Author: Tim Challies

Free Stuff Fridays (Reformed Free Publishing Association)

Free Stuff Fridays (Reformed Free Publishing Association)

Posted by | Jan 13, 2023 | |

This week’s Free Stuff Friday is sponsored by Reformed Free Publishing Association, who also sponsored the blog this week with their article Ignited by the Word: A Christian Magazine for Children. They are offering a free, 1-year subscription to Ignited by the Word to each of ten winners. Every issue of Ignited by the Word, our Christian children’s magazine for children and young teens, has a theme. Past themes include: Heaven-Bound Citizens God’s Goodness and Mercy The Protestant Reformation Our …

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And Then There Was One

And Then There Was One

Posted by | Jan 13, 2023 | |

I don’t know what it is like to lose a spouse. I don’t know what it is like to bid farewell to the person with whom I’ve built a home and had a family and shared a life. I don’t know the unique griefs, the unique sorrows, the unique traumas that come with so devastating a separation. One the one hand I can’t know without actually enduring it myself, but on the other hand, I can learn from those who …

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A La Carte (January 13)

A La Carte (January 13)

Posted by | Jan 13, 2023 | |

Good morning. Grace and peace to you. There are a couple of new Kindle deals yesterday and today. The Speck You See in Their Eye Might Be the Exact Log in Yours “In a time when the world’s view of conflict resolution seems to be defined by ‘winning’ and humiliating your adversary, there is a lesson that I continually apply in order to try to bring grace and healing to tense situations.” It’s a lesson we’d all do well to consider. …

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A La Carte (January 12)

A La Carte (January 12)

Posted by | Jan 12, 2023 | |

This week’s deal from Westminster Books is on a book I’d urge all Baptists (and maybe even non-Baptists) to read. (Yesterday on the blog: What I Want From A Church) When I Die Young (Or Old) Vanessa Le considers dying young…or old. Members who build the body “Healthy local churches make a powerful and attractive testimony to a watching world. This means that every member has to be devoted to building others up.” Chopo lists some of the people who, …

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What I Want From A Church

What I Want From A Church

Posted by | Jan 11, 2023 | |

NPR recently ran an article about the future of the Christian church. Church attendance is in decline, they said, but some creative leaders are finding ways to keep it relevant in a new cultural context. Pastor Chris Battle has walked away from traditional church because it “was not connecting with people” and now leads a “spiritual community” called BattleField Farm & Gardens. Rector Billy Daniel and Pastor Caroline Vogel of an Episcopal Church in Knoxville use their sanctuary for yoga, …

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