Author: Tim Challies

Announcing The Missionary Conference

Announcing The Missionary Conference

Posted by | Oct 16, 2023 | |

This week the blog is sponsored by The Missionary Conference. There are many, many Christian conferences, all with varying values. Why another conference? And why put missions front and center? Here are four reasons why the Missionary Conference is worth attending: 1. This conference celebrates the 500-year anniversary of William Tyndale translating the Scriptures into English. In 1524, William Tyndale began the task of bringing the word of God into his native tongue, and in the process changed the world. …

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If God Utters Any Complaint At All

If God Utters Any Complaint At All

Posted by | Oct 15, 2023 | |

A father and his child walked together by the banks of the Yangtze River. They paused often to gaze at it in wonder. In the distance, they could hear the roar of a waterfall and they could see great clouds of mist rising far into the air. Soon they came to the edge of the chasm where the water plummets to a gorge far below. Approaching the bank of the river where the water is shallow and safe, they stopped …

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A La Carte (October 17)

A La Carte (October 17)

Posted by | Oct 15, 2023 | |

Good morning. Grace and peace to you today. (Yesterday on the blog: A Prayer for My Parent Heart) Start Giving Before You Inherit “Millennials may inherit over $68 trillion from previous generations by 2030. According to Newsweek, some experts believe this ‘could be the largest transfer of wealth in the history of humankind.’ What will younger generations do with that wealth?” Randy Alcorn has a proposal for you to consider. Biblical Hope When It’s Time to Consider Residential Care “No …

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A Prayer for My Parent Heart

A Prayer for My Parent Heart

Posted by | Oct 14, 2023 | |

It can, at times, be difficult to know what and how to pray for our children and what and how to pray for ourselves as their parents. This is true when they are young but, in my experience, becomes even more prominent as they grow older. This is why it is helpful to have books like Kathleen Nielson’s Prayers of a Parent. In the volume of prayers for adult children, she includes this one which is “For My Parent Heart.” …

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Weekend A La Carte (October 14)

Weekend A La Carte (October 14)

Posted by | Oct 13, 2023 | |

I’m very grateful to the Reformed Free Publishing Association who sponsored the blog this week so they could let you know about their new picture book The Ten Commandments for Children–a book that teaches kids to love God from the heart. Last weekend I read Walter Isaacson’s new biography of Elon Musk. Musk is an interesting, significant, and polarizing figure. It is perhaps a bit odd to write a biography of him when is only in his early 50s and …

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