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Explore March 2023

  • Free Stuff Fridays (Lithos Kids)

    This week’s Free Stuff Friday is sponsored by Lithos Kids. They are giving away five books and four audiobooks to one winner, and the first 25 people to use the promo code, CHALLIES, may download all of the audiobooks on the site for free. The Kingdom of God Bible Storybook The Kingdom of God Bible…

  • Why Are We Often So Boring

    Why Are We Often So Boring?

    Sometimes a book obscures its subject behind a clever or even misleading title. Sometimes, though, it just goes out and says it. And that’s very much the case with Bob Fyall’s Why Are We Often So Boring?. Having dedicated his life to both preaching and training others to preach, he has collected his thoughts and…

  • friday

    A La Carte (March 31)

    The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you today, my friends. Today’s the last day for Logos users to save on March Matchups. There are some great deals to be had! As for Kindle deals, volume one of my favorite church history series is marked way down. In Your Wake This one hits hard:…

  • thursday

    A La Carte (March 30)

    May the Lord be with you and bless you today. Westminster Books has a deal on a new systematic theology. Today’s Kindle deals include a couple of noteworthy titles. (Yesterday on the blog: The Gap Between Our Greatest Grief and Our Greatest Joy) What Are Atheism and Secularism? Ligonier has a helpful and quite extensive…

  • The Gap Between Our Greatest Grief and Our Greatest Joy

    The Gap Between Our Greatest Grief and Our Greatest Joy

    My heart has often been gripped by one of the stories Luke tells from the life of Jesus. He tells of Jesus arriving in the town of Nain just as a funeral procession is making its way toward the tombs nearby. This was an especially tragic funeral, for the man who had died was “the…

  • wednesday

    A La Carte (March 29)

    May the Lord be with you and bless you today. Presbyterian School Mourns 6 Dead in Nashville Shooting Like so many others, I’m shocked and grieved by the recent tragedy at Covenant School in Nashville (which CT reports on here). I am praying for all those whose loved ones have been taken and whose hearts…

  • tuesday

    A La Carte (March 28)

    March Matchups at Logos has wrapped up for the year and lots of great deals are ready for the taking. You’ll find 50% off Preaching the Word Commentary Series, 57% off Evangelical Biblical Theology Commentary, 60% off Zondervan Exegetical Commentary Collection, and so on. Get them all here. I did add just a couple of…

  • Behind the Scenes Endorsements

    Behind-the-Scenes: Endorsements

    In the past few weeks I have seen a fair bit of discussion about book endorsements—about those little blurbs you so often find inside the first few pages or on the back cover of a newly-published book. There seems to be some consensus that the entire endorsement system is faulty, but little consensus about what…

  • monday

    A La Carte (March 27)

    Good morning. Grace and peace to you. Today’s Kindle deals include a selection from Crossway. (Yesterday on the blog: A Corporate Confession of Sin) Does God Read Every Thought? John Piper was asked whether God knows our thoughts. “The short answer is yes, but what’s really important, as I have thought about this, are the…

  • A Corporate Confession of Sin

    A Corporate Confession of Sin

    It is good to confess our sins. It is good to corporately confess our sins. This corporate confession based on Psalm 38 is one we use from time to time at Grace Fellowship Church. I hope you appreciate it as we do. Leader:O Lord,Please do not punish us for our sins.Hold back your discipline from…

  • Weekend A La Carte (March 25)

    I’m thankful to Radius International for sponsoring the blog this week to tell you about their Upcoming Conference featuring John MacArthur, Costi Hinn, and many others. Today’s Kindle deals include some newer and older books. Also, basically everything Tolkien is on sale today. See here. (Yesterday on the blog: New and Notable Christian Books for…

  • Free Stuff Fridays (Radius International)

    This week’s Free Stuff Friday is sponsored by Radius International. They are giving away a conference package that includes: 2 tickets, a Radius pullover, and 4 books. The winner will receive two free tickets to The Radius Conference being held June 28-29, 2023, at Grace Community Church, Sun Valley, CA. This event will be live…

  • New and Notable Christian Books for March 2023

    As you know, I like to do my best to sort through the new Christian books that are released each month to see what stands out as being not only new, but also particularly notable. I received quite a number of new titles in March and narrowed the list down to the ones below. I…

  • friday

    A La Carte (March 24)

    The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you today. Westminster Books has a deal on a neat new book for kids. And some other books for kids. How to Detect Deception Shane Rosenthal looks at the conclusions of a recent study and bridges from there to a defense of the historical accuracy of the…

  • thursday

    A La Carte (March 23)

    Logos’ March Matchups is down to its final pairing, so you should go and vote one more time. Yes, there are once again some new Kindle deals. (Yesterday on the blog: On Being the Main Character in Your Own Sermon) The Honorable, Shameful Service of True Leaders This article offers some wisdom for leaders. “The…

  • On Being the Main Character in Your Own Sermon

    On Being the Main Character in Your Own Sermon

    If you’ve ever preached as much as a single sermon, if you’ve ever delivered as much as a single conference address, if you’ve ever led as much as a single Bible study, then I expect you know the temptation. I expect you have longed to make much of Jesus, but have also felt the desire…

  • wednesday

    A La Carte (March 22)

    May the Lord be with you and bless you today. Westminster Books has a discount on a new book that looks excellent. There are a few new Kindle deals today. The World that Money Makes Go Round “The economically inactive, we are told, are a hazard to the economy—although no one can quite bring themselves…

  • tuesday

    A La Carte (March 21)

    Logos has a sale on my recommended bundle of commentaries which will give your library a great boost. Also, be sure to keep voting in March Matchups. Today’s Kindle deals include some more good books. (Yesterday on the blog: If God Would Outsource His Sovereignty) There is Something Better than Never Suffering Jared Wilson: “It…

  • If God Would Outsource His Sovereignty

    If God Would Outsource His Sovereignty

    I want you to imagine that, at least for a time, the Lord would see fit to involve us in selecting the providences we would receive from his hand. I want you to imagine that through one of his deputies—an angel perhaps—he would approach us to ask how we would prefer to serve him. In…

  • monday

    A La Carte (March 20)

    Good morning. Grace and peace to you. Today’s Kindle deals include a great selection from Crossway. I happened to notice that Amazon has a good number of games and activities on sale today. (Yesterday on the blog: A Man Both Bruised and Broke) My Father’s Death Brought Me Life This is powerful in its own…