Author: Tim Challies

The 2025 Christian Reading Challenge

Do you love to read? Do you want to learn to love to read? Do you enjoy reading books that cross the whole spectrum of topics and genres? Then I’ve coordinated with Visual Theology to create something that may be right up your alley—the 2025 Christian Reading Challenge. Whether you are a light reader or completely obsessed, this 2025 Christian Reading Challenge is designed to help you read more and broaden the scope of your reading. How It Works Those who have participated in a challenge from past years will notice some differences. This year there are 6 gradations instead of the usual 4 which means the total challenge spans from 13 books through the year all the way to 156. So whether you’re a light leader or completely legendary, there is something there for you. The basic idea is that you begin at the top of the poster and work your way down. But, of course, you’re free to freestyle as you see fit. Also new this year are stickers for those who want to track their progress a little bit more. Ideas Get Started The 2025 Christian Reading Challenge is available from Visual Theology and you can download it for free. Alternatively, you can purchase it as a professionally printed poster or an HD file that you can print at home or take to a local printer. Either way, happy reading!See AlsoNo Matter How You Plan To Read The Bible In 2025 We Can Help12 Fresh Ways to Read Your Bible in 2025The Most Remarkable Characteristic

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A La Carte (December 30)

A La Carte: Honor your elderly parents / Retired from resolutions / Why we can’t focus / Be committed to leave a legacy / A broken relationship with dad / Kindle deals / and more.See AlsoA La Carte (December 9)A La Carte (October 1)A La Carte (June 28)

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Don’t Be a Partial Christian

The Bible is a canon, an authoritative collection of one author’s works. In this case, the author is God, and he has given us sixty-six books, each one unique and each one serving a distinct purpose. Each book was inspired by God’s Spirit to reveal God’s mind and unveil God’s plan.See AlsoIs God’s Revelation Complete?New and Notable Christian Books for September 2024A Whole Batch of New Books for Kids

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Weekend A La Carte (December 28)

A La Carte: The little child who brings a rod / How Christian men act like men / When the growing is slow / Creativity in devotional time with God / What happens when we share the gospel? / and more.See AlsoWeekend A La Carte (November 9)A La Carte (September 3)A La Carte (June 6)

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The Collected Best Christian Books of 2024

I probably don’t need to tell you how much I love books in general, and Christian books in particular. One of my favorite times to be a reader is in mid-December when people begin to share their picks for the top books of the year. I usually collect a good number of these lists and scour them to see if there is any consensus. I have done that over the past few weeks and am ready to share the results. A few years ago it always seemed simple to find a few consensus picks. Recently, though, it has become far more difficult. So while I scour as many lists as ever, it is rare for a single book to appear on more than a handful of them. With that in mind, here are the ones that appeared repeatedly and, in a more subjective sense, seemed to generate the most positive buzz throughout the year. The Lord of Psalm 23: Jesus Our Shepherd, Companion, and Host by David Gibson. I read many positive reviews of this one throughout 2024 and also spotted it on several of the year-end roundups. What’s interesting to me is that it was also one of the ones that made last year’s list. My guess is that this is related to the fact that it released near the end of 2023 which meant that many people did not actually read it until 2024. Either way, it stood out to a number of people. (Buy it at Amazon or Westminster Books) What it…See AlsoThe Collected Best Christian Books of 2023The Collected Best Books of 2022The Consensus Best Books of 2020

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