Author: Tim Challies

A La Carte (September 22)

Grace and peace to you on this, the day when summer gives way to fall. (Yesterday on the blog: A Late Summer Family Update (+ a few more LOTR thoughts)) Sexual Liberation Has Failed Women I don’t intend to read this book, but was glad to read Andrew Wilson’s review of it. “Louise Perry has written a feminist critique of the sexual revolution, and it’s brave, excoriating, and magnificent.” Beware the Habits of Controversy “Writing fifty years ago, Francis Schaeffer made …

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A Late Summer Family Update (+ a few more LOTR thoughts)

We are now two weeks past the launch event for Seasons of Sorrow and one week past the official release date. Overall I think things went well. The Getty Music Sing! Conference, where we held the launch event and where I led a breakout session, was my first conference in more than two years and it was a blessing to meet so many of you there. I can’t say I really missed conferences and travel during the pandemic era, but …

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A La Carte (September 21)

For those who have been looking for it, the song “In the Valley (Bless the Lord)” which was written to go along with Seasons of Sorrow has now made its way to Spotify, Apple Music, and so on. You should now be able to listen to it wherever you listen to good music! Speaking of the book, if you have been wondering what it’s all about, there are now a few reviews out there you can read: Donna Evans; The Palest …

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A La Carte (September 20)

Blessings to you today. (Yesterday on the blog: Emerging From Our Trials Unscathed) The Queen’s Funeral Sermon “In what has been billed ‘the most watched sermon in history’ the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, today spoke at the funeral of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. For those who never preach, and for those of us whose audience figures are drastically more modest, it is easy to be overly-critical about what is said and how it is said on such …

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Lead for Joy, Not Privilege

This week the blog is sponsored by Desiring God and the post is written by David Mathis. It is one of the filthiest lies Satan whispers in the ear of our comfortable and entitled generation. From before we can even remember, we have been indoctrinated with the idea that being “a leader” means prestige and privilege. Why would you settle for anything less? Why follow when you can lead? Leadership means privilege, and no generation has considered itself more entitled …

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