It’s not a memory I’m proud of, but every now and again I feel the need to revisit it. I guess if Peter could tell the tale of betraying Jesus—after all, how else would the biblical writers have known the fine details?—, I can tell my tale of failing to be like Jesus. I can…
Westminster Books has discounted many of this summer’s new releases. There are some odds and ends listed in today’s Kindle deals. (Yesterday on the blog: Keep in Mercy’s Way) The Song That Was Sharper Than Sting What a sweet bit of writing this is. “Samwise had climbed too many stairs with Shagrat drooling on his…
As we prepare to join in corporate worship today, we would do well to consider what God accomplishes through such precious means of grace. Here is Spurgeon, in his early days, calling us to let sermons and prayers be our delight. Let sermons and prayers be thy delight, because they are roads wherein the Saviour…
I’m grateful to Matthias Media for sponsoring the blog this week. Be sure to check out their neat new resource The Generosity Project. Today’s Kindle deals offers a pretty good list of newer and older books. (Yesterday on the blog: When Solomon’s Fool Created a Social Media Platform) Sticktoitiveness and the Christian Life “Sticktoitiveness is…
The fool of the book of Proverbs is a vivid illustration of practical atheism, for this foolish man lives as if there is no God and as if God isn’t concerned about human behavior. The fool may not actually deny the existence of the divine, but he practically denies it by choosing to live according…
At long last the second of my two two-week quarantines is over and normal life can resume! I don’t plan to travel internationally again anytime soon and this is exactly why! I thought I should remind Logos users that they’ve still got time to get 30% off any single order, no matter how big it…
As summer turns to fall, and as we seem to creep incrementally back towards normalcy, the new books continue to pour in. I’ve sorted through the many (many!) books that have shown up at my doorstep over the past four weeks and have narrowed them down to this list of a dozen. For each one…
This is my final day of quarantine! After two weeks isolating in the US followed by two isolating in Canada, I’m very nearly free… There are a few new Kindle deals to consider and they include a book by MacArthur as well as the ESV Prayer Bible which I’m pretty sure I’ve never seen on…
You can’t read the news, you can’t scroll through Twitter, you can’t browse a bookstore, you probably can’t even talk to a neighbor without realizing that somehow everything has become about race, gender, and identity. In a short period of time we’ve been introduced to a whole new vocabulary that conveys a whole new set…
Today’s Kindle deals include a volume of the God’s Word for You series, which make for excellent devotionals. Woke Repentance Here’s Carl Trueman: “The Reformers outlined several marks of the church: the preaching of the Word, the administration of the sacraments, and, at times, godly discipline or biblical worship. Today, they would need to add…
Today’s Kindle deals include a few books that rarely go on sale, plus a number of titles by R.C. Sproul. From now until September 8, you can get 30% off one entire order at Logos. Just load up your cart and use the coupon code LABORDAY. (Yesterday on the blog: Lessons In Becoming a Better…
I am one of the breakout session speakers at the Getty Music Sing! Global conference (August 30-September 2), but I also intend to be one of the attendees. It is, after all, an online-only event in which everyone can participate even during this time when travel and mass gatherings are uncertain or even impossible. As…
It is one thing to hear, but another thing to listen. Good communication and healthy relationships depend upon not only hearing the words other people say, but on carefully listening to what they mean to communicate. To listen is to love. But if we are honest, few of us are good listeners. It’s easy enough…
Today is not much of a day for Kindle deals, unfortunately. We will hope for better things tomorrow. (Yesterday on the blog: Who Gets To Rule Our Hearts This Week?) More Than a Shibboleth Lots of churches emphasize the ordinary means of grace, but there’s an important distinction still to be made. “While professing a…
Sometimes we all need a little bit of help praying. And when that’s true of me, one place I know to turn is Scotty Smith’s blog where he posts new prayers on a daily basis. One that caught my attention this week was titled Who Gets to Rule Our Hearts This Week?. I thought I’d…
Yesterday was a happy day as we got the news from Louisville that my son asked his girl to marry him, and she said yes. What joy! Today’s Kindle deals include the usual Saturday classics plus a few newer works (e.g. two of the volumes of the NSBT). (Yesterday on the blog: The Place To…
In recent days the topic of social justice has received much attention within the church and without. As Christians we are committed to living according to God’s Word, and so we have rightly been turning to the Bible to learn how it would guide us. We have been scouring its pages to see what it…
I have now served out the first half of my second quarantine. One more week and I’ll be free! Crossway has released a new ESV Women’s Study Bible and it’s 50% off for the next few days at Westminster Books. There’s a handful of Kindle deals today, the best of which is Alec Motyer’s reader-friendly…
Today’s Kindle deals include Jen Wilkin’s Women of the Word, a book for kids, and some other selections. (Yesterday on the blog: A Way With Words) The Proper Response To God’s Gifts Is To Enjoy Them Here’s Stephen Kneale on enjoying God’s gifts. “Gnosticism has a habit of driving some of our attitudes in the…
Books often arrive in topical waves as an event or emphasis within the church or within wider society sparks many writers to address a common concern. This is the case right now with a whole crop of new books that have significant thematic overlap: Scott Saul’s A Gentle Answer: Our ‘Secret Weapon’ in an Age…