Author: Tim Challies

A La Carte (April 28)

The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you today. The FAQs: Anglican Group Calls on Church of England’s Leader to Repent Joe Carter has one of his FAQs about what’s been happening lately with the Anglican Church. What Does ‘Salvation” Mean? “Almost no word so well captures the heart of the message of Scripture as does the word salvation. It appears more than 170 times in our English translations of the Old and New Testament. The related word, saved, appears approximately …

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A La Carte (April 27)

Good morning from Fort Worth where the Called to Counsel conference will begin a bit later in the day. I’m pleased to be able to lead a new track on the subject of grief. (Yesterday on the blog: All, Every, and Not One) Pornography Poisons Everything Phil Cotnoir has an insightful article about “how pornography poisons everything it touches, individually and corporately, inside the church and out.” Autism In The Church – A Parent’s Perspective There are some good pointers …

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All, Every, and Not One

We live out our Christian lives in a place between Egypt and the Promised Land. We have been justified but not yet glorified—we have been delivered safely through the Red Sea but have not yet forded the Jordan and arrived on its far bank. We may not physically wander as did the Israelites of old and we may not actually follow pillars of fire and cloud, but we no less make a pilgrimage and we are no less dependent upon …

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A La Carte (April 26)

If you’re in the market for some kids’ books, be sure to take a look at this sale at Westminster Books. End of the Global South? Updating the State of World Missions “What we are witnessing today through the work of globe-trotting researchers and travel-worn academics is the glorious drama of God’s unfolding worldwide redemption. The Spirit is blowing where he pleases, the kingdoms of the world are continuing to enter the kingdom of the Lord from the east and …

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A La Carte (April 25)

Blessings to you today. We once again have a good number of Kindle deals to look through. Yesterday on the blog: Ask Me Anything (Habitual Sin, Women Taking the Initiative, Drag Shows, Escaping Laziness) How J. K. Rowling Played, then Lost, the Polarization Game Samuel James: “Rowling, more so than almost any other author, leveraged the expressive individualism intrinsic to the social media age to craft, and sell, a narrative about herself and her stories. In an age in which activists will …

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