There was a time, and it was not so very long ago, when the Christian world was tragically under-resourced when it came to books confronting pornography and the men who indulge in it. At that time just about any resource was better than nothing if only it would help men make headway against their addiction.* Today, though, we are extremely well-resourced when it comes to such works and a new book must have something unique to offer if it is …
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Grace and peace to you today. There are a few books discounted for Kindle today, and I’m not sure that I’ve ever seen any of these titles on sale before. Pride (in the Name of Love) Jared Wilson: “Jesus was perfect, and yet he did not look down on others. I am ridiculously imperfect, but I do look down on others. Jesus was perfectly holy, and yet was not arrogant. I am frustratingly unholy, but I am arrogant a lot. …
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Good morning. May the Lord bless and keep you today. There is an eclectic little group of Kindle deals to browse through today. (Yesterday on the blog: The Ministry of Being a Little Bit Further Along) My Darkest Night; Hopefully Not Yours Jim Elliff: “At 3:30 a.m., I awoke to a black room, so dark that my eyes could not see even one inch away, much less to the other side. The simple room in a Romanian home in Brasov had one …
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No church can survive solely upon the labors of its pastors. No church can thrive when the expectation is that all ministry must be formal and must originate from the front of the room. No church can remain healthy when it falls to the elders to give and the members to consume. Rather, the work of ministry within a local church is the privilege and responsibility of each of the people who makes that church their own. One of the …
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May the Lord bless and keep you today. This week Westminster Books is offering a discount on a book that will interest pastors, scholars, and serious students of the Bible. Talitha Cumi This is a sweet bit of writing. “With the quiet of the room and the mourning of the parents… With Peter and James and John looking on… With a twelve year old girl lying dead in her bed… With all the wailing outside and the mockery of Jesus… With the words of …
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