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  • monday

    A La Carte (February 14)

    Good morning. Grace and peace to you. There is a good collection of Kindle deals to look at today, headlined by a group of books for women published by Crossway. (Yesterday on the blog: Great God, Is Life Such an Uncertain Thing?) The last leaf Andrée Seu Peterson: “The pestilence angel, no respecter of persons…

  • Uncertainty

    Great God, Is Life Such an Uncertain Thing?

    In the late 1800s, there were few American preachers who were better-known than De Witt Talmage (who spend most of his ministry at Central Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn, New York). He was known as an orator and was perhaps second only to Henry Ward Beecher when it came to his ability to hold a crowd…

  • Weekend A La Carte (February 12)

    This week Westminster Books hosted the bookstore for the Bethlehem Conference for Pastors. Now they’re offering 50% off some of their favorite books featured at the event. (Yesterday on the blog: You’re Only Human) Grave words Kim Henderson considers tombstones and how they can preach to us even decades or centuries later. A Call for…

  • Free Stuff Fridays (Radius International)

    This week’s Free Stuff Friday is sponsored by Radius International. They are giving away a conference package that includes: 2 tickets, a Radius pullover, and 2 books. The winner will receive two free tickets to the Radius Missiology Conference being held June 29-30, 2022, at Christ Covenant Church, Matthews, NC. This event will be live…

  • Only Human

    You’re Only Human

    You know as well as I do that you are a finite being. Yet you know as well as I do that at times you fight against your finitude, you battle against your inevitable limits and boundaries as if they are a problem to be overcome or even a sin to be repented of. Yet…

  • friday

    A La Carte (February 11)

    May the Lord be with you and bless you today. There have been a couple of interesting Kindle deals over the past couple of days. If There Wasn’t a Sermon About It, Does Your Pastor Even Care? Trevin Wax addresses what is an urgent concern to many pastors. “I thought about ‘Justice Sunday’ recently because…

  • thursday

    A La Carte (February 10)

    Good morning! Grace and peace to you. Westminster Books has a heavy-duty new set of books on sale. (Yesterday on the blog: The God Who Counts the Cost) Music And Lyrics “The world is a symphony: exquisite and detailed and beautiful. But for all of its music, there is one thing that the world cannot…

  • The God Who Counts the Cost

    The God Who Counts the Cost

    We are nothing if not rash—nothing if not prone to making vows that are impulsive, promises we cannot keep. Sometimes we deliver on them only partially and at other times we fail altogether. “It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay,” says the Sage. But too often…

  • wednesday

    A La Carte (February 9)

    The Lord bless you and keep you today. Today’s Kindle deals include Alistair Begg’s excellent new book Brave by Faith. Wordle and Our Longing for the Limited Chris Martin reflects on an interesting cultural phenomenon: “The most consequential cultural phenomenon of this, the year of our Lord, 2022 is a once-a-day word game made by…

  • tuesday

    A La Carte (February 8)

    May the God of love and peace be with you today. Today’s Kindle deals include some books for adults and some of kids. (Yesterday on the blog: Do You Knock at the Gates of the Grave?) How and when was the canon of Scripture established, and by whom? (Video) Stephen Nichols does a great job…

  • Do You Knock at the Gates of the Grave

    Do You Knock at the Gates of the Grave?

    There is a sense in which we are less familiar with death than our forebears, more insulated from its horrors. Of course the death rate in the twenty-first century is identical to every century before and every century to come—“it is appointed for [each and every] man to die once, and after that comes judgment.”…

  • monday

    A La Carte (February 7)

    Good morning! Grace and peace to you. There are a few Kindle deals to take a glance at. (Yesterday on the blog: As if God Had Ever Made an Atlantic Wide Enough…) An Open Letter to a Distressed Sufferer Mike Emlet has an open letter to those who are suffering. “Dear friend, I have no…

  • Atlantic

    As if God Had Ever Made an Atlantic Wide Enough…

    As we go through times of suffering and sorrow, we inevitably come into contact with those who would seek to comfort us. Some offer true help and true hope while others, unfortunately, do not. In this short but sweet quote, Theodore Cuyler reflects on what we need most in our times of affliction. There are…

  • Weekend A La Carte (February 5)

    May God bless you as you serve and worship him this weekend. My gratitude goes to Radius International for sponsoring the blog this week. Be sure to consider attending their upcoming Missiology Conference virtually or in-person. It includes Alistair Begg, Kevin DeYoung, and others. Today’s Kindle deals include some newer and older titles. (Yesterday on…

  • Free Stuff Fridays (Radius International)

    This week’s Free Stuff Friday is sponsored by Radius International. They are giving away a conference package that includes: 2 tickets, a Radius pullover, and 2 books. The winner will receive two free tickets to the Radius Missiology Conference being held June 29-30, 2022, at Christ Covenant Church, Matthews, NC. This event will be live…

  • 50 Ethical Questions

    50 Ethical Questions

    These are confusing times, aren’t they? These are confusing times for those who wish to live according to God’s Word and unto God’s glory. There is a host of questions we need to wrestle with, a host of ethical dilemmas we need to consider. Is abortion permissible? Is it permissible in cases of rape or…

  • friday

    A La Carte (February 4)

    May the Lord be with you and bless you today. Playboy Makes Perversion Woke Carl Trueman has some insightful commentary about Playboy and Hugh Hefner. “it seems that Playboy is once again trying to clean up its image and, in the process, contradict its own reasons for existence. This time the move comes in advance…

  • thursday

    A La Carte (February 3)

    Good morning! Grace and peace to you. Today’s Kindle deals include Sinclair Ferguson’s excellent The Whole Christ. (Yesterday on the blog: Our Hearts and Minds Turned Outward) What Is Dispensationalism? This is a helpful little introduction to dispensationalism courtesy of Keith Mathison. “Dispensationalist theology is perhaps best known for its distinctive eschatological doctrines, particularly the…

  • Our Heats and Minds Turned Outward

    Our Hearts and Minds Turned Outward

    Every coin has a head behind a tail, every die a 6 behind a 1, every stamp a sticker behind a face. And in much the same way, every technology has a virtue behind a vice, a benefit behind a drawback, something beneficial behind something sorely detrimental. The television that supplies important news also promotes…

  • wednesday

    A La Carte (February 2)

    May the Lord bless you and keep you today. Logos users will want to look at the free and nearly-free books of the month. Also, this month Logos is featuring deals on resource by Eerdmans which includes the amazing NICOT/NICNT and Pillar commentary series. Today’s Kindle deals include quite a long list of deals from…