The Lord be with you and bless you today. (Yesterday on the blog: Rest Takes Work) The Wise Man Is In Town “Where did we get the idea that the wisest among us dwell in seclusion in hard to reach places?” That’s a simple question and receives a great answer. 7 Reasons Guests Don’t Return…
I messed up over the Christmas holidays. I made a simple but silly mistake—a mistake that left me entering the new year feeling weary instead of rested, feeling drained instead of energized. It was a failure to plan, a failure to remember a simple truth about work and rest. Like so many other people, I…
Westminster Books has a deal on what they are calling their group study book of the year. Today’s Kindle deals once again include some excellent books. Ethnic Harmony Is a Certainty: Three Good Resolves for the Church “As a pastor in Minneapolis for more than two decades, I have found that one of the most…
Blessings to you today. Today’s Kindle deals include another good-sized list of discounted books. (Yesterday on the blog: It’s 2023 and We Need Blogs More Than Ever) How a Christian Marriage Was Saved by a Wise Guerilla Leader This is an account of how God worked through unusual means to preserve a marriage. “I Must…
Today’s post is sponsored by Christian Focus Publications. For centuries, Baptists have published confessions of faith as formal statements of their beliefs. Chief among these is the Second London Baptist Confession of Faith of 1689. This doctrinal statement is a spiritual treasure trove worthy of our fresh attention. In a new study, edited by Rob…
It’s hard to remember or even believe, but there was a time when social media consisted solely of blogs. Blogs were the way writers escaped the gatekeepers of old media to gain a voice of their own on the marvelous new medium we called the World Wide Web. Blogs were an interactive form of communication…
Grace and peace to you today. Today’s Kindle deals include a nice little collection from Crossway and another from Zondervan. (Yesterday on the blog: Let the Sunlight In) I Did Not Sign-Up for This: The Fourth P of Pastoral Ministry “In my early years of ministry formation, I had the three P’s of ministry drummed…
It is one of the hard realities of the Christian life—we have been saved, but we still sin. We have committed ourselves to the Lord, but are sometimes still so committed to rebelling against him. We have been forgiven, yet still at times spurn his grace. I expect thoughts like these were in the mind…
My thanks goes to Reformed Free Publishing Association for sponsoring the blog this week to tell you about their children’s magazine, Ignited by the Word. There is quite a good collection in today’s Kindle deals. I have it on good authority that we will see plenty of good deals next week. Westminster Books has a…
This week’s Free Stuff Friday is sponsored by Reformed Free Publishing Association, who also sponsored the blog this week with their article Ignited by the Word: A Christian Magazine for Children. They are offering a free, 1-year subscription to Ignited by the Word to each of ten winners. Every issue of Ignited by the Word,…
I don’t know what it is like to lose a spouse. I don’t know what it is like to bid farewell to the person with whom I’ve built a home and had a family and shared a life. I don’t know the unique griefs, the unique sorrows, the unique traumas that come with so devastating…
Good morning. Grace and peace to you. CBD is having a sale with some excellent titles discounted, including: ESV Readers’s Bible (set); Prayer by Tim Keller; Gentle and Lowly & Deeper by Dane Ortlund; 1 2 3 books by Jen Wilkin; Be Thou My Vision; Suffering & New Morning Mercies by Paul Tripp; ESV Study…
This week’s deal from Westminster Books is on a book I’d urge all Baptists (and maybe even non-Baptists) to read. (Yesterday on the blog: What I Want From A Church) When I Die Young (Or Old) Vanessa Le considers dying young…or old. Members who build the body “Healthy local churches make a powerful and attractive…
NPR recently ran an article about the future of the Christian church. Church attendance is in decline, they said, but some creative leaders are finding ways to keep it relevant in a new cultural context. Pastor Chris Battle has walked away from traditional church because it “was not connecting with people” and now leads a…
We have entered into a stretch in which we aren’t seeing a lot of great Kindle deals. But I’ll keep searching and hope to find some more soon. (Note: if you like general market books, you’ll find a list of popular 2022 releases on sale.) Fickle Gods and the Wondrous Clarity of the Law This…
Blessings to you today, my friends. Today’s Kindle deals including some highly-regarded historical books, among them Philbrick’s excellent Mayflower. (Yesterday on the blog: I Want Him Back (But Not The Old Me Back)) Not Like Any Other Book Mitch Chase helpfully reminds us that the Bible is not like any other book. “The Bible is…
This week the blog is sponsored by Reformed Free Publishing Association. This post is about their children’s magazine, Ignited by the Word. Ignited by the Word is a quarterly-published, Christian children’s magazine split into sections for three different grade levels: PreK–2nd grade, 3rd–5th grade, and 6th–8th grade. Whether you are looking for Bible stories to…
Christians have a complex relationship to suffering. We do not wish to experience suffering. It is not our desire, preference, or longing to go through times of pain and persecution, times of sorrow and loss. Yet we also know that God uses such experiences to accomplish significant and meaningful things within us. We know there…
Good morning. Grace and peace to you. Today’s Kindle deals include a selection of books from Crossway. Among them are some excellent picks by Carl Trueman. (Yesterday on the blog: Cling to the Cross!) Before you watch Harry & Meghan “Harry and Meghan are everywhere. As much as I’m trying to avoid them, the latest…
We live in a world of enemies, a world of people and forces that wish to do us harm. The last enemy we must all face is death. The old preacher James Smith once pondered this enemy and gave his church both warning and encouragement. In this closing excerpt of a sermon he calls upon…