Author: Tim Challies

A La Carte (March 16)

May the Lord bless you and keep you today. Today’s Kindle deals include a commentary on Revelation. This week Westminster Books is offering a steep discount on an excellent new series of books. Is Every Sin the Same in God’s Eyes? Kevin DeYoung answers a common question. “The Bible simply doesn’t make sense—not the Mosaic law, not the exile, not church discipline, not the frequent warnings of judgment for certain transgressions—if all sins are equally vile in God’s eyes. In …

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A La Carte (March 15)

May the God of love and peace be with you today. Today’s Kindle deals include the new study Bible editor by Al Moher. (Yesterday on the blog: How Long Have You Been Battling?) An Ecclesiological Take on “The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill” “My goal here is not to review the series—what I liked, what I didn’t like—but to offer four lessons that I think are a little more timeless, and lessons that point to the worst inevitabilities of …

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How Long Have You Been Battling?

How long have you been battling that sin? How long have you been struggling to find peace with that trauma? How long have you been enduring that sorrow? In some way each of us carries a heavy load through this life. In some way each of us finds it a long marathon more than a brief sprint. In some way each of us is called to endure with fortitude, even for a very long time. Yet we must never stop …

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A La Carte (March 14)

Grace and peace to you today, my friends. Today’s Kindle deals include some pretty good titles. (Yesterday on the blog: The Snows, The Deep Snows, the Awful Snows) Looking for Wisdom Among the ‘Christian’ Gurus “Dave Ramsey, Jordan Peterson, and Rachel Hollis are, each in their own way, three of our modern gurus. They’re a diverse group that reflects particular personalities of modern culture. Peterson is the philosophical academic, Hollis the Instagram celebrity, and Ramsey the folksy, financial counseling version …

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The Snows, The Deep Snows, the Awful Snows

You do not need to extensively in Christian history or Christian biography to spot the connection between sorrow and sanctification. Though it is certainly not always the case, very often the people who are particularly used by the Lord are the same people who endure suffering. De Witt Talmage makes this point well in a quote from one of his sermons. Call the roll of all the eminently pious of all the ages and you will find them the sons …

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