Author: Tim Challies

Publishing & Missions

Publishing & Missions

Posted by | Dec 26, 2022 | |

This week’s post is sponsored by The Master’s Academy International (TMAI), a global network of pastoral training centers that specialize in expository preaching.  It’s no secret that I love to recommend good and godly books. And in a culture like ours, with so many insightful resources to point to and so many publishers to print them for us, I think it’s worthwhile to step back and reflect on how we as Christians are so extraordinarily blessed to be surrounded by …

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A La Carte (December 26)

A La Carte (December 26)

Posted by | Dec 26, 2022 | |

I trust you enjoyed—as we did—a restful, worshipful, enjoyable Christmas Day. Because this is the week when few people visit blogs, I’ll be posting only A La Carte between now and Saturday. A more normal schedule will resume on January 2. Today’s Kindle deals include a nice little selection of books from Crossway. (Yesterday on the blog: Today of All Days, Be of Good Cheer) Persecution and Kingdom Expansion We know that persecution tends to go along with kingdom expansion, …

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My Bible-Reading Recommendation for 2023

My Bible-Reading Recommendation for 2023

Posted by | Dec 26, 2022 | |

In my way of thinking, there are two approaches to daily Bible-reading: reading for intimacy or reading for familiarity. Intimacy with the Bible comes by slow, meditative reading that focuses on small portions—deep study of books, chapters, and verses. Familiarity with the Bible comes through faster reading of larger portions—the entire sweep of the biblical narrative. Both are perfectly good approaches to the Bible and Christians thrive on a healthy mixture of the two. There is great benefit in knowing …

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Today of All Days, Be of Good Cheer

Today of All Days, Be of Good Cheer

Posted by | Dec 25, 2022 | |

Merry Christmas, my friends. May this day bring you heartfelt worship and tender joys. On this day, I am pondering a lovely quote I found in one of De Witt Talmage’s sermons—a quote that calls us to not only be joyful at Christmas, but to see in Christmas proof that Christianity is a joyful faith. He means to counter the “delusion that the religion of Christ is dolorous and grief-infusing.” Here is how Christmas counters any such notion: The music …

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Weekend A La Carte (December 24)

Weekend A La Carte (December 24)

Posted by | Dec 24, 2022 | |

May the Lord bless you as you worship him this weekend and as you remember the miraculous birth of our Savior. (Yesterday on the blog: My Favorite New Songs of 2022) The Thrilling Reversal of Christmas Jim McCarthy explains that “thrilling reversal is what Christmas is all about. God insists on showcasing his power through weakness and his wisdom through foolishness so that we would stop and stare, wonder and worship.” Analysing everything to death and sucking the joy out …

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