This has been a busy few months for book releases, and nearly every day brings at least one new book to my mailbox. I continue to sort through them and separate out the ones that appear to be especially notable. This is my roundup of the new and notable Christian books for March 2021. For…
Grace, mercy and peace to you today. Logos users, this is the last day to get March’s free and very cheap books. There are a few books listed in today’s Kindle deals. When America Put the Bible on Trial Stephen Nichols writes about the infamous Scopes Monkey Trial. “On July 10, 1925, the eyes of…
Good morning! The God of peace be with you today. Logos users: You’ve got just two days left to take advantage of the March Matchups sales on some great commentaries. Today’s Kindle deals include a number of books. (Yesterday on the blog: The Only Way To Do The Work Of A Lifetime) The Resurrection’s Higher…
The great part of every life is made up of duty. While we certainly experience many delights and enjoy many distractions, there is more of duty to life than anything else. The God who creates and calls us also assigns to us many obligations, many responsibilities, many tasks and assignments. The great majority of what…
Good morning! Grace to you today. (Yesterday on the blog: Savior, Lead Me) Losing Forgiveness “Maybe it has always been thus—the crowd baying in the arena for more gore, more death. The angry revolutionary mob laying hands on whomever and administering ‘justice’ with the zeal of victors rather than the just. People taking picnics to…
I have been reading some of the works of Charles Ebert Orr who wrote in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Besides books he also penned a small number of poems and hymns and, among them, I most appreciated one titled “Savior, Lead Me.” It is a simple profession of confidence in God’s goodness and…
My gratitude goes to Reformation Heritage Books for sponsoring the blog this week with news of Simonetta Carr’s new book Questions Women Asked. Today’s Kindle deals include a good little book on the psalms along with some classics. (Yesterday on the blog: Money, Debt, and Finances) Dogmatic Dangers Janie Cheaney gets to the root of…
This week’s Free Stuff Friday is sponsored by RHB Publications. Everyone who enters will also get a free eBook of Rebecca VanDoodeward’s inspirational Reformation Women. In addition, three of you who enter will be chosen to receive a copy of all the following books: These are the New Titles from RHB Phillis Wheatley by Simonetta…
There are some topics that are relevant to only some Christians and a few topics that are relevant to all. One of those universal topics is finances, for each of us is entrusted with money and needs to learn to steward it well. Each of us is responsible for the ways we handle our money…
Good morning! The God of love and peace be with you today. There are a couple of Kindle deals on the list for now. I’ll look for more in the morning. There is a pretty clear theme through the different links I bookmarked yesterday and included today. It shouldn’t be hard to spot it… The…
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. With all the interest in Jordan Peterson and what seems to be a growing interest in Jesus, I commend Myth and Meaning in Jordan Peterson, a fascinating book that examines his thought through a Christian lens. Today’s Kindle deals include…
The road is narrow. The path is long. The way is rough. Yet God has called each one of us to run the race of the Christian life. Our every step in this great race is taken in the presence of deadly enemies, our every stride opposed by the world, the flesh, and the devil.…
Good morning! Grace and peace to you today. This week’s special from Westminster Books is 50% off the excellent new biography of R.C. Sproul, which I reviewed here. There are a couple of Kindle deals to look at today. A Catechism on Brotherly Kindness This is an excellent brief catechism on brotherly kindness. “Q. What…
The Lord be with you and the Lord bless you today. The Logos March Matchups voting has come to an end. The excellent Zondervan Exegetical series has triumphed, which means it’s 60% off. You can now get that deal and several others. There are a couple of interesting Kindle deals today. I’ll check again in…
This week’s blog is sponsored by Reformation Heritage Books and written by Simonetta Carr—who encourages you to keep asking questions. Be sure to take a look at her new book Questions Women Asked. Unending Questions Kids ask a lot of questions. According to a 2013 British study by Littlewoods.com, girls do so more than boys,…
Nick’s gravestone has finally been installed, and I have come to see it for the very first time. I have been looking forward to this day and dreading this day in equal measure. For months I have had to visit an unmarked grave, a patch of bare earth with no way to identify the name…
Good morning! May the Lord bless you today and in the week to come. My family has completed our 14-day in-home quarantine after returning from our trip to visit Abby. We’re hoping the rules change before she returns from school in May or we’ll have to do it all again! Today’s Kindle deals includes the…
I have mentioned in the past that I have been exploring some of the Christian poetry of the nineteenth century—an era in which poetry was a prime devotional genre for the church. I was recently making my way through Christopher Newman Hall’s Pilgrim Songs in Cloud and Sunshine, and was taken by a number of…
May God bless and keep you as you serve him and join together to worship him this weekend. My sincere gratitude goes to Baker Books for sponsoring the blog this week with news of an important and excellent new book on the Trinity. Today’s Kindle deals include the usual batch of Saturday classics. (Yesterday on…
This week’s Free Stuff Friday is sponsored by Baker Books. They are giving away three sets of Matthew Barrett’s books, None Greater and Simply Trinity. None Greater by Matthew Barrett Author and theologian, Matthew Barrett, helps readers get to know a God who is much bigger than we ever imagined by explaining his attributes in…