Author: Tim Challies

A La Carte (May 23)

A La Carte (May 23)

Posted by | May 23, 2022 | |

Happy Victoria Day to my fellow Canadians. I hope you enjoy your day off! Today’s Kindle deals include a list of titles from Crossway. (Yesterday on the blog: Vultures Are Always the First to Smell Carrion) After Roe: What’s Our Job Now? Here’s George Grant in Tabletalk: “Circumstances change. Laws, courts, and administrations come and go. Elections raise up and cast down the mighty. Popular opinion waxes and wanes. But through it all, the callings and responsibilities of Christians in …

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Vultures Are Always the First to Smell Carrion

Vultures Are Always the First to Smell Carrion

Posted by | May 22, 2022 | |

Wherever there is Christian community there is bound to be scolds and critics. This is true today and this was true in days past. Here’s a great little excerpt from one of De Witt Talmage’s sermons from the late 1800s in which he expresses his concern about such individuals. There are in every community and in every church watch-dogs who feel called upon to keep their eyes on others and growl. They are full of suspicions. They wonder if this man …

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Weekend A La Carte (May 21)

Weekend A La Carte (May 21)

Posted by | May 21, 2022 | |

May you know the Lord’s blessings as you serve and worship him this weekend. There are a few new Kindle deals to look at today. (Yesterday on the blog: Should We Abandon “Evangelical?”) Consuming ideologies “J.K. Rowling, one of the most successful authors of all time, posted an interesting Twitter thread on April 20. I’ll call it the Parable of the Greengrocer.” Janie B. Cheaney explains. Essentially significant All Christians have to consider what is a valid or invalid baptism. I appreciate …

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Should We Abandon “Evangelical?”

Should We Abandon “Evangelical?”

Posted by | May 20, 2022 | |

The word evangelical seems to have fallen out of favor, and perhaps for reasons that are understandable. Where the word once had a distinct Christian meaning, in recent years it has come to be conflated with politics as much as religion, with civil issues as much as spiritual. Many wonder whether the term is worth salvaging or if we should simply move on. Many wonder whether Christians should still consider themselves evangelical or whether it would better serve Christ’s cause …

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A La Carte (May 20)

A La Carte (May 20)

Posted by | May 20, 2022 | |

The Lord be with you and bless you today, my friends. (Yesterday on the blog: Seasons of Sorrow: The Pain of Loss and the Comfort of God) Sexual ethics and colonialism for the modern age This article considers the strange contradictions between society’s hatred of an old form of colonialism and its love of a new one. The Miracle In Newgate “The gentle, kindly face of Elizabeth Fry was chosen by the Bank of England to grace the £5 note between …

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