We have just come off a restful four-day weekend. Good Friday and Easter are both national holidays here in Canada, and we enjoyed the days of downtime and the special worship services. With that behind us, we are in a stretch that leads to the Victoria Day weekend which comes at the end of May…
Good morning! The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you today. On sale at Westminster Books this week are books for pastors and their wives. Today’s Kindle deals include a big collection of titles from Eerdmans. What Is “Body Positivity”? Janie Cheaney takes a look at some of the kids’ books meant to…
The Lord be with you and the Lord bless you today. Today’s Kindle deals includes a one-day sale on Scott David Allen’s excellent Why Social Justice Is Not Biblical Justice. (Yesterday on the blog: Why Should We Remember what God Forgets?) A Typesetting God This is just a really neat story. Jesus and John Wayne:…
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We serve a forgetful God. This forgetfulness reflects no fault in him, no weakness of his mind or memory. Rather, it reflects the strength of his mercy and grace, for he forgets only what would separate us from him, only what would alienate sinful humans from a holy God. It is our sinfulness that he…
Good morning! Grace and peace to you as you serve the Lord today and this week. There’s a short list of Kindle deals to look at today. (Yesterday on the blog: To the Mourner) “Jesus and Resurrection? What’s This Babbler Trying to Say?” “Babbling. Lots of talk is just that: babbling. Babbling, of course, is…
In recent months I have often mentioned the growing importance of poetry in my life. As we come to Good Friday and Easter, I have been enjoying some of the devotional poetry of days gone by, and was especially struck by Hannah Flagg Gould’s “To the Mourner.” It does not deal with Easter per se,…
May God bless you this weekend as you serve him and remember the day of Christ’s resurrection. Today’s Kindle deals include an interesting little collection of varied titles. (Yesterday on the blog: Always Read the Story to the End) When It’s Time to Leave a Church There can be very legitimate, but also very illegitimate,…
We cannot truly understand a story until we have read it to the end. Very often it is only in the final pages of a story that the author springs the big surprise, that he pulls together the loose strands, that he explains the meaning and purpose behind his interwoven narratives. If we give up…
The Lord be with you and the Lord bless you on this Good Friday. Logos users: There is a new list of free and really cheap books and commentaries ready for you to look through. There are quite a few books today on the Kindle deals page, and I’ll check for more in the morning.…
Good morning! The Lord be with you today. There’s a substantial list of Kindle deals to look at as we begin a new month. (Yesterday on the blog: 10 New and Notable Christian Books for March 2021) American Culture Is Broken. Is Theonomy the Answer? We seem to be seeing a bit of a resurgence…
This has been a busy few months for book releases, and nearly every day brings at least one new book to my mailbox. I continue to sort through them and separate out the ones that appear to be especially notable. This is my roundup of the new and notable Christian books for March 2021. For…
Grace, mercy and peace to you today. Logos users, this is the last day to get March’s free and very cheap books. There are a few books listed in today’s Kindle deals. When America Put the Bible on Trial Stephen Nichols writes about the infamous Scopes Monkey Trial. “On July 10, 1925, the eyes of…
Good morning! The God of peace be with you today. Logos users: You’ve got just two days left to take advantage of the March Matchups sales on some great commentaries. Today’s Kindle deals include a number of books. (Yesterday on the blog: The Only Way To Do The Work Of A Lifetime) The Resurrection’s Higher…
The great part of every life is made up of duty. While we certainly experience many delights and enjoy many distractions, there is more of duty to life than anything else. The God who creates and calls us also assigns to us many obligations, many responsibilities, many tasks and assignments. The great majority of what…
Good morning! Grace to you today. (Yesterday on the blog: Savior, Lead Me) Losing Forgiveness “Maybe it has always been thus—the crowd baying in the arena for more gore, more death. The angry revolutionary mob laying hands on whomever and administering ‘justice’ with the zeal of victors rather than the just. People taking picnics to…
I have been reading some of the works of Charles Ebert Orr who wrote in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Besides books he also penned a small number of poems and hymns and, among them, I most appreciated one titled “Savior, Lead Me.” It is a simple profession of confidence in God’s goodness and…
My gratitude goes to Reformation Heritage Books for sponsoring the blog this week with news of Simonetta Carr’s new book Questions Women Asked. Today’s Kindle deals include a good little book on the psalms along with some classics. (Yesterday on the blog: Money, Debt, and Finances) Dogmatic Dangers Janie Cheaney gets to the root of…
This week’s Free Stuff Friday is sponsored by RHB Publications. Everyone who enters will also get a free eBook of Rebecca VanDoodeward’s inspirational Reformation Women. In addition, three of you who enter will be chosen to receive a copy of all the following books: These are the New Titles from RHB Phillis Wheatley by Simonetta…
There are some topics that are relevant to only some Christians and a few topics that are relevant to all. One of those universal topics is finances, for each of us is entrusted with money and needs to learn to steward it well. Each of us is responsible for the ways we handle our money…