Author: Tim Challies

The Year of Our Dreams or the Year of Our Nightmares

The Year of Our Dreams or the Year of Our Nightmares

Posted by | Jan 2, 2023 | |

There is an undeniable intricacy to God’s world. There is an inescapable predictability to the universe God has made. The stars and planets follow their course day after day, year after year, millennium after millennium. We can predict with absolute certainty the next time we will have a full or partial eclipse. We can gaze thousands of years into the past or future and know when human beings did see (or next will see) Halley’s Comet. We can forecast down …

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A La Carte (January 2)

A La Carte (January 2)

Posted by | Jan 2, 2023 | |

Happy new year! May 2023 bring you many of God’s richest blessings. My sincere gratitude goes to the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors for naming Seasons of Sorrow their counseling book of the year. There’s a nice little bundle of Kindle deals to go through today. (Yesterday on the blog: All Is Shadow Here Below!) Pope Benedict XVI (1927–2022): His Life and Legacy Leonardo De Chirico is perhaps the foremost Evangelical scholar of Roman Catholicism, so he’s just the man to …

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All Is Shadow Here Below!

All Is Shadow Here Below!

Posted by | Jan 1, 2023 | |

A new year has dawned. And while we tend to face a new year with energy and enthusiasm, excited by all the possibilities it will bring, perhaps we ought to pause for just a few moments to consider the reality that is set before us. Octavius Winslow would have you consider that this world and all that is in it is but a shadow. And if we simply acknowledge this, we are prepared to live this year well—to live it …

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Weekend A La Carte (December 31)

Weekend A La Carte (December 31)

Posted by | Dec 31, 2022 | |

May you know the Lord’s richest blessings as you send off one year and welcome in another. For those who, like me, plan to read the Bible in 2023 using the 5-Day Reading Plan, it’s now available for free download. An Anchor for Our Tongues This is a very interesting look at how we define words and why that sometimes doesn’t get us a whole lot closer to meaning. “Unfortunately, any given language is an imperfect witness to eternal truth. …

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Free Stuff Fridays (TMAI)

Free Stuff Fridays (TMAI)

Posted by | Dec 30, 2022 | |

This week’s Free Stuff Fridays is sponsored by The Master’s Academy International (TMAI), who also sponsored the blog this week with the article “Support Indigenous Publishing with TMAI.” They are giving away the 42-volume Essential MacArthur Library set. The Master’s Academy International (TMAI) is currently training local pastors in 18 schools around the world. The student body represents almost 90 nations, and as a natural extension of this training ministry, nearly every one of their schools is engaged in the …

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