In today’s A La Carte: When grief like sea billows roll through your holidays / looking upwards amidst chronic illness / 8 practical ways to flee from temptation in the moment / strong, weak, and godly / loving your adult children and grandchildren / it’s more awkward to reject the virgin birth / Kindle deals / and more.See AlsoWeekend A La Carte (December 20)Weekend A La Carte (September 6)Weekend A La Carte (9/21)
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This week’s giveaway is sponsored by Reformation Heritage Books. Glorifying and Enjoying God (written by William Boekestein, Jonathan L. Cruse, and Andrew J. Miller) is a new devotional on the Westminster Shorter Catechism. These fifty-two short lessons teach us how reformed theology affects our daily lives. Click here to listen to a series of podcasts with the authors on the major themes of the WSC. Enter the giveaway below for your opportunity to win one of five copies of Glorifying …
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As another year draws to a close, I wanted to take some time to consider the books I read in 2023 and to assemble a list of my top picks. Apart from the first book, which I consider the best I read this year, the rest are in no particular order. In each case I’ve included a brief excerpt from my review. (You can read my reviews of these books and many others here.) Reforming Criminal Justice: A Christian Proposal …
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As another year draws to a close, I wanted to take some time to consider the books I read in 2023 and to assemble a list of my top picks. Apart from the first book, which I consider the best I read this year, the rest are in no particular order. In each case I’ve included a brief excerpt from my review. (You can read my reviews of these books and many others here.) Reforming Criminal Justice: A Christian Proposal by Matthew Martens. I rank this as the best largely because it got me to think about things I’ve never really considered before and pushed me to think about them in a distinctly Christian way. Most of us probably assume that the criminal justice system in our country is generally sound. We may believe that it needs some tweaks here and there. We may understand that because it exists in a fallen world it will in some ways reflect the sins and weaknesses of the people who control and oversee it. But rarely do we pause to ask questions like this: If we had to design a criminal justice system from scratch and do so in a way that is consistent with Scripture, what might it look like? What principles would we embed within it? And how closely would it resemble the system we currently have? These are the question this fascinating book answers from a distinctly Christian perspective. (Buy it at Amazon or Westminster Books; read my review) Digital Liturgies: Rediscovering Christian Wisdom in an Online Age by Samuel James. Samuel…See AlsoThe Consensus Best Books of 2020How to Finish Over 100 Books in 2016My Top Books of 2011
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I’m wondering if I have any readers in Croatia. If I do, and especially if you’re in or near Split, would you mind getting in touch? Since Eerdmans is offering 80% off the Kindle editions of all of their books, I spent a long time yesterday scouring their rather extensive catalog. I came up with a long list of books that may be of interest. Westminster Books has some favorite ESV Bible editions discounted up to 63%. The Antipsalms We …
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