The Bible warns about the danger of a hard heart. It warns that a heart can be so hardened that it becomes resistant even to the words of God. It warns that a hard heart is an impenitent heart and that an impenitent heart is a heart that falls under God’s just judgment. In this…
I’m grateful to Christian Focus for sponsoring the blog this week to tell you about their new exposition of the London Baptist Confession. Please do make it a point to visit the sponsors since they play a key role in keeping this site going. Westminster Books has a deal on a new book for kids.…
This week’s Free Stuff Friday is sponsored by Christian Focus Publications. They are offering copies of A New Exposition of the London Baptist Confession of Faith of 1689 to five winners. What People Have Said About the Book: Joel R. Beeke: This is an important resource for Baptists to understand their historic doctrines that were…
Sometimes it’s simple enough to know what a book is, but a little more difficult to know what it’s meant for. Understanding a book’s contents is sometimes a bit simpler than knowing how to use it. And I’d say that’s exactly the case for A Divine Tapestry by Ryan McGraw. A Divine Tapestry is simply…
I am off to Houston today for the Truth in Love Conference. I look forward to meeting some of you there! Those on the lookout for new Kindle deals will find a few today. The Church of England Takes a “Third Way” on Gay Marriage Carl Trueman: “The solution is, of course, no real solution.…
The Lord be with you and bless you today. (Yesterday on the blog: Rest Takes Work) The Wise Man Is In Town “Where did we get the idea that the wisest among us dwell in seclusion in hard to reach places?” That’s a simple question and receives a great answer. 7 Reasons Guests Don’t Return…
I messed up over the Christmas holidays. I made a simple but silly mistake—a mistake that left me entering the new year feeling weary instead of rested, feeling drained instead of energized. It was a failure to plan, a failure to remember a simple truth about work and rest. Like so many other people, I…
Westminster Books has a deal on what they are calling their group study book of the year. Today’s Kindle deals once again include some excellent books. Ethnic Harmony Is a Certainty: Three Good Resolves for the Church “As a pastor in Minneapolis for more than two decades, I have found that one of the most…
Blessings to you today. Today’s Kindle deals include another good-sized list of discounted books. (Yesterday on the blog: It’s 2023 and We Need Blogs More Than Ever) How a Christian Marriage Was Saved by a Wise Guerilla Leader This is an account of how God worked through unusual means to preserve a marriage. “I Must…
Today’s post is sponsored by Christian Focus Publications. For centuries, Baptists have published confessions of faith as formal statements of their beliefs. Chief among these is the Second London Baptist Confession of Faith of 1689. This doctrinal statement is a spiritual treasure trove worthy of our fresh attention. In a new study, edited by Rob…
It’s hard to remember or even believe, but there was a time when social media consisted solely of blogs. Blogs were the way writers escaped the gatekeepers of old media to gain a voice of their own on the marvelous new medium we called the World Wide Web. Blogs were an interactive form of communication…
Grace and peace to you today. Today’s Kindle deals include a nice little collection from Crossway and another from Zondervan. (Yesterday on the blog: Let the Sunlight In) I Did Not Sign-Up for This: The Fourth P of Pastoral Ministry “In my early years of ministry formation, I had the three P’s of ministry drummed…
It is one of the hard realities of the Christian life—we have been saved, but we still sin. We have committed ourselves to the Lord, but are sometimes still so committed to rebelling against him. We have been forgiven, yet still at times spurn his grace. I expect thoughts like these were in the mind…
My thanks goes to Reformed Free Publishing Association for sponsoring the blog this week to tell you about their children’s magazine, Ignited by the Word. There is quite a good collection in today’s Kindle deals. I have it on good authority that we will see plenty of good deals next week. Westminster Books has a…
This week’s Free Stuff Friday is sponsored by Reformed Free Publishing Association, who also sponsored the blog this week with their article Ignited by the Word: A Christian Magazine for Children. They are offering a free, 1-year subscription to Ignited by the Word to each of ten winners. Every issue of Ignited by the Word,…
I don’t know what it is like to lose a spouse. I don’t know what it is like to bid farewell to the person with whom I’ve built a home and had a family and shared a life. I don’t know the unique griefs, the unique sorrows, the unique traumas that come with so devastating…
Good morning. Grace and peace to you. CBD is having a sale with some excellent titles discounted, including: ESV Readers’s Bible (set); Prayer by Tim Keller; Gentle and Lowly & Deeper by Dane Ortlund; 1 2 3 books by Jen Wilkin; Be Thou My Vision; Suffering & New Morning Mercies by Paul Tripp; ESV Study…
This week’s deal from Westminster Books is on a book I’d urge all Baptists (and maybe even non-Baptists) to read. (Yesterday on the blog: What I Want From A Church) When I Die Young (Or Old) Vanessa Le considers dying young…or old. Members who build the body “Healthy local churches make a powerful and attractive…
NPR recently ran an article about the future of the Christian church. Church attendance is in decline, they said, but some creative leaders are finding ways to keep it relevant in a new cultural context. Pastor Chris Battle has walked away from traditional church because it “was not connecting with people” and now leads a…
We have entered into a stretch in which we aren’t seeing a lot of great Kindle deals. But I’ll keep searching and hope to find some more soon. (Note: if you like general market books, you’ll find a list of popular 2022 releases on sale.) Fickle Gods and the Wondrous Clarity of the Law This…