Author: Tim Challies

A La Carte (June 23)

There are a couple of new Kindle deals from yesterday and today. (Yesterday on the blog: The Thing About Light and Momentary) Questions Your Church Should Ask a Missionary Candidate “For churches, selecting which missionaries to support can be difficult. Missions committees and elder boards are often overwhelmed with requests from prospective partners. How should they sift through these opportunities and decide which ministries to prioritize?” Here’s a list of good questions to ask. 5 Reasons Why We Should Not Stop Using …

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The Thing About Light and Momentary

They are words that can be tremendously encouraging or tremendously discouraging. Said at the wrong time or in the wrong spirit they can compound hurt, but said at the right time and in the right spirit they can be a cool drink on a hot day, a soothing balm on a sore wound. They are the words “light and momentary.” As the Apostle suffered physically and spiritually, as he spoke of the outer self wasting away, he proclaimed “this light …

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A La Carte (June 22)

May the Lord be with you and bless you on this fine day. Westminster Books is offering a deal on a book that is meant to help your mind be still and quiet. The Moments that Matter This is a really good little article from Darryl. “I’ve stopped trying to recognize which moments matter. We’re tempted to think that we know, and we often try to capture and post them. But we’re really poor judges. We may know which images …

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A La Carte (June 21)

May the God of love and peace be with you today. Today’s Kindle deals include the complete collection of Narnia novels. (Yesterday on the blog: Before You Pack Up and Leave…) Beneath Our Social-Justice Strife Thaddeus Williams: “Many social-justice battles have reached a standoff. People are entrenched behind their respective influencers, waiting for them to hurl the next truth bomb at the other side. I’m not going to reenter the wearying fray surrounding critical race theory, systemic racism, white privilege, …

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Before You Pack Up and Leave…

Every one of us has become familiar with the pattern. Every one of us has seen church members becoming dissatisfied and then disgruntled, missing church occasionally and then consistently. Every one of us has seen the pattern and begun to dread the nearly-inevitable conclusion. This is especially discouraging when the reason for the departure is not an area of essential theological disagreement but something much more common and much less important—hurt feelings, petty squabbles, matters of preference. This pattern is …

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