Author: Tim Challies

Family Update: An Engagement, a Scholarship, and a Beautiful Bench

Family Update: An Engagement, a Scholarship, and a Beautiful Bench

Posted by | Oct 13, 2021 | |

Canada’s Thanksgiving weekend has just come and gone and we ourselves have just come and gone—we are on our way home from a brief trip to Louisville, Kentucky, where we spent some time as a family. We very much enjoyed our few days with Abby, with Ryn (Nick’s fiancée), and with Nate, (Abby’s fiancé). Yes, my Abby is engaged! Nate asked her to marry him at just about the time they reached their one-year dating anniversary. He had spent some …

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A La Carte (October 13)

Posted by | Oct 13, 2021 | |

May the Lord bless and keep you today. There are lots of good titles related to counseling for sale at Westminster Books. Today’s Kindle deals include a few good titles. Dear Pastor . . . Your Shepherd Doesn’t Care How Big Your Church Is “I never forgot those days in the foyer of the church plant, begging God to send just one or two more our way. I had learned a valuable lesson in the hard days of lack that …

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A La Carte (October 13)

A La Carte (October 13)

Posted by | Oct 13, 2021 | |

May the Lord bless and keep you today. There are lots of good titles related to counseling for sale at Westminster Books. Today’s Kindle deals include a few good titles. Dear Pastor . . . Your Shepherd Doesn’t Care How Big Your Church Is “I never forgot those days in the foyer of the church plant, begging God to send just one or two more our way. I had learned a valuable lesson in the hard days of lack that …

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A La Carte (October 12)

A La Carte (October 12)

Posted by | Oct 12, 2021 | |

May the God of love and peace be with you today. (Yesterday on the blog: Longing for What’s Second Best) Think Little This article explains why we, as Christians, might to do better to think little than to think big. The God of Your Troubled Heart “Jesus knows your heart. He knows your doubts and fears. Tell him. He already knows. And, in your moments of greatest fear and doubt, you can trust that his mercy comes running to you.” …

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Longing for What’s Second Best

Longing for What’s Second Best

Posted by | Oct 11, 2021 | |

We often overestimate our wisdom. We often overestimate our capacity to rightly assess any given situation. We often overestimate our ability to know what would be best for ourselves and those we love. We are nothing if not self-focused, nothing if not self-reliant, nothing if not self-assured. Of course we know that, in theory, we are limited little creatures whose knowledge is small and whose understanding is minimal. But this rarely stops us from acting as if we know far …

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