Today’s Kindle deals include a lot of Wiersbe, with a few other authors represented as well. (Yesterday on the blog: Worshiping a Not-So-Holy God) Let Not Food Destroy the Body Stacey Reaoch brings up some good and important points in this article on food. Like this: “Food preferences are just that — preferences. In a…
This week the blog is sponsored by Southern Seminary and was written by R. Albert Mohler Jr, who invites you to download your free copy of Truths You Can Trust. Not too long ago, I was able to visit with two of the leading authorities on theological education in the world. Neither of these figures…
Last week I had the opportunity to speak at the annual (bi-annual as of 2021) G3 Conference in Atlanta. As always, I thoroughly enjoyed the event and, as always, my favorite part was meeting so many of you. On the opening day of the conference I participated in a Q&A session that included John MacArthur,…
Today’s Kindle deals include a diverse collection of books. (Yesterday on the blog: How We Worshipped One Sunday in January) 10 Ways Porn Culture Will Target Your Kids in 2020 You’ve just got to be aware of all that ways porn culture targets your kids. “So let’s get to know the enemy so we can…
From time to time I like to share one of our worship services from Grace Fellowship Church. In that vein, here is how we worshiped on one January Sunday morning. This week’s cast of characters included Steve as service leader, Paul as preacher, and Allie as music leader. Dwight read the Scripture text and led…
Today’s Kindle deals include some newer books and some older ones; there are some good picks! Westminster Books has a sale on R.C. Sproul’s excellent commentary on the Westminster Confession (which has been newly reprinted). You may also be interested in the ESV Creeds & Confessions Bible. (Yesterday on the blog: The Gospel According to…
This week’s Free Stuff Fridays is sponsored by Crossway, who also sponsored the blog this week. They are giving away a brand new book that I think will be of a lot of interest to you: Created to Draw Near: Our Life as God’s Royal Priests by Edward T. Welch. There will be five winners…
Satan is many things. But one fact the Bible makes perfectly clear is that he is a liar. Already by the third chapter of the Bible he has been deceitful (taking a physical form that is not his), he has been deceptive (getting people to question whether God is as good as they had thought),…
It is an okay day for Kindle deals with quite a few available options, several of them Puritan classics. Keeping Primary Attention on Life’s Main Focuses Vance Christie tells a story to bring out a valid point. The English Reformation: England’s First Brexit You’d need to know more about church history than I do to…
Today’s Kindle deals include a handful of books, including one good one by R.C. Sproul. (Yesterday on the blog: Get To Know Onthatile Children’s Ministries) Max Lucado’s Endorsement of Jen Hatmaker: What it Means and Why it Matters This is important: “It can be tempting to view any display of disunity as divisive. But we…
My recent journey through Africa led me to Onthatile Children’s Ministries in Johannesburg, South Africa (the second time I’ve visited the ministry, which is pronounced OWN-ta-tee-lay). There are nearly 3 million orphans in South Africa and Onthatile exists to rescue those that have been abandoned, then to provide them a safe haven until they can…
Today’s Kindle deals include a whole list of biographies as well as a couple of other titles. The lowest-cost Kindle as well as the best-value-for-money Kindle (Paperwhite) are both on sale just now. The Eleven Commandments For Long Winded Preachers There is lots of stuff in this list of eleven commandments for long winded preachers.…
There is a pretty good selection of Kindle deals to browse through today. There’s some Wiersbe, some Lewis, some Keller and some others… (Yesterday on the blog: The Rules for Alliteration) Dining in the Dark: Is Communion Christ’s Flesh? It’s so important that we get our theology of communion right. Clint Archer writes about his…
Strictly speaking, to alliterate is to provide a list of words that begin with the same letter or sound, as in “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.” In a broader sense, to alliterate is to form an outline using similarly-sounding words or phrases. It is a device that, in theory, helps readers to…
Today’s Kindle deals include just a few books—but they are good books mostly by John Piper, at least. Untangling the Theology of Star Wars There is lots of theology, or spirituality at least, in Star Wars. But what does it all add up to? “Throughout the saga, Star Wars mixed in some animism, transcendentalism, and…
This was one of those rare weeks when I collected more good material for A La Carte than I could use in just six days. For that reason, I put together a special “Sunday edition.” Enjoy! Words That Honor God’s Word “Words are extremely powerful. They can build up, and they can destroy. And we…
Today’s Kindle deals include several excellent classics and a couple of newer works. (Yesterday on the blog: Piercing Heaven: A Prayer Book You’ll Actually Use) Humbly Coming Before Our Father “Although most people, even many professing Christians, believe that everyone is a child of God in a spiritual way, the word of God is undeniably…
I once met a prominent Christian—a Reformed Baptist theologian, even—who admitted something to me that sounded almost scandalous: He doesn’t care for The Pilgrim’s Progress. He read it as a student, he re-read it as an adult, and it just didn’t do much for him. And with that in view, here’s a confession of my…
Westminster Books says Ed Welch’s Created to Draw Near is their small group book of the year. And they’ve got it on sale for now. Through Cruciform Press we’ve got some interesting new books: The definitive collection of John Piper’s missions-oriented sermons, drawn from his more than 35 years of ministry (Cruciform or Amazon). And…
Today’s Kindle deals include a couple of books on prayer. Also, The Good Book Company will give you a free copy of Tim Lane’s book Unstuck if you join their mailing list. (Yesterday on the blog: Have You Read a Book Yet This Year?) Is Francis Chan Right about the Lord’s Supper? Francis Chan recently…