Author: Tim Challies

A La Carte (May 15)

Good morning. Grace and peace to you. Today’s Kindle deals include a nice selection, most of which are published by Crossway. (Yesterday on the blog: Mothers Have Wondrous Healing Lips) 5 Misconceptions about Heaven and Hell (and 5 Truths) There is so much misunderstanding about heaven and hell. This article offers some clarity by addressing a few common misunderstandings. If There’s No Purgatory, Will We Be Pure Enough for Heaven? And speaking of heaven and hell, how that purgatory? Without …

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Mothers Have Wondrous Healing Lips

With this being Mother’s Day, and with Father’s Day fast approaching, it seemed fitting to share something that reflects on the gifts God provides through parents. Charles Spurgeon offered some words that seemed to be just right in the way they associate motherhood and fatherhood with the character of God. A father’s compassion tenderly lifts up those who fall. When your child falls down, as children are very apt to do, especially when they first begin to walk, don’t you …

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Weekend A La Carte (May 13)

I want to express my gratitude to Burke Care for sponsoring the blog this week. Burke Care is a great option if you’re considering counseling via the internet. Today’s Kindle deals include a little selection of books. As a Christian, I Went Down the AI Rabbit Hole. Here Are 12 Things I Discovered If you read anything at all about AI, this would be a very good candidate. “Over the last few weeks, I’ve taken a deep dive down the …

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A La Carte (May 12)

The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you today. My week of vacation is drawing to a close. It has been lovely, but next week I’ll be back to my desk and back to the regular schedule of posting original articles. Transgression Is Passé Carl Trueman: “One of the hallmarks of the modern age has been the death of the sacred. Nietzsche’s Madman understood that this was one of the central consequences of the death of God. But he, …

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A La Carte (May 11)

It was a tremendous honor to learn that Seasons of Sorrow has received the annual Christian Book Award for biography & memoir (from the The Evangelical Christian Publishers Association). You can see the winners in other categories here. There are a few new Kindle deals that are worth considering. The Inner Circle “It’s all who you know,” they say. Yet, as Seth Lewis says, “the trouble is that most of us were not born into powerful families. We don’t naturally …

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