Kindle deals include a book by Schaeffer and a must-read by Owen. (Yesterday on the blog: What Counts as a “Gospel Issue?”) Spitting in God’s Face “Then they spit in his face and struck him with their fists. Others slapped him and said, “Prophesy to us, Messiah. Who hit you?” Stephen McAlpine reflects on…
This sponsored post is adapted from The Gospel According to God: Rediscovering the Most Remarkable Chapter in the Old Testament by John MacArthur—a book explaining the prophetic words of Isaiah 53 verse by verse, highlighting important connections to the history of Israel, the New Testament, and our lives today. A Shocking Truth The reality of…
My guess is you’ve probably heard someone use the phrase “gospel issue.” You may well have used it yourself a few times. But what is a gospel issue? What does this phrase mean? I did some searching around to see what counts as a gospel issue and found quite an extensive list. According to at…
Today’s Kindle deals include some top-notch books on prayer and some others as well. Don’t Title People “Pastor” If They Aren’t An Elder Yes to this. “Ministry titles abound in the church today. Student Pastor. Children’s Pastor. Creative Environment Pastor (No idea). Senior Pastor and Worship Pastor are pretty standard fair on the leadership page…
I would appreciate your prayers over the next few days as I complete my EPIC: England trip. We began yesterday in London and are now driving far and wide, from south to north, to track down historical objects. England has an incredible bounty of them! If you don’t already, consider following me on Instagram and…
Today’s Kindle deals include three books you may want to look over at least briefly. (Yesterday on the blog: Life Has Not Been Easy) Telling a Better Story than Jordan Peterson Here’s an interesting take: “The interviewer asked him how to keep young men from falling into racist and nationalist ideologies. Peterson responded, ‘Tell them…
There is something satisfying about complaining, isn’t there? Even though we know it’s sinful, we still find a sick satisfaction in it. For some reason, airing our grievances seems to be a form of therapy. It does not take much to reveal the discontentment that lurks just beneath the surface of our lives. I can’t…
Today’s Kindle deals include a couple of books, one of which is especially good for families dealing with issues related to technology. (Yesterday on the blog: EPIC Extra: Ask Me Anything Australia) Why Did God Answer My Half-Hearted Prayer? Kirsten McKinlay asks, “Have you ever uttered a half-hearted prayer? I know I have. Many times.…
During the recent EPIC trip to Australia we held an event in Sydney where we opened the floor up for questions. Here are a few of the questions and answers from Australia (Encouragements and concerns from my travels; especially special objects I’ve seen; the death of Billy Graham; effective evangelism in the modern world). As…
Today’s Kindle deals include several books that may be worth adding to your collection. (Yesterday on the blog: Are You Godly Enough to Watch Smut?) A week from today I’ll be doing an EPIC evening in London. If you are in the area I would love to see you there! Your Body is a Temple,…
The more time you spend reading history, the more you see how things that are considered normal by one generation are often considered scandalous by the next. The moral laxity of one age often gives way to the moral clarity of the one that follows. I’m convinced an area of moral laxity among today’s Christians…
Today’s Kindle deals include a few titles that may be of interest. Westminster Books has Short Studies on Biblical Theology series on sale. (Yesterday on the blog: Does Church Membership Really Matter? ) The Fall of Nanjing as My Grandmother Lived It David Chen writes a harrowing account of his grandmother’s escape from Nanjing: “On…