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  • wednesday

    A La Carte (February 16)

    The Lord bless you and keep you today. Westminster Books has some good books specially discounted. Today’s Kindle deals include a couple of solid titles. What Does ‘Deconstruction’ Even Mean? “‘Deconstruction’ is a term that has increasingly been used in evangelical circles, especially over the past decade. But it is a confusing term, because there’s…

  • tuesday

    A La Carte (February 15)

    May the God of love and peace be with you today, my friends. (Yesterday on the blog: The Music of Heaven) When Activists Do History This is really interesting: “There exists today a growing trend among historians that represents a significant departure from the traditional scholarly approach to writing and teaching history. This trend involves…

  • monday

    A La Carte (February 14)

    Good morning. Grace and peace to you. There is a good collection of Kindle deals to look at today, headlined by a group of books for women published by Crossway. (Yesterday on the blog: Great God, Is Life Such an Uncertain Thing?) The last leaf Andrée Seu Peterson: “The pestilence angel, no respecter of persons…

  • Weekend A La Carte (February 12)

    This week Westminster Books hosted the bookstore for the Bethlehem Conference for Pastors. Now they’re offering 50% off some of their favorite books featured at the event. (Yesterday on the blog: You’re Only Human) Grave words Kim Henderson considers tombstones and how they can preach to us even decades or centuries later. A Call for…

  • friday

    A La Carte (February 11)

    May the Lord be with you and bless you today. There have been a couple of interesting Kindle deals over the past couple of days. If There Wasn’t a Sermon About It, Does Your Pastor Even Care? Trevin Wax addresses what is an urgent concern to many pastors. “I thought about ‘Justice Sunday’ recently because…

  • thursday

    A La Carte (February 10)

    Good morning! Grace and peace to you. Westminster Books has a heavy-duty new set of books on sale. (Yesterday on the blog: The God Who Counts the Cost) Music And Lyrics “The world is a symphony: exquisite and detailed and beautiful. But for all of its music, there is one thing that the world cannot…

  • wednesday

    A La Carte (February 9)

    The Lord bless you and keep you today. Today’s Kindle deals include Alistair Begg’s excellent new book Brave by Faith. Wordle and Our Longing for the Limited Chris Martin reflects on an interesting cultural phenomenon: “The most consequential cultural phenomenon of this, the year of our Lord, 2022 is a once-a-day word game made by…

  • tuesday

    A La Carte (February 8)

    May the God of love and peace be with you today. Today’s Kindle deals include some books for adults and some of kids. (Yesterday on the blog: Do You Knock at the Gates of the Grave?) How and when was the canon of Scripture established, and by whom? (Video) Stephen Nichols does a great job…

  • monday

    A La Carte (February 7)

    Good morning! Grace and peace to you. There are a few Kindle deals to take a glance at. (Yesterday on the blog: As if God Had Ever Made an Atlantic Wide Enough…) An Open Letter to a Distressed Sufferer Mike Emlet has an open letter to those who are suffering. “Dear friend, I have no…

  • Weekend A La Carte (February 5)

    May God bless you as you serve and worship him this weekend. My gratitude goes to Radius International for sponsoring the blog this week. Be sure to consider attending their upcoming Missiology Conference virtually or in-person. It includes Alistair Begg, Kevin DeYoung, and others. Today’s Kindle deals include some newer and older titles. (Yesterday on…

  • friday

    A La Carte (February 4)

    May the Lord be with you and bless you today. Playboy Makes Perversion Woke Carl Trueman has some insightful commentary about Playboy and Hugh Hefner. “it seems that Playboy is once again trying to clean up its image and, in the process, contradict its own reasons for existence. This time the move comes in advance…

  • thursday

    A La Carte (February 3)

    Good morning! Grace and peace to you. Today’s Kindle deals include Sinclair Ferguson’s excellent The Whole Christ. (Yesterday on the blog: Our Hearts and Minds Turned Outward) What Is Dispensationalism? This is a helpful little introduction to dispensationalism courtesy of Keith Mathison. “Dispensationalist theology is perhaps best known for its distinctive eschatological doctrines, particularly the…

  • wednesday

    A La Carte (February 2)

    May the Lord bless you and keep you today. Logos users will want to look at the free and nearly-free books of the month. Also, this month Logos is featuring deals on resource by Eerdmans which includes the amazing NICOT/NICNT and Pillar commentary series. Today’s Kindle deals include quite a long list of deals from…

  • tuesday

    A La Carte (February 1)

    May the God of love and peace be with you today. There’s a nice list of Kindle deals to begin the new month. (Yesterday on the blog: My Favorite Family Memory) What changes us as we read the Bible? Is it Scripture or the Holy Spirit? Several of the Ligonier teaching fellows team up to…

  • monday

    A La Carte (January 31)

    Good morning! Grace and peace to you. (Yesterday on the blog: God Is At Work, Even When All Seems Still) Good fear, bad fear Andrée Seu Peterson considers various kinds of fear, both good and bad. Pronouns for God “One of my regular complaints is that Western theologians behave as though they are the ones…

  • Weekend A La Carte (January 29)

    My gratitude goes to Boyce College for sponsoring the blog this week with news of their upcoming Renown Youth Conference 2022. (Yesterday on the blog: New and Notable Christian Books for January 2022) The Founder Of Chemistry Who Loved The Bible “In days of pervading atheism when Christians are considered to be a bit feeble-minded…

  • friday

    A La Carte (January 28)

    I offer two brief reminders today: first, much of the daily content of this site is available in Spanish at es.challies.com; second, the quotes I share every day are available to download for free at SquareQuotes. Westminster Books has the excellent Gospel-Centered Life Bible study series on sale. Today’s Kindle deals feature some excellent books…

  • thursday

    A La Carte (January 27)

    Grace and peace to you on this fine day. (Yesterday on the blog: A Message for Young Men) About Those Sparrows “Five sparrows. Two pennies. Bought, crushed, ground into stew, discarded, their life snuffed out just like that. Not forgotten by God. If God ‘remembered the sparrow’…if his eye was on the sparrow wouldn’t they…

  • wednesday

    A La Carte (January 26)

    May the Lord bless and keep you today. My church is hosting a Weekender for pastors, elders, and church leaders from March 25-27. If that’s of interest to you, you can find information right here. There is once again a small collection of Kindle deals today. ‘Gotcha’ Sermon Clips Are Bad for the Church Trevin…

  • tuesday

    A La Carte (January 25)

    My gratitude goes to the kind soul who, in the middle of the night, braved the -22 weather to deliver a Voddie Baucham tract to our home and the others in the neighborhood! It’s genuinely much appreciated. There is a great collection of Kindle deals today, including several excellent commentaries. (Yesterday on the blog: When…