Author: Tim Challies

Good morning from Louisville, Kentucky where we are attending Boyce College’s Preview Day for the third time (this one for Michaela’s sake). Strongmen vs. The Structures of a Healthy Church “When modern dictators fall the societies they ruled tend to flounder and splinter. This is because they have previously been gutted. A dictator, in order to increase and maintain his power, needs to systematically weaken all other institutions of civil society that might serve as independent centers of power and …

May the Lord be with you and bless you today. Today’s Kindle deals include Tom Schreiner’s excellent The Joy of Hearing. Westminster Books has some Easter resources on sale this week. (Yesterday on the blog: How To Ruin a Perfectly Good Friendship) Preaching from a Place of Fullness “I have preached from a place of emptiness and from a place of fullness, and the experience of the one makes me long for the other.” Take the time to have Andrew …

Logos users, we are getting near the end of March Matchups and the deals keep getting better. Also be sure to vote in the second-to-last round. God Saved Me from a Polygamist Cult “When people ask my wife and me how we met, the story of how Christ met us inevitably takes over. It’s unavoidable from the moment I say, ‘Well, we actually met in a polygamous Mormon cult.’ Eyes grow wide, and folks eventually find a few words like, ‘Wait …

Blessings to you today, my friends. (Yesterday on the blog: Living Selflessly with Your Wife) 50 Thoughts on Preaching This is great stuff from Jared Wilson. Names Nobody Remembers “Though the world’s idea of success might see our small days lacking, our good God operates very differently. He has a knack for using people lost in the credit roll. We can see this beautifully in the story of the Israelites in Ezra and Nehemiah.” Locusts and Wild Honey Why did …