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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Good morning. Grace and peace to you. There’s a nice little list of Kindle deals for the collectors. (Yesterday on the blog: The Best Friendship in the World) The Countries Where It’s Most Dangerous to Be a Christian in 2022 Joe Carter looks at a recent report about the countries where it’s most dangerous to…
May God bless you as you serve and worship him this weekend. My thanks goes to Ligonier Ministries for sponsoring the blog this week with news of The Reformation Study Bible, Student Edition. Today’s Kindle deals include some classics (plus whatever I dig up in the morning). (Yesterday on the blog: Friendship and the Grace…
May the Lord be with you and bless you. Spiritual COVID and Losing Your Taste for God Trevin Wax creates a helpful comparison here. “The loss of taste was the weirdest part of COVID. Mealtimes lost their joy. I ate and felt sustained but didn’t enjoy good food anymore. Every morning, I made myself a…
Good morning. Grace and peace to you. Today there are new Kindle deals on books from Kevin DeYoung, Ray Ortlund, and others. Meanwhile, Westminster Books has pre-order deals on some of the books due to be published in the weeks ahead. (Yesterday on the blog: You Just Can’t Have It All) Job and the Deadly…
May the Lord bless and keep you today. There is a good selection of new Kindle deals today. They include a solid commentary on James, a volume from the NSBT, and more. Shall we cancel the theologians? Carl Trueman says “there is a form of cancel culture emerging within the ranks of Christians. It operates…
We are digging out after a massive snowstorm yesterday–possibly the biggest I’ve ever seen around these parts. These blizzards never quite lose their wonder… Today’s Kindle deals include a few books that are worth a look. (Yesterday on the blog: What Does It Mean To Trust God in Our Trials?) The Breath of God Interestingly,…
Good morning. Grace and peace to you. There is a small list of Kindle deals today. (Yesterday on the blog: The Angel of Patience) Five Things I Learned as a Pastor’s Kid Samuel James grew up a PK and offers a few of the lessons he learned along the way. Will Few Be Saved? “On…
Good morning and good day to you! Today’s Kindle deals include some classics (and one newer work). (Yesterday on the blog: I Still Do: A Marriage Course for the Middle Years) The Power of Questions I enjoyed this look at the rhetorical power of questions—and the different kinds we can pose. Everywhere spoken against Janie…
May the Lord be with you and bless you today. The Reformed Expository Commentary series has finally published their volume for Romans and Westminster Books has it heavily discounted. The series is ideal for pastors or general readers. There’s a small number of Kindle deals today, including one of the volumes of the NSBT series.…
Grace and peace to you, my friends. Today’s Kindle deals include two good books I don’t think I’ve ever seen on sale before. (Yesterday on the blog: Don’t Be Reckless With What Others Count Precious) The Vertical, Horizontal, and Inward Realities of Sin “Sin is never done in isolation. In fact, there are vertical, horizontal,…