Author: Tim Challies

A La Carte (June 29)

Good morning, my friends. May the Lord be with you and bless you today. (Yesterday on the blog: When the Sermon Fizzles Instead of Sizzles) Marriage Is Better for Your Adult Kids Than You May Think I can’t even tell you how much I appreciate this one. “While there are a variety of cultural forces shaping people’s choices around marriage and children, I’m most intrigued by the way Western culture has convinced multiple generations that life’s highest value is personal …

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When the Sermon Fizzles Instead of Sizzles

The sermon fizzles instead of sizzles. The text seems to become opaque rather than clear. The illustrations fall flat while the application somehow fails to strike the heart, the mind, or the hands. The pastor seems distracted and discouraged while the congregation seems uninterested and unmoved. I expect we have all sat through a few sermons that, if not quite as bad as all that, were still strangely weak. I am certain we have all experienced sermons that seemed feeble …

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A La Carte (June 28)

Westminster Books has identified some of their summer new and noteworthy books and put them on sale. There are some good books available. Today’s Kindle deals include a bit of a mish-mash! Becoming Writers Who Write the Truth Beautifully “How do we grow to become writers who both write the truth and write it beautifully?” Lara has a wonderful reflection on this. Involving Ourselves in Every Controversy? “Part of the pernicious underbelly of the internet is that many allow themselves …

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A La Carte (June 27)

Be sure to take a look at the “Blue Friday” sale this week at Logos. There is lots of good material on sale—books, commentaries, reference works, series, and more. (Yesterday on the blog: She Died Too Soon) Why You Don’t Need to Worry (So Much) about Your Schooling Choices “Some parents seem to know exactly how they’re going to school their children from a very early age—whether homeschool, private school, or public school—never second-guessing themselves at any point from kindergarten …

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Counsel for the Church: Following the Biblical Model for Invisible Pastors

Today’s post is sponsored by BJU Seminary and written by Greg Stiekes, professor of New Testament and Theology. BJU Seminary equips Christian leaders through an educational and ministry experience that is biblically shaped, theologically rich, historically significant, and evangelistically robust. Christian authors who have an intriguing ability to take the pulse of the church and discern its health have been warning for some time now about the tendency pastors have to become the local attraction of their churches—ministerial superstars, the CEOs of …

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