May the Lord be with you and bless you today.
Today’s Kindle deals include some choice titles that are well worth a look—Rod Dreher’s Live Not By Lies and Tim Keller’s The Reason for God among them. If you are looking for a Kindle device, there are several on sale now for Prime subscribers.
Logos users will want to look at this month’s free and nearly-free books along with this other free book. Then also take a look at the resources that are on sale like Crossway’s Preaching the Word commentary series.
Clearing Up Confusion About Humility
Greg Koukl helpfully clears up some confusion about humility. “Here’s the simple guideline: To develop humility, don’t put yourself up relative to others, and don’t put others down relative to you. Instead, do the opposite.”
Fortis Institute
I am glad to be part of a new initiative called Fortis Institute. It offers free, original, daily content meant to bless and encourage Christians.
Practical Ways to Enjoy Jesus
In Tim Chester’s new book, Enjoying Jesus, he explores how Jesus acted and interacted with people in Luke’s Gospel and how, through his Spirit, we can experience the joy of Jesus’ presence and companionship in our day-to-day lives. Get 25% off with code ENJOYJESUS. (Sponsored)
Lessons in Holiness
Mitch Chase looks at some of the Old Testament commands that seem strange to us. Like why couldn’t they sow different kinds of seeds in a single field or wear mixed fabrics? “The right assumption is that Moses’s instructions are based on moral reasoning, even if those reasons aren’t always clear to us. The biblical laws are not arbitrary or aimless.”
Contemporary Christian Is One of Music’s Fastest-Growing Genres. Why?
Why is contemporary Christian music growing quickly? Brett McCracken offers some ideas. “Christian music is having a moment. In the first half of 2024, it was the fourth fastest-growing music genre, fueled by surprisingly large gains among younger listeners. Millennial and younger listeners represented 39 percent of the genre’s overall audience in 2022, but in 2024, that share is up to 45 percent.”
Overcoming Spiritual Laziness
John Piper considers spiritual laziness and how to overcome it.
What if? The Flipside of Worry
Cheryl writes about worry and the ways we can get all bound up in the “what if” questions.
Flashback: Things I Did My Kids Never Will
Though we aren’t that far removed from the years when we were young, the pace of technological change has been unparalleled. What was mind-blowing in the 70s, 80s, or even the 90s is practically ancient history today.
Jesus was not tempted to see if He would fall. He was tempted to show that He could not fall.
—J. Vernon McGee
