Kindle deals tend to wane a little during the holiday season, but so far we are continuing to see a lot of them. There’s a good list to browse through today.
(Yesterday on the blog: Devotionals I Recommend For a New Year)
What Did Mary Know? Maybe More Than You Know
“You’ve heard the song. You’ve felt the angst. What did Mary know when she gave birth to Jesus Christ?” Probably more than most people give her credit for.
(Still) in Awe of the Aged
“Mature Christians are those for whom the risen Son fills the whole field of their soul’s vision. They just love their Lord, and they know he’s alive. Their joyful trust is more than the mixed light and heat of early faith, the inconstant fireworks which burn and shine for a moment but then fade into darkness and confusion just as quickly. These are Christians who in most cases have walked with the Lord many, many years, who have what my former pastor (now with the Lord) called ‘a history of impressions’ of God’s faithfulness throughout their lives.”
Praise God for Boring Days: What Agony Has Taught Me
Writing for Desiring God, Timothée Davi describes a time of agony in his family and tells what the Lord taught him through it.
Christmas Used to Be Perfect (Then I Grew Up)
Heidi discusses the difference between the Christmases she knew as a child and the Christmases she has experienced as an adult. There is a sense in which Christmas loses its magic, but also a sense in which it gains deeper a better significance.
Biblical Justice Requires Strong Rules of Evidence
I found this an interesting review by Matt Martens. “In the United States, false convictions typically happen with the concurrence of juries who find proof beyond a reasonable doubt based on the flimsiest evidence. We tend to think of the requirement of proof beyond a reasonable doubt as designed to protect the accused. But its theological origin was as a means to protect jurors’ souls from the sin of convicting an innocent person. If jurors today felt more fear for their souls when they pass judgment on others, they might insist on compelling proof rather than deferring to prosecutorial judgment.”
Holiday Blues, a Lamborghini, and the Incarnation
Tim Shorey: “Sometimes I struggle to believe that God sees and cares. Sometimes life can feel like I’ve been pegged for a cosmic experiment to discover how much a human can bear during the holidays (and all the year long).”
Flashback: Why We Know So Little About Jesus’ Birth
When it comes to the birth of Jesus, we get all the details we need to understand one thing with the utmost clarity: Jesus comes as the least.
The man that is most busy in censuring others is always least employed in examining himself.
—Thomas Lye
