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Explore January 2023

  • Weekend A La Carte (January 7)

    There’s a good collection of deals at CBD this weekend. They include the ESV Story of Redemption Bible in 3 variations (1,2,3); ESV Prayer Bible; ESV Scripture Journal complete set; ESV Journaling Bible. There are a lot of last year’s best books as well: Blessed by Nancy Guthrie; The Thrill of Orthodoxy by Trevin Wax;…

  • Free Stuff Fridays (TMAI)

    This week’s Free Stuff Fridays is sponsored by The Master’s Academy International (TMAI), who also sponsored the blog this week with the article “Your Invite to TMAI’s International Symposium.” They are giving away the e-book “How to Build an Effective Missions Program.” Free E-Book Giveaway This free giveaway is a succinct and important e-book titled…

  • Always Longing

    Always Longing

    We can tell a lot about ourselves by what we long for, by what we desire, by what we dream about, by what consumes our thoughts when we lie in the quiet darkness of night. You can tell a lot because what consumes our thoughts is a good indication of what consumes our hearts which…

  • friday

    A La Carte (January 6)

    Good morning. Grace and peace to you. It has been a slow start to the year for Kindle books, but you will find at least a couple of deals. The first sale of the year at Westminster Books is a good one: strong discounts on their bestselling books of 2022. There are lots of great…

  • thursday

    A La Carte (January 5)

    Grace and peace to you on this fine day. (Yesterday on the blog: On the Changing of the Dictionaries) The Same Old Faces “A new friendship is a wonderful beginning, fresh and exciting and full of potential, like the planting of a new tree. Don’t we all naturally long for relationship? To know and be…

  • On the Changing of the Dictionaries

    On the Changing of the Dictionaries

    There is something morbidly fascinating about watching dictionaries slowly but surely change their definitions of common words. It raises some questions, not the least of which strike to the very purpose of a dictionary. Is a dictionary meant to be an objective arbiter of the meaning of words? Or is a dictionary meant to subjectively…

  • wednesday

    A La Carte (January 4)

    May the Lord be with you and bless you today. CBD is having a sale in which many books are $6 or less. That includes titles by Lutzer, Jeremiah, Walker, [Mary] Mohler, Piper, MacArthur, Poythress, Ryken, and Leeman, among others. It also includes lots of Bibles. For Kindle deals, you’ll find some titles by Colin…

  • tuesday

    A La Carte (January 3)

    Blessings to you today. Logos users will want to be sure to grab this month’s free book and take a look at the other discounted items. You’ll also find lots of Mobile Ed courses significantly marked down. (Yesterday on the blog: The Year of Our Dreams or the Year of Our Nightmares) Look Out! Preparing…

  • Your Invite to TMAI’s International Symposium

    This week’s post is sponsored by The Master’s Academy International (TMAI), a global network of pastoral training centers that specialize in expository preaching. They invite you to sign up for their 2023 International Symposium on March 7th in Los Angeles, California. We sometimes hear that a mature church will be “all in” when it comes…

  • The Year of Our Dreams or the Year of Our Nightmares

    There is an undeniable intricacy to God’s world. There is an inescapable predictability to the universe God has made. The stars and planets follow their course day after day, year after year, millennium after millennium. We can predict with absolute certainty the next time we will have a full or partial eclipse. We can gaze…

  • monday

    A La Carte (January 2)

    Happy new year! May 2023 bring you many of God’s richest blessings. My sincere gratitude goes to the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors for naming Seasons of Sorrow their counseling book of the year. There’s quite a large bundle of Kindle deals to go through today. (Yesterday on the blog: All Is Shadow Here Below!)…

  • All Is Shadow Here Below

    All Is Shadow Here Below!

    A new year has dawned. And while we tend to face a new year with energy and enthusiasm, excited by all the possibilities it will bring, perhaps we ought to pause for just a few moments to consider the reality that is set before us. Octavius Winslow would have you consider that this world and…