Every four years another Olympics begins and the whole world becomes obsessed with activities they haven’t thought about since the last games. Suddenly we find ourselves waking up early and staying up late to watch athletes pole vault and throw javelins and dive into pools. We can’t help but cheer as we watch little-known sports…
Today’s Kindle deals include a hodgepodge of books which are worth checking out. Happy Victoria Day to my fellow Canadians. Enjoy your day off! What If I Don’t Feel Forgiven? “There is an important difference between guilt and guilt feelings. The distinction is between that which is objective and that which is subjective.” Do I…
Sometimes God’s truth goes into your life like a quiet whisper. Sometimes it goes in like a hand grenade. Have you had one of those times? One day you hear a sermon, or you have a conversation with a fellow church member, or maybe a friend confronts you with a sin they’ve seen in your…
I love to review books that are of special interest to Christians. And even when I’m not able to review them, I still love to make people aware of titles that are new and noteworthy. Based on the number of books that are stuffed into my mailbox just about every day, I presume that Christian…
Westminster Books has a great deal on various works by John Frame. You can’t go wrong with any of his books. Public Discourse in the Age of Social Media “Christians must understand that the medium of social media has a tendency to cheapen that which is rich and to deprecate that which is holy. But,…
This week’s Free Stuff Fridays is sponsored by the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention which, as you know, also sponsored the blog this week. ERLC has recently released a series of books titled “The Gospel for Life” and they are giving away two complete sets. That means there will be…
Blogs have come a long way in a short time. Though an early form of blogging existed as early as the 90s, it was not until the early 2000s that the term became widely-used and the medium became widely-adopted. In this way blogging is still in its infancy, though some are convinced it’s also in…
Today’s Kindle deals include a couple of books and a couple of Bibles. Hey Bill Johnson & Bethel Church… “I receive emails from people around the world who are deeply confused and frightened by the teaching and supposed ‘miracle’ ministry of Bill Johnson, Bethel Church, and Jesus Culture in Redding California. Many of these emails…
When I was in my early 20s, one of my friends had a sudden experience of spiritual growth and enthusiasm. Suddenly, he had a new fervor for the Lord and a fresh desire to serve him. He began using new words and imaginative phrases to describe his relationship with God and his longing to live…
Christian Audio is having a mix and match sale; select 4 books and you’ll get all 4 for $15. Maybe load up your phone before that long vacation drive? Eight Of The Most Common Worship Leading Mistakes Jamie Brown: “Our goal is not to become flawless worship leaders who never make mistakes. Our goal is…
A well-planned worship service is a tremendous blessing to those who participate in it. A well-planned service is not necessarily one in which the projector never flickers and the microphones never buzz, or one in which the transitions are smooth and the sermon doesn’t go long. Rather, a well-planned service is one whose elements have…
Today’s Kindle deals include rather slim pickings, but there are still a couple of new ones. Six Things to Know About God’s Wrath “This theme of the wrath (or anger) of God toward sin and sinners is clearly and widely taught in the Bible. This truth is so interwoven with the hope of our peace…
Fasting is, by far, the least-appreciated and least-practiced spiritual discipline. There is a curious apathy about a discipline Jesus assumed his followers would practice. After all, just as he gave instruction on prayer prefaced by the words “And when [not if] you pray…,” he gave instruction on fasting prefaced by “And when you fast…” Both…
Today’s Kindle deals include several excellent deals from Tim Keller, John MacArthur, James White, and others. Learning for Life “The lack of teachability is probably the single greatest hindrance to our growth in grace and it’s a form of pride.” It sure is! Spring (Video) This is a stunning time lapse video of flowers. Torn…
This sponsored post was prepared by Russell D. Moore on behalf of the 2017 ERLC National Conference: Christ-Centered Parenting in a Complex World. I recently received an email from a parent who had discovered her teenager in sexual sin, and was wondering how to respond to it as a Christian parent. That’s a good question.…
How big is God? This is the kind of question most children ask at one time or another. They know that they are weak and that God is strong, they know that they are tiny and that the universe is immense, and so they naturally wonder, “Just how big is this God, anyway?” And in…
Today’s Kindle deals include several by Jared Wilson and, since his books are all worth reading, today’s a good day to stock up. There are some other noteworthy books there as well. How Pixar Lost Its Way Basically, Disney ruined it. “The painful verdict is all but indisputable: The golden era of Pixar is over.…
A few weeks ago I asked Will You Write a Mother’s Day Tribute?. Many people took up the challenge and today I want to share some of them. I asked people to mark their Mother’s Day tributes with the hashtag #dearmom17, so what I list here are drawn from articles listed with that hashtag on…
Dear Mom, We don’t really do this stuff, do we? We don’t often feel the need to say what we assume the other person already knows. It’s that British reserve, I suspect. But on this Mother’s Day, I want to tell just some of what you mean to me, and I’ll do it through a…
I receive questions—lots and lots of questions—as part of the feature I call Ask Me Anything. Here is another attempt to answer a few of them. I had an abortion when I was in college. I have confessed that sin to God and know I have been forgiven. I am now dating and about to…