Maybe the Lord be with you and bless you on this final day of 2021. It has been a bit of a slow stretch for Kindle deals, though there are a couple today. We’ll hope for better things in the new year! What Is Indwelling Sin? This article looks at indwelling sin, specifically through the…
Good morning. Grace and peace to you today. Just a reminder that I’m on a holiday blogging schedule this week which means I’m posting only the daily A La Carte. Articles will return next week. 9 Things You Should Know About Events and Discoveries in 2021 This is a fun little roundup. “We live in…
May the Lord bless and keep you today. Westminster Books has a lot of great deals in their year-end clearance sale. Logos users, remember to grab the free and nearly free books of the month before it’s over. Biblical Archaeology’s Top 10 Discoveries of 2021 CT has a roundup of the year’s top discoveries in…
May the God of love and peace be with you today. Today is an especially good day for Kindle deals and there’s a wide variety to choose from. A Tale of Two Dogs You’ll benefit from reading this analogy about two dogs. In the Darkest Night: Draw Near, Hold Fast, Consider Others Leah Farish: “In…
I will be on a holiday blogging schedule this week, which means there will be only A La Carte posts. Normalcy will resume next week! Today’s Kindle deals are headlined by some titles from Crossway. (Yesterday on the blog: When I Get to the End of the Way) What if I Don’t Want to Rejoice?…
Some of my favorite poems are those that pick up on one particularly important line and then repeat it throughout, thus consistently building upon a theme. This is the case with an old poem titled “When I Get to the End of the Way.” The poet looks forward to the end of her journey through…
It is set to be a quiet Christmas in the Challies home. Like so many other families, we had plans for today that have been interrupted by illness. And so we will spend the day—and, I’m sure, enjoy the day—with just the four of us. And as we begin, this prayer is on my lips:…
I was once told of a man who, over the course of his life, had risen from poverty to riches. He had grown up in the most difficult of circumstances, in a setting in which his parents could barely provide for even his most basic needs. But as he came into adulthood, he proved to…
May the Lord be with you and bless you on this Christmas Eve. Today’s Kindle deals include the excellent The Meaning of Marriage. Know the Ideal Church. Commit to a Real Church. Here are some practical steps for applying the doctrine of the church to real life. A Real Christmas “As a mother, I wanted…
Good morning. Grace and peace to you. There are some study Bibles on sale today in their Kindle editions. (Yesterday on the blog: The Way I’ll Be Reading the Bible in 2022) Can You Feel the Incarnation? “I don’t know about you but I cannot grasp that grace of the incarnation.” Chap Bettis offers a…
Speaking broadly, there are two approaches to daily Bible-reading: reading for intimacy or reading for familiarity. Intimacy with the Bible comes by slow, meditative reading that focuses on small portions—deep study of books, chapters, and verses. Familiarity with the Bible comes through faster reading of larger portions—the entire sweep of the biblical narrative. Both are…
The Lord bless and keep you today. Today’s Kindle deals include a few worthwhile books. (Yesterday on the blog: 2022 Christian Reading Challenge – some typos snuck through to the poster yesterday but have now been corrected, I believe.) 2021: A Christian Music Review Every year I link to Jeremy Howard’s review of the best…
Do you love to read? Do you want to learn to love to read? Do you enjoy reading books that cross the whole spectrum of topics and genres? Then I’ve got something that may be right up your alley—the 2022 Christian Reading Challenge. Whether you are a light reader or completely obsessed, this 2022 Christian…
May the God of love and peace be with you today. (Yesterday on the blog: Christmas Bitter and Christmas Sweet) The Need For Christian Love “Christian, you must be a person of love. Our great enemy knows the power of this love in our hearts, relationships, and churches. He does all he can to turn…
There are not many “pure” celebrations in this world, not many occasions in which we are only festive, only rejoicing, only merry. Especially as our lives go on, especially as the years and decades pass, we accumulate more to mourn, more to grieve, more to lament. Eventually every joy is tempered by at least some…
Good morning. Grace and peace to you today. Crossway has some new Kindle deals for you to check out. Logos users, the annual 12 Days of Logos sale has begun and is offering some good deals. (Yesterday on the blog: The Ship Is Always Sailing On) Father In Every Way But One This is some…
One of Charles Spurgeon’s more interesting projects was to write a volume of illustrations, all of which were borrowed from the writings of Thomas Manton. Essentially, he would quote a short illustration from Manton, then expand it into a kind of devotional. The result was called Flowers from a Puritan’s Garden. Here is one of…
May the Lord bless and keep you this weekend. Today’s Kindle deals include some older works and a newer one. Are PhD pastors better pastors? This question was recently asked in a roundtable. While the answers were just fine, Stephen Kneale did offer some further thoughts that I found helpful. Rejoicing in Suffering Guy Richard…
I’ve come to the conclusion that Aileen and I parent weirdly. But I’ve also come to the conclusion that so does everyone else. When each of us looks at other parents, there are almost invariably some components of their parenting we would love to imitate, but others that strike us as, well, a little bit…
May the Lord be with you and bless you today. There are three nice little Kindle deals today. Can You Stand for Truth without Being Offensive? “I often speak on controversial subjects: abortion, homosexuality, Islam, transgenderism, bioethics. These aren’t topics that are casually brought up over Christmas dinner and calmly discussed with out-of-town family. That’s…