Today’s Kindle deals include a couple of solid biographies and a couple of other books besides. Westminster Books has some great ESV Bibles on sale this week. (Yesterday on the blog: EPIC Vlog 04: Hobbiton (+ What I Want from the New LOTR Series)) What is a “Divided Tongue” I’ve said it before and I’m…
Every four years another Olympics begins and the whole world becomes obsessed with activities they haven’t thought about since the last games. Suddenly we find ourselves waking up early and staying up late to watch athletes pole vault and throw javelins and dive into pools. We can’t help but cheer as we watch little-known sports…
The Bible tells me I am to store up treasures in heaven. It tells me there are eternal rewards for decisions I make in this life and it tells me I should desire these rewards and act accordingly. And yet sometimes I feel the desire for reward is a sign of spiritual weakness rather than…
Sometimes I struggle with motives. I struggle with the idea that we are to be motivated to obedience in this world by the promise of reward in the next. This is particularly true when it comes to money. We are to store up treasures in heaven instead of on earth; we are to obey God…