Free Stuff Fridays (Ligonier and Reformation Trust)

Feb 15, 2019

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This week the blog has been sponsored by Ligonier and Reformation Trust.

What is baptism? Is it necessary for salvation? Who should be baptized, and how should we baptize them? In his new book, Baptism: Answers to Common Questions, Guy Richard tackles these questions and more. As he searches the Scriptures, he provides needed clarity on this topic and encourages us to deal graciously with our brothers and sisters in Christ even when we disagree. Ten Free Stuff Fridays winners will receive the paperback edition from Ligonier Ministries and Reformation Trust. Also, all Challies readers can download R.C. Sproul’s Crucial Questions ebook What Is Baptism? for free (available in EPUB and MOBI formats).

Free Stuff Fridays (Ligonier)

This week’s Free Stuff Friday is sponsored by Ligonier Ministries, who also sponsored the blog this week. Yesterday was Reformation Day, when many Protestants celebrate the sixteenth-century recovery of the biblical gospel. It was while Martin Luther was studying the book of Romans that he rediscovered the doctrine of justification by faith alone. So, today…

Nov 1, 2024

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Free Stuff Fridays (Ligonier Ministries and Reformation Trust)

This week the blog has been sponsored by Ligonier and Reformation Trust. How did we get the five points of Calvinism? In his soon-to-be-released book, Saving the Reformation, W. Robert Godfrey takes us back four hundred years to the Synod of Dort, which countered five theological errors with these God-glorifying truths. Ten Free Stuff Fridays…

Jan 25, 2019

Giveaways

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Free Stuff Fridays (Ligonier Ministries and Reformation Trust)

This week’s Free Stuff Fridays is sponsored by Ligonier Ministries and Reformation Trust, who also sponsored the blog this week. Many people react negatively to the word theology, believing that it involves dry, fruitless arguments about minute points of doctrine. Yet any time we think about the teaching of the Bible, we’re engaging in theology.…

Nov 2, 2018

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Lots of Single Christians but Few Weddings

I find it one of the great mysteries of the modern church. It does not exist in every context and every congregation, but as I’ve traveled and inquired, I’ve become convinced it exists in a great many of them. Here is the mystery: A lot of churches have many single men and many single women…

Feb 5

Articles

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A La Carte (February 5)

A La Carte: The vibe shift / When gentle parenting crashes / Confessing a critical spirit / Misconceptions of maturity / Postpartum depression and anxiety / Kindle and book deals / and more.

Feb 5

A La Carte

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A La Carte (February 4)

A La Carte: Gay space fascism / Sin causes anxiety, too / How to fight brain rot / John Piper on good magic and edifying sorcery / Chopped onions and Jesus / Kindle deals / and more.

Feb 4

A La Carte

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Apologetics for the Ordinary Christian

You may have a burden for the lost and a desire to learn to defend your faith but can’t see yourself becoming a philosopher or scientist to do so. I have good news. You don’t have to! Ordinary Christians can become skilled and effective evangelists.

Feb 3

Sponsored

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The Continental Divide of Doctrine

A journey into the Rocky Mountains of Western Canada brought me to Vermilion Pass, a single point that divides two national parks and two provinces. It also divides two watersheds, for it stands upon the continental divide. To one side of this spot all waters flow west and eventually find their way to the vast…

Feb 3

Articles

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A La Carte (February 3)

A La Carte: Satan’s subtle strategies / A Christian philosophy of parenting? / The new porn / Conclave / Nine things we wouldn’t know / Who comes first? / Kindle deals / and more.

Feb 3

A La Carte

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If I Could Change Anything about the Modern Church

I have often been asked what I consider the greatest weakness of today’s church or what I would change about today’s church if I could. Such questions make for good discussion at a conference Q&A session but they are also pretty much impossible to answer in a compelling way. It’s not like any of us…

Jan 27

Articles

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New and Notable Christian Books for January 2025

As you know, I like to do my best to sort through the new Christian books that are released each month to see what stands out as being not only new, but also particularly notable. I received quite a number of books in January and narrowed the list down to the ones below. I have…

Jan 30

Resources

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Happy Lies

I’m quite certain you have heard of the New Age movement. Though its popularity seems to have crested and begun to wane some time ago, it continues to wield a good bit of influence. But I wonder if you’ve heard of another similarly-named but quite different movement called New Thought.

Jan 28

Book Reviews

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A Few Practical Pointers on Marriage

If you could speak to 70 nearly-married or newly-married couples and give them some practical pointers on marriage, what would you say? That was the question I faced as I prepared for a recent event across town. My first assignment was to speak on the Christian family and then to describe some of the challenges…

Jan 27, 2020

Articles

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The Futility of Motherhood

Life is made up of so much that gives the appearance of being futile. There are so many tasks and responsibilities that we intellectually know to be important but emotionally feel to be fruitless. And if everyone struggles with this to varying degrees, I have it on good authority that mothers are prone to struggle…

Jan 31

Book Reviews

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