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Explore November 2021

  • Weekend A La Carte (November 6)

    May you know the Lord’s blessings as you honor and serve him this weekend. I am wondering if I have any readers who live in Zurich or Malta. If so, would you mind getting in touch? As Saturdays go, this is an exceptional one when it comes to Kindle deals. (Yesterday on the blog: A…

  • Free Stuff Fridays (Baker Books)

    This week’s Free Stuff Friday is sponsored by Baker Books . They are giving away three sets of Jamie Rasmussen’s books How Joyful People Think and When God Feels Far Away. How Joyful People Think by Jamie Rasmussen (book cover is attached and can be linked here: How Joyful People Think – Baker Book House)…

  • A Christian Case for Bitcoin and Blockchain

    A Christian Case for Bitcoin and Blockchain

    A recent article intrigued me with its assertion that it is better to understand Bitcoin as gambling than investment: “An asset that never pays a dividend but has a price that keeps rising is a bubble. An investor can believe Bitcoin is a bubble and rationally invest so long as she expects to sell out…

  • friday

    A La Carte (November 5)

    The Lord be with you and bless you today. There are some Kindle deals to take a quick look at today. Lessons From the Reformation’s Pamphlet War Carl Trueman: “What made the Reformation a popular success in so many places? There is no simple answer to this, but a key element was the pamphlet war:…

  • thursday

    A La Carte (November 4)

    Grace and peace to you on this fine day. (Yesterday on the blog: A Year of Sorrow, a Year of Gratitude, a Year of Grace) Does It Really Matter Whether Adam Was the First Man? Michael Reeves: “The simple aim of this article is to show that, far from being a peripheral matter for fussy…

  • Nick Challies

    A Year of Sorrow, a Year of Gratitude, a Year of Grace

    The grass at Glen Oaks Cemetery had already begun to fade from its bright summer green to its drab winter brown on the day we first visited. The November breeze blew cold upon us as we walked the rows of graves to choose the spot where we would bury our son. We eventually chose a…

  • wednesday

    A La Carte (November 3)

    Good morning. May the Lord bless you and keep you. Westminster Books has Christmas books on sale today. There are a number of Kindle deals from yesterday and today that you may enjoy. How to Prepare for the Metaverse “Even as the pace of technological change has felt dizzying and exhausting for churches in recent…

  • tuesday

    A La Carte (November 2)

    May the God of love and peace be with you today. Logos users, be sure to check out this month’s free and nearly free books. (Yesterday on the blog: We Are All Cultists On the Inside) The Reformation of English This is a really interesting look at how William Tyndale’s Bible translation helped creation English…

  • When God Feels Far Away

    This week the blog is sponsored by Baker Books and is adapted from Jamie Rasmussen’s new book When God Feels Far Away: Eight Ways to Navigate Divine Distance. If you’re anything like me and consider yourself a Christian, you and I would probably agree on a few ‘essentials.’. Things like believing God is real, that…

  • We Are All Cultists On the Inside

    We Are All Cultists On the Inside

    There are different ways to distinguish a church from a cult. Churches hold to a broad consensus of orthodox beliefs while cults invariably elevate a small number of uniquely unorthodox beliefs. Churches tend to foster a context in which leaders are accountable to their congregations while cults tend to foster a context in which leaders…

  • monday

    A La Carte (November 1)

    Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Westminster Books has deals on a collection of new and notable fall releases. Today’s Kindle deals include a collection of books from Crossway. (Yesterday on the blog: When Calvin and Wesley Shake Hands) The Gospel is in the Detail Rhys Laverty…