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Explore June 2020

  • Free Stuff Fridays (Boyce College)

    This week’s Free Stuff Friday is sponsored by Boyce College. They are giving 20 away e-tickets to the online D3 Youth Conference June 22-25. Here’s how they describe it: During the D3 Youth Conference, students can deepen their relationship with Christ and their community through four days of focused, biblical teaching. D3 is designed to…

  • An Early-June Family Update

    It occurred to me the other day that it has been almost three months since I shook anyone’s hand—or had any other form of physical contact with any person who is not in my family. And I think the last hand I shook was Paul Washer’s. The last day I was out of the house…

  • friday

    A La Carte (June 5)

    There are a few Kindle deals to explore today. Logos users, the new book by Harold Senkbeil, Christ and Calamity, is free for the taking. Christians Fight to Bring Adopted Kids Home from Overseas CT writes about adoptions that have been interrupted by the global pandemic. “Some families have been forced to call off adoptions…

  • thursday

    A La Carte (June 4)

    Today’s Kindle deals include a brand new book from Harold Senkbeil titled Christ and Calamity. Here’s a reminder that all of Ligonier’s teaching series are available for free for a limited time. (Yesterday on the blog: Write Better) 5 Bad Morning Habits You Should Quit Right Away Reagan Rose lists 5 morning habits you should…

  • Write Better

    Write Better

    Andrew T. Le Peau has had a significant influence on Christian writing not first through his own books, but through his long career as an editor. While he has authored a number of popular books and Bible studies, his greater work has been influencing a generation of writers as an associate publisher for editorial at…

  • wednesday

    A La Carte (June 3)

    Today’s Kindle deals include the Babylon Bee book along with a classic from Sproul, a volume of the Bible For You series, and more. A new ElisabethElliot.com has launched and it has a good and growing collection of resources. New Troubles Are Met With New Mercies This is good counsel for when we experience any…

  • The Gap Year Program That Leaves No Gap

    This week the blog is sponsored by Boyce College, but I want to begin it with a personal note. When my children began to consider their options for college, Aileen and I wanted them to know we would support them in whatever program and whatever college they chose. But we also insisted that before they…

  • tuesday

    A La Carte (June 2)

    There are some solid Kindle deals for newer books as well as classics. You may also want to take a look at Amazon’s general market monthly deals. Logos has a commentary that is free for the taking, and a few others that are substantially discounted. (Yesterday on the blog: COVID-19 and the Future of the…

  • COVID 19 and the Future of the Christian Conference

    COVID-19 and the Future of the Christian Conference

    Christians have long valued conferences. In the past few decades, as travel has become easier and less expensive, Christians have valued large national conferences where thousands or tens of thousands gather to worship, learn, and fellowship together. The story of the “New Calvinism” could not possibly be told apart from the rise and impact of…

  • monday

    A La Carte (June 1)

    There’s a handful of quality Kindle deals for you today. (Yesterday on the blog: Better Faithful Than Free) Your Weird, Messy Church is God’s “Plan A” Jared Wilson: “You don’t have to be cool, big, strong, technologically savvy, politically fashionable, or culturally relevant. You just have to repent of your sin and commit your weird,…