Author: Tim Challies

The Path to Contentment

I wonder if you have ever considered that the solution to discontentment almost always seems to be more. If I only had more money I would be content. If I only had more followers, more possessions, more beauty, then at last I would consider myself successful. If only my house was bigger, my influence wider, my sales higher. Then, at last, I would achieve the contentment that has been so elusive.See AlsoA La Carte (10/19)Reading Classics Together – The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment (XI)Reading Classics Together – A Reminder

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A La Carte (April 22)

A La Carte: Why my shepherd carries a rod / When Mandisa forgave Simon Cowell / An open mind is like an open mouth / Marriage: the half-time report / The church should mind its spiritual business / Kindle deals / and more.See AlsoA La Carte (September 2)A La Carte (June 27)Weekend A La Carte (October 25)

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It Begins and Ends with Speaking

Part of the joy of reading biography is having the opportunity to learn about a person who lived before us. An exceptional biography makes us feel as if we have actually come to know its subject, so that we rejoice in that person’s triumphs, grieve over his failures, and weep at his death.See AlsoJohn MacArthur: Servant of the Word & FlockFaithful Women & Their Extraordinary GodBook Review – Faithful Women and their Extraordinary God

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Weekend A La Carte (April 20)

A La Carte: Living counterculturally during election season / Borrowing a death / The many ministries of godly women / When we lose loved ones and have regrets / Ethnicity and race and the colorblindness question / The case for children’s worship services / and more.See AlsoA La Carte (08/26)A La CarteA La Carte (04/26 – 04/28)

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The Great Rewiring of Childhood

I know I’m getting old and all that, and I’m aware this means that I’ll be tempted to look unfavorably at people who are younger than myself. I know I’ll be tempted to consider what people were like when I was young and to stand in judgment of what people are like today. Yet even with all that in mind, it’s undeniable that the younger generation today is different from the generations that came before it. That difference is eSee Also8 Ways Temptation Actually Works for Our GoodTempted and TriedYour Desires

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