Good morning. Grace and peace to you.
Today’s Kindle deals include a couple of my favorite J.I. Packer titles (e.g. Finishing Our Course with Joy). Also, we are coming to the last few days of Intervarsity Press’ sale on all of their ebooks. If you haven’t yet done so, be sure to at least look at their amazing commentary selection.
(Yesterday on the blog: New and Notable Christian Books for April 2025)
Protestantism’s Conservative Catholic Converts
Carl Trueman considers some of the reasons that Protestants convert to Catholicism. “While I can’t speak to the true intentions of all converts, my suspicion is that much of the broader interest among intellectuals in Christianity, of which these Protestant converts to Rome are a small part, may prove to be more of a cultural or political phenomenon than a truly theological one. The real test will be the dogmatic one: will these intellectuals embrace not just the cultural heritage of Christianity but also its dogmas and its practices?”
A Short Prayer for Reading the Bible
This is a helpful short prayer for reading the Bible.
God’s Special Calling on Your Life
Does God have a special calling on your life? If so, how could you know?
How Healthy Is Your Pursuit of Health?
“If we do not want to overemphasize (or ignore) the pursuit of health, then we would do well to know the purpose for which we take care of our bodies at all. What is the ‘some value’ Paul speaks of in 1 Timothy 4:8? We might answer in several ways, but perhaps the greatest value of physical training lies here: As we train our bodies rightly, we train ultimately for godliness.”
Considering a Christian University? Investigate 2 Things.
If you are considering a Christian university, or perhaps helping your children do so, here are two important things to investigate. “No institution is perfect. At some point, every parent will be frustrated or disappointed by something within the college. But parents can and should expect schools to be honest about both our convictions and our aims. Here’s the good news: Families have no small number of excellent choices for this kind of experience.”
Testing the Teachings of Roman Catholicism
Paul Tautges shares a short and helpful guide meant to test the teachings of Roman Catholicism.
Flashback: Whatever Is Not Christ
And as marble needs to be carved to bring forth the image within, we oftentimes need to endure sorrows to bring forth the character of Christ.
The Lord’s tribes in our time sometimes magnify a very small difference, and the only difference between scores of denominations today is the difference between shibboleth and sibboleth.
—De Witt Talmage
