Author: Tim Challies

A La Carte (May 31)

Today is your final chance to grab this month’s free and nearly-free books from Logos. The options aren’t tremendously exciting, but they are still worth a look. You may also want to look at their Memorial Day sale and May deals which also wrap up today. Over at Westminster Books you’ll find a great new edition of Christianity & Liberalism on sale. Is Being Salt And Light Really Worth It? Unati Manyela: “When I was young, missionaries came to my hometown …

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A La Carte (May 30)

Good morning! If you didn’t check in yesterday, you’ll want to take a quick look at the updated list of Kindle deals. (Yesterday on the blog: The Calm Will Be the Better) 7 Reasons Why Your Church Should Engage in Door-to-Door Evangelism “Door-to-door evangelism tends to get a bad rap, and many Christians question its effectiveness. But in our experience, the people in our community have responded positively. At about half of the homes we visit, someone answers the door and …

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What on Earth Is a Diatessaron?

Today’s post is sponsored by P&R Publishing and written by P&R’s editorial director, Amanda Martin. I learned a new word last year, as I often do when talking to my dad. Diatessaron. Five syllables of majestic-sounding Greek. He said it with relish, which is exactly how such a word ought to be said. It was a word I immediately wanted to use, but my opportunities to do so are limited. This is because a diatessaron is a single-narrative arrangement of …

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The Calm Will Be the Better

There was no silence like the silence that descended over the trenches of Western Europe on the morning of November 11, 1918. At exactly 11 AM, an armistice came into effect that brought a halt to all fighting on land, sea, and air. Never had silence been better appreciated than when that silence marked the end of the four brutal years we now call the First World War. In its own way, the silence was a song that told of …

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A La Carte (May 29)

Good morning. Grace and peace to you. Today’s Kindle deals include a good selection related to women’s ministry. (Yesterday on the blog: Worship Round the World: An Update) Definitive, Positional, and Progressive Sanctification Nick Batzig explains an often-overlooked aspect of sanctification. “Many tend to think of sanctification as something entirely progressive, and, therefore, miss out on understanding one of the richest and most spiritually impacting Gospel truths.” Why Did God Send Bears to Attack a Group of Boys? We have …

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