I’m doing things a little bit differently today. For now at least, I’ve mostly lost the ability to type, so am going to try my hand at a little bit of video. If you want, you can click play to learn more. Transcript We’ve got lights. We’ve got a camera. We’ve got a microphone. Let’s…
It’s rather a slow day for Kindle deals. We will hope for better things tomorrow. TMS Day 2017 The Master’s Seminary is hosting a virtual open house today. It’s free online and includes several classes, a TMS chapel (with John MacArthur preaching), and a Q&A with John MacArthur. Harvey Weinstein vs Billy Graham “Would the…
It’s October, but if you work at a church, it’s already time to talk about Christmas. That says a lot about what holidays mean for those in ministry. Whether you’re a pastor or volunteer, if you’re not careful, you might spend more time cutting out paper snowflakes for the foyer than preparing your heart to…
Every now and again I like to share an order of worship from Grace Fellowship Church. This service’s cast of characters included Paul (our lead pastor) as the preacher, Josh as the lead worshipper, Peter (one of our Assistant Ministers) as the service leader, Thushara (one of our deacons) as Scripture-reader, and Steve as the…
Today’s Kindle deals include a couple of great study Bibles along with a couple of other books. Why the End of Marriage in Eternity Is Good News John Piper explains why the end of marriage in eternity is actually good news. God is Not Ashamed of You “You see, God’s not disgusted with you. He…
I get letters! I write articles and some people take the time to respond with letters to the editor. Here is another batch of those letters. Letters on Learning to Be Rich To bolster your argument, this happened to me: When having a will produced before returning to the mission field, the lawyer casually but…
Today’s Kindle deals include a kind of random selection, but one that includes some good books. Why the Department of Justice’s Religious Liberty Guidance Matters ERLC explains: “It has been a great week for religious freedom – the protection for the conscience rights of every American of every faith and the free exercise thereof.” Did…
This week’s Free Stuff Fridays is sponsored by Christian History Institute. They’ve got something for everyone! For everyone, there is a free subscription to Christian History magazine. Christian History magazine is a full-color, high-quality, quarterly publication bringing the story of the church to the people of the church. It is available in the USA on…
The Bible knows nothing of lone Christians, of believers who are willfully independent from a local church. Rather, Christians gather in communities to worship together and serve one another. And as God commands his people to gather in community, he also commands them to be led—led by men called and qualified as pastors or elders…
Today’s Kindle deals include a whole collection of books related to the Reformation and Reformed theology. Westminster Books has a great sale on some top-notch commentaries and resources. The Pointlessness of Vegas is Its Point “Forget your conspiracy theories, which are coming thick and fast. Forget your sociological investigations, and the handwringing over US gun…
I have pointed out before that the the whole notion of visual theology—of presenting truth visually—is far from new. To the contrary, people have been doing this all through the ages. A couple of weeks ago we shared an infographic based on one created centuries ago by John Bunyan. Today we’ve got a complementary graphic…
Today’s Kindle deals include a whole selection of books from Zondervan. Crisis Pregnancy Centers in Crisis “The centers’ chief resource is the empathy and commitment of peer counselors, most of whom are volunteers. Their generosity and compassion in answering hotlines, providing unscheduled consultations, and giving ongoing help to clients is the key to the centers’…
Westminster Books has a great price on the new ESV Systematic Theology Study Bible if you’re interested in adding it to your collection. Where are you on the Adultery Trail? Tim Chester: “Adultery is ugly. But before David thought about the act of adultery with Bathsheba in this famous story, there were two other kinds…
Over the past few years, one of the most common recurring questions from readers has been this: “Can I translate your articles?” Though I’ve received requests that represent many different languages, none has been more persistent than the requests for Spanish. Today I’m thrilled to announce that I am now offering a Spanish edition of…
In some ways it seems like the New Calvinism has been around for a very long time. In other ways, it seems like it’s still a brand new thing. Whatever the case, it has lasted enough now that people are beginning to trace its roots, evaluate its accomplishments, and project its future. While this has…
Today’s Kindle deals include some pretty good books. Especially noteworthy are the titles by Carl Trueman and Sam Allberry. Searching for Meaning in Las Vegas Al Mohler addresses the carnage in Las Vegas. “We cannot help but ask why because, made in God’s image, we are moral creatures who cannot grasp or understand the world…
It is my belief that the Reformation is worth honoring, remembering, and even celebrating. If our society can celebrate “World Tripe Day” (October 24), we as Protestants can set aside time on October 31, 2017 and remember the 500th anniversary of the event that “lit the powder keg of the Reformation”.
There was a time, and it was not so very long ago, that we wanted heroes who were flawless. We would look to the past to find people who had an outsized impact on our world and prepare biographies tipped well in the direction of hagiography. We might read a thousand or two thousand pages…
Today’s Kindle deals include a whole collection of titles from John MacArthur. Christian Audio has an excellent freebie this month: The Whole Christ by Sinclair Ferguson. You’ll find a few of his other books heavily discounted. The First Tremor “More than three hundred years before Martin Luther was born, an unlikely reformer suddenly appeared in…
So much of the beauty of poetry is finding words that express your soul. Poetry has a way of expressing both our conscious thoughts and our unconscious desires. Such is the case with this little poem I dug up recently. It’s an old one, written many years ago by John Newton. He expresses the universal…