Author: Tim Challies

Cheer Up, Men and Women of Unappreciated Services

Cheer Up, Men and Women of Unappreciated Services

Posted by | Feb 27, 2022 | |

Many people feel unappreciated or underappreciated at times. Many feel as if they serve more than they are served, give more than they are given. And often that is exactly the case. De Witt Talmage once pondered this fact in a reflection on 1 Samuel 30:24, a passage quoted below. I hope you find it encouraging! Cheer up, men and women of unappreciated services, you will get your reward, if not here, hereafter. When Charles Wesley comes up to Judgment …

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Weekend A La Carte (February 26)

Weekend A La Carte (February 26)

Posted by | Feb 26, 2022 | |

Good morning! May you know God’s richest blessings in the weekend ahead. (Yesterday on the blog: New and Notable Christian Books for February 2022) This Dying Young Woman Has a Message for Us “Meet Brooklyn; she is a young woman living out her final few days at home on hospice care. Though her outer self is wasting away, her inner self is being renewed day by day, and she is a bright and shining light for the rest of us. I …

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Free Stuff Fridays (Zondervan)

Free Stuff Fridays (Zondervan)

Posted by | Feb 25, 2022 | |

This week’s Free Stuff Fridays is sponsored by Zondervan, who also sponsored the blog this week. They are giving away TEN 2-packs of Sean McGever’s NEWEST book, The Good News of Our Limits, so you can keep one and give one away. Many of us are tired, stressed, and overworked. We think that following God will bring peace, but instead find ourselves anxious. We expect a life of joy, but end up feeling stressed, living under the heavy load of …

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New and Notable Christian Books for February 2022

New and Notable Christian Books for February 2022

Posted by | Feb 25, 2022 | |

As you know, I like to do my best to comb through the new Christian books each month to see what stands out as being not only new, but also particularly notable. I received quite a number of new titles in February and narrowed the list down to the ones below. I have included the editorial description for each. I hope there’s something here that catches your eye! Rich Wounds: The Countless Treasures of the Life, Death, and Triumph of …

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A La Carte (February 25)

A La Carte (February 25)

Posted by | Feb 25, 2022 | |

May the Lord be with you and bless you today. I mentioned earlier in the week that Westminster Books has some excellent biographies for young readers on sale. Today they’ve added a good book on reading the Bible well. To Stay and Serve: Why We Didn’t Flee Ukraine Here’s a dispatch from within Ukraine: “In recent weeks, nearly all the missionaries have been told to leave Ukraine. Western nations evacuated their embassies and citizens. Traffic in the capital of Kyiv …

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