Good morning. Grace and peace to you on this fine day. Today’s Kindle deals include some great titles from Crossway. (Yesterday on the blog: A Prayer for Our Pastors) 5 Lessons from the Japanese American Internment What an interesting article. It shares some lessons from the Japanese American internment during the Second World War, focusing…
What a joy and what a blessing it is to pray for our spiritual leaders—to ask God to bless them, to sanctify them, and to equip them for the ministry he calls them to. This prayer by John Flavel (as found in Tim Chester’s Into His Presence) offers words we can pray on their behalf.…
I am grateful to Crown and Covenant Publications for sponsoring the blog this week. There are a few new Kindle deals that are worth a look. (Yesterday on the blog: Identity and the Worship of Self) “Where is Your Faith?” “How did you survive the death of a child? It is a question my husband…
This week’s Free Stuff Friday is sponsored by Grassmarket Press, a new imprint of Crown & Covenant Publications. They are giving away the first three books from Grassmarket Press (I Have a Confession by Nathan Eshelman, What Is Love? by Kyle Borg, and Worship, Feasting, Rest, Mercy by Daniel Howe) to each of ten winners.…
Identity is everywhere. We can hardly read an article in the news or watch a show on TV without encountering it. Identity defines our relationship to the world around us, to the other members of our society, and even to our own bodies. “This rapid rise in identity-thinking has caused a somewhat tense interaction with…
Good morning from northern Cambodia. However you plan to spend your Good Friday, may it be a day of many blessings. I’m doing my best to keep up with Kindle deals even on an internet connection that’s substantially slower than I am accustomed to! The Crucifixion Stories Are Embarrassing, and That’s a Good Thing This…
Good morning from very hot very humid Cambodia. I arrived safely yesterday and today have little on the schedule for today but an 8-hour drive to our filming location in the northern part of the country. Today’s Kindle deals include a good number of interesting titles. (Yesterday on the blog: Follow Without Seeing, Die Without…
What is it like to be a Christian? What is it like to submit your life to the Lord? What is it like to live for the glory of an unseen God? There is a lot bound up in the questions. But an answer comes to mind as I scour the hall of heroes we…
May the Lord be with you and bless you today. Every Sunday Is Easter Joe Holland: “Easter Sunday has always been a big deal, from my earliest unconverted memories to my recent pastor labors. I cherish those memories and my current family traditions. But I now know that all that expectancy was misplaced—like a young…
Good morning! I am about to make my way across the Pacific for my second Worship Round the World journey. I’ve got many miles to go today… There is a massive list of Kindle deals to go through today and it includes a lot of great commentaries. This month you can listen to Mitch Chase’s…
This week the blog is sponsored by Crown and Covenant Publications, and the post is written by Nathan Eshelman, pastor of the Orlando Reformed Presbyterian Church in historic downtown Orlando, Florida. He is the author of two Grassmarket Press books: I Have a Confession: The What and Why of the Westminster Confession of Faith (2022)…
Not too long ago I read that the mysterious artist Banksy had created several new murals in Ukraine. Going to locations that had experienced the fury of war, he found broken and damaged buildings and used them as his canvas. In one a gymnast practices a handstand upon shattered walls and in another a woman…
Good morning. Grace and peace to you. Logos users will want to look at this month’s free and nearly-free books. You’ll also find good deals this month on some excellent commentary sets. There’s a substantial list of Kindle deals to begin a new month. (Yesterday on the blog: Aged Saint, Thy Form Is Bending) The…
Hoary is one of those words that has largely fallen into disuse, and perhaps that’s to our detriment since it’s so evocative. It simply means “grayish white” and was often used to describe the hair of older men and women. Hannah Flagg Gould used the word in this lovely poem which celebrates “the gift of…
I’m grateful to Lithos Kids for sponsoring the blog this week to tell you about their new The Kingdom of God Bible Storybook. This new episode of WTS’s The Afterword features an interesting discussion with Timothy Brindle on CRT. Also, they have a sale on some excellent books by G.K. Beale. With the beginning of…
This week’s Free Stuff Friday is sponsored by Lithos Kids. They are giving away five books and four audiobooks to one winner, and the first 25 people to use the promo code, CHALLIES, may download all of the audiobooks on the site for free. The Kingdom of God Bible Storybook The Kingdom of God Bible…
Sometimes a book obscures its subject behind a clever or even misleading title. Sometimes, though, it just goes out and says it. And that’s very much the case with Bob Fyall’s Why Are We Often So Boring?. Having dedicated his life to both preaching and training others to preach, he has collected his thoughts and…
The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you today, my friends. Today’s the last day for Logos users to save on March Matchups. There are some great deals to be had! As for Kindle deals, volume one of my favorite church history series is marked way down. In Your Wake This one hits hard:…
May the Lord be with you and bless you today. Westminster Books has a deal on a new systematic theology. Today’s Kindle deals include a couple of noteworthy titles. (Yesterday on the blog: The Gap Between Our Greatest Grief and Our Greatest Joy) What Are Atheism and Secularism? Ligonier has a helpful and quite extensive…
My heart has often been gripped by one of the stories Luke tells from the life of Jesus. He tells of Jesus arriving in the town of Nain just as a funeral procession is making its way toward the tombs nearby. This was an especially tragic funeral, for the man who had died was “the…