Author: Tim Challies

A La Carte (December 9)

A La Carte (December 9)

Posted by | Dec 9, 2021 | |

Good morning. Grace and peace to you. Westminster Books has a sale on the fledgling EBTC commentary series which has gotten off to a very strong start with volumes by James Hamilton, Thomas Schreiner, Andreas Köstenberger, and others. It’s great to begin collecting a series when it has only just begun! (Yesterday on the blog: The Legend of the Battle-Weary Crusader) My Christmas Gift Bought with a Child’s Heart I love this one. “Suddenly shy, my six-year-old hesitated, a worried …

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The Legend of the Battle-Weary Crusader

The Legend of the Battle-Weary Crusader

Posted by | Dec 8, 2021 | |

Somewhere, buried deep in the collected works of one of those old authors I love so well, I read the story—the legend perhaps—of a battle-weary crusader who had returned from the Holy Land. The years spent far from his home in England, and all the horrors he had witnessed in battle, had served to temper his character. He now longed for nothing more than to retire to his estates and to oversee his lands and holdings. Terrible memories and horrifying …

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A La Carte (December 8)

A La Carte (December 8)

Posted by | Dec 8, 2021 | |

May the Lord bless and keep you today. Logos users: Beyond this month’s free and nearly free stuff, you may also want to look at the Christmas sale as well as the sale on Baker commentaries and resources. Your Online Life Is Real Life Chris Martin says, “We need to talk about a very real, very frightening phenomenon: a lot of people truly see their online activity and their offline activity as totally separate existences.” (And while we’re talking about Chris …

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A La Carte (December 7)

A La Carte (December 7)

Posted by | Dec 7, 2021 | |

May the God of love and peace be with you on this fine day. At Westminster Books this week you can get a deal on Richard Gamble’s massive three-volume series on the whole counsel of God. (Yesterday on the blog: What Matters Is Not the Size of Your Faith) Stop Binding Consciences And Marking Spirituality By Christmas Celebrations This is a good and necessary reminder. “Christmas is not in the Bible. You don’t have to do it and you don’t have …

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Would You Consider Becoming a Patron?

Would You Consider Becoming a Patron?

Posted by | Dec 7, 2021 | |

I have been blogging at Challies.com on a daily basis for just over 18 years now. That long commitment has allowed me to write thousands of articles and hundreds of book reviews while also sending millions of visitors to other sites through the daily A La Carte feature. While I have also written a number of books and filmed quite a lot of videos, the blog has always remained the “main thing.” Over the past few years much of the site’s …

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