Author: Tim Challies

10 New and Notable Christian Books for July 2025

As one month fades into another, I want to make sure you’re up-to-date on some of the noteworthy new Christian books that released in July. In each case I have provided the editorial description so you can learn a little bit about it. There are some great books to look through.See AlsoThe 2025 Christian Reading ChallengeThe Collected Best Christian Books of 2024New and Notable Christian Books for July 2024

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A La Carte (August 1)

A La Carte: Living pure in a corrupting age / The tyranny of the urgent / Low expectations for church / The big man syndrome / Removing library books / Cultural bias / Kindle deals / and more.See AlsoA La Carte (November 25)A La Carte (October 24)A La Carte (June 8)

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A La Carte (July 31)

A La Carte: What is the gospel? / Ambitious goal setters / The digital tug-of-war / Filthy rags or fragrant offerings? / Dear weary caregiver / The change along the way / and more.See AlsoA La Carte (July 7)A La Carte (March 26)Weekend A La Carte (May 25)

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What’s Going On In Your Pastor’s Mind?

It is one of the strengths, or perhaps one of the weaknesses, of the human mind that it can have different “tracks” playing at the same time. Even as one series of words is emerging from a person’s mouth, an entirely different series of words may be flitting through his brain. He can have an entire monologue playing internally, even as another is playing externally. Preachers are especially familiar with this phenomenon and become accustomed to saying one thing even as they think another. I sometimes wonder where this second track comes from, and especially when it is negative or discouraging. Is Satan planting thoughts into my mind that are meant to keep me from preaching with confidence or power? Or maybe Satan does not even need to, since I am plenty capable of thinking those thoughts without his intervention. I suppose it’s probably a combination of those factors and others. Regardless, if you have ever wondered what is going on in your pastor’s mind while he delivers his sermon, here are a few different possibilities—a few different options that may be playing on his second track. “Did I already say that?” This one is most prominent among those who preach without a full manuscript or who preach at multiple services. For those who preach extemporaneously or from a mere outline, or for those who are preaching the same sermon for the second or third time in a day, that second track can often be playing in the background of the preacher’s mind and inquiring,…See AlsoA La Carte (July 15)Why Satan Is So Skillful at Tempting Us to SinSatan Cast Out

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A La Carte (July 30)

A La Carte: How John MacArthur changed American preaching / David French and Chip Gaines / Baptism blunders / No one who abides in him keeps on sinning / Guardrails for humor and joking / and more.See AlsoA La Carte (July 29)A La Carte (July 4)A La Carte (May 30)

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