Today’s Kindle deals include a collection of book by Elyse Fitzpatrick (Found in Him, Give Them Grace, Counsel from the Cross, and Because He Loves Me), the “Little Black Book” series from Matthias Media, and a selection of other titles.
In case you didn’t check in over the weekend, this month’s free book from Logos is Craig Keener’s New Covenant Commentary on Romans. You can get another commentary (Fee on Revelation) for $1.99.
Free from Christian Audio this month is The Poverty of Nations by Wayne Grudem & Barry Asmus. Several other Grudem titles are discounted to $4.98.
Gospel-Driven Humility
What does humility look like? Maybe something like this little anecdote. “Spiritual pride is a destructive force within the church. This force is most devastating when it finds it’s way into the heart and actions of the spiritual leaders in a church.”
Is Politeness Killing Your Prayer Life?
This is probably true: “Christians in North America are generally polite pray-ers. We tend to pray correct, respectful words that we think God wants to hear. But let’s be honest, many of our prayers are tentative, repetitive, and somewhat boring.”
The Instagram Bible
Jen Wilkin: “Beware the Instagram Bible, my daughters – those filtered frames festooned with feathered verses, adorned in all manner of loops and tails, bedecked with blossoms, saturated with sunsets, culled and curated just for you.”
Remembering the Reformation Less Like Luther, More Like Calvin
Derek Rishmawy picks up on some of Carl Trueman’s recent comments on the 500th anniversary of the Reformation.
You Shall Not Belittle
How many of us, asked to explain the purpose of the sixth commandment (“you shall not murder”), would begin by saying, “I am not to belittle my neighbour”?
This Day in 1531. 485 years ago today Zwingli and Luther parted ways at Marburg. Zwingli offered his hand, but Luther rejected it. The two agreed on every issue except the theology of the Lord’s supper. *
An Ancient Toilet
An ancient toilet has turned out to be an interesting discovery…
Forgiven
Ten years ago Terri Roberts’ son shot and killed Amish schoolgirls. This story tells of how she has been befriended by the Amish community.
Flashback: Flawed Heroes and Virtuous Villains
It would be a lot easier if there were only good guys and bad guys, the fully orthodox and the outright heretic, with no overlap, no shades of gray, nothing in between.
I’m so glad we live in a world where there are Octobers. It would be terrible if we just skipped from September to November, wouldn’t it?
—Lucy Maud Montgomery
