Author: Tim Challies

A La Carte (October 31)

Good morning still and again from Unalaska where the fog has come in and flights have been cancelled. We had planned to leave yesterday but are now going to be stuck here until at least Wednesday! I dug up a few new Kindle deals for you today, though it’s not quite as extensive as yesterday’s massive list… (Yesterday on the blog: 20 Years of Daily Blogging and Other Miscellania) Movies, Moral Revulsion, and a Post-Christian Age This is a strong …

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Where You Abide Reveals What You Love

This sponsored post was provided by Burke Care, and written by Cameron Woodall , which invites you to schedule care today with a certified biblical counselor. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me – John 15:4 ESV Call me strange, but I tend to believe that cotton candy grapes are a glorious, bioengineered, rediscovery of a pre-Fall food. A small taste of …

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20 Years of Daily Blogging and Other Miscellania

It was twenty years ago this week that I made the decision to try to post something to my blog every day for a year. At that time the site was suffering from a lack of attention. I would write occasional articles and often get positive feedback on them, but I lacked any real commitment and dedication. The time between posting articles had stretched from days to weeks, so I decided I’d give it one more shot by making the …

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A La Carte (October 30)

Good morning. Grace and peace to you. Today’s Kindle deals include as massive list from Zondervan. Don’t miss it! (Yesterday on the blog: The Secret of a Blessed, Useful Life) What Do Israel’s Food Laws Have to Do with Our Holiness? “When we get to Leviticus in our Bible reading plans, how many of us read every word of chapter 11? It’s not most people’s idea of engaging literature. The Lord provides a long list of which animals were ritually …

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The Secret of a Blessed, Useful Life

The Lord calls many of us to live humble and quiet lives, lives that are lived far more in the mundane than in the spotlight. And truly, even the most exceptional of men and women still spend most of their time in obscurity, laboring in secret, carrying out their tasks far from human eyes. But this does not at all mean that our lives are wasted or that we are failing to meet God’s expectations for us. F.B. Meyer explains well …

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