There is a huge list of Kindle deals today. There are books for pastors, grieving parents, people asking tough questions, and so on. You’ll also find the whole NIVAC commentary series on sale as well as Little Pilgrim’s Progress.
As for print books, you’ll also find a good list of pre-Black Friday specials. My own Seasons of Sorrow is among them along with Collin Hansen’s biography of Tim Keller, Grudem’s Systematic Theology, and a lot else besides. Meanwhile, Westminster Books has The Biggest Story collection of resources on sale—a great option to read to your kids and Christianbook.com has a sale on books for kids.
(Yesterday on the blog: I’m a Grandfather!)
Lessons From Trump’s and Harris’s Social Media Campaigns
This is a fascinating look at the Trump and Harris social media campaigns and an explanation of why Trump was so dominant in this regard. There are lessons for us to learn from it, I’m sure.
What Is My Spiritual Gift? Maybe You’re Asking the Wrong Question
Jonathan Threlfall: “In view of the ink spilled and bytes downloaded on the matter of discovering one’s spiritual gift, you might be surprised to learn that such introspection is completely absent in all these passages. Either Paul and Peter failed to answer such a vital question . . . or we are asking the wrong question. I think the latter is the case.”
From a Brave New World to Artificial Intelligence: Are We Living In the Future We Feared?
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The Messages We Receive
Lauren Whitman has an important word about the messages we receive through the circumstances of our lives. “Messages about who we are—our identity—are powerful. They can shape how we see ourselves, how we see the world, and how we see God. It is a matter that regularly comes up in counseling conversations. When people have hard experiences in their lives or have been mistreated by others, it always proves valuable to explore what messages those experiences have communicated about who they are.”
Not That Different
Darryl Dash: “Age brings the benefit of self-awareness. I can mostly identify where I’m gifted and where I’m not. I want to grow, but I realize I may not excel in some areas no matter how hard I try. God gives us gifts in certain areas that may come easily to us but are difficult for others. Simultaneously, we’re also weak in other areas, highlighting our need for community. The church, as Paul discusses in 1 Corinthians, is built so we need each other.”
The Magpie in the Mirror
Kevin Burrell explains how we are kind of like magpies. And kind of not.
10 Mistakes I’ve Made in Preaching
TGC Africa has been sharing a “10 Mistakes I’ve Made” series and in this entry Chopo Mwanza lists 10 of the mistakes he has made in his preaching ministry. He offers lots to think about.
Flashback: To the Impetuous and Impulsive
As people repent of their sins and profess their loyalty to him, he does not eradicate their personalities as if he created them wrong in the first place or as if there is nothing within them he can use or redeem. Rather, he channels their personality, he redirects it, masters it, perfects it.
Christ-less, grace-less attempts at change conclude either with the praise of your own glory or with your shame.
—David Powlison
