Whatever else we might say about the contemporary church, we must say this: We are well resourced. When a new challenge presents itself, when a new teaching arises, when a new heresy appears, it does not take long before we have access to books that address, confront, and correct it. One of the recent challenges…
Good morning. The God of peace be with you all today. Here’s your occasional reminder that at SquareQuotes.church you’ll find a huge collection of the daily quote graphics I share each day. You can download them, print them, share them, and so on. Today’s Kindle deals include a number of volumes in the John Stott…
Good morning. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Today’s Kindle deals are headlined by a selection of Crossway’s top books of 2020. It’s the first time most of these have been on sale. (Yesterday on the blog: Why Is There Only One Way To Heaven?) We Must…
It is an audacious claim of the Christian faith that there is only one way to heaven. “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,” we believe. Not most, not some, but all. Since all of us have sinned, all of us are lost and in need of saving. And this saving…
Grace to you and peace. May you know and experience the blessings of the Lord today. The first sale of the year from Westminster Books is a good one. It offers good deals on many of the best books from 2020. Lessons in the Transitions of Life Amber Thiessen offers some lessons that come from…
Good morning, and may the Lord be with you today. Today’s Kindle deals include a couple of Bible studies for women, a book by Mark Jones, and a few others. (Yesterday on the blog: Grief Should Always Make Us Better) The Human Ear Sometimes it’s good to take a deep dive into just one little…
Death is the great interrupter. Death is the great interrupter because, far more often than not, it strikes when it’s least expected. When death comes it invariably interrupts plans, dreams, projects, goals. One author observes how very sad, how very pathetic it is, when a man dies suddenly and we go into his home or…
It is Monday, January 4. And right now, at this very moment, God is on his throne. Don’t we all need to be reminded of that from time to time? In case you missed it over the weekend… Logos users will want to be sure to take a look at this month’s free and heavily-discounted…
One of my favorite things is to find someone else’s prayer that I can pray quietly by myself on a Sunday morning. I suppose there’s a kind of freshness to it—a different way of expressing similar truths. On this Sunday morning I’m praying along with J.R. Miller who once created a whole collection of prayers…
Logos users will want to be sure to take a look at this month’s free and heavily-discounted books. The freebie this month is a new, theologically-sound commentary on Galatians. Today’s Kindle deals include mostly classics. Marriage: The Beginning of a Revolution I enjoyed reading this account of a surprisingly significant wedding. “Yesterday was packed with…
Happy new year! I hope your 2020 ended safely and that your 2021 has begun well. Say what you will about 2020, but there has certainly never been another year quite like it. I, for one, am not terribly sad to bid it adieu. As we embark on a new year, here are a few…
We went to visit Nick on Christmas morning. “Visit Nick”—that’s what we’ve decided to call it when we spend time at his graveside. “Going to the cemetery” focuses on the place, not the person, so is too impersonal, too abstract. “Paying our respects” is another option, but sounds too formal to describe going to the…
Once again, the selection of Kindle deals isn’t quite what I’d like. We’ll hope for better things next year… Feeble Words in Prayer I’m so thankful that our prayers aren’t heard only for their eloquence. “‘Fear not because your prayer is stammering, your words feeble, and your language poor. Jesus can understand you.’ We’ve all…
Today’s Kindle deals include Tim Keller’s book on prayer. And, at least for now, not a whole lot else! Resolutions “Do you remember what resolutions you were making this time last year? Perhaps they included losing weight, or eating healthier meals, or putting aside some money. Those are all good things when life’s bumps are…
After a couple of days of coming up empty-handed, I managed to track down some pretty good Kindle deals for today. What God Tells Us to Remember I thoroughly enjoyed this article that reminds us of those things God tells us to remember. “There used to be a saying on memes that went something like,…
It’s that slow, unusual week between Christmas and New Year—a week I tend to keep things simple. So it’s likely to be pretty much just A La Carte articles this week… The Dangerous Love of Ease Greg Morse: “As Christians living in the West, one temptation we face (often being unaware that we face it)…
In general, there are two approaches to daily Bible-reading: reading for intimacy or reading for familiarity. Intimacy with the Bible comes through slow, meditative reading that focuses on small portions—deep study of key books, chapters, and verses. Familiarity with the Bible comes through faster reading of much larger portions—the entire sweep of the biblical narrative.…
I trust you enjoyed your Christmas, as we did. And with Christmas behind us, here in Ontario we now have to navigate a far less enjoyable month-long lockdown that began at 12:01 AM this morning… Today’s Kindle deals include some classics along with some newer works that are worth a peek. There’s some Tolkien in…
Merry Christmas! I pray that this will be a sweet day of rest and remembrance for you—a day in which you will be able to rest from your normal labors to remember our Savior’s birth. As you do so, perhaps you will be blessed by this old prayer drawn from The Valley of Vision. It…
We learned recently that here in Ontario we are headed into another lockdown. It will begin December 26 and continue for four weeks—an inauspicious ending to one year and beginning to the next… Today’s Kindle deals include a pretty good collection. There are some deals from Crossway, one of the “God’s Word For You” books,…