Author: Tim Challies

My New Book Is Out: Knowing and Enjoying God

My New Book Is Out: Knowing and Enjoying God

Posted by | Sep 8, 2021 | |

If you have frequented this site over the years, you have undoubtedly seen some SquareQuotes—the quotes combined with graphics that I release on a daily basis. A couple of years ago Jules Koblun and I had the idea of combining some fresh SquareQuotes with short devotionals. While she got busy with the designing, I got busy with the writing. Before long we had created Knowing and Enjoying God, the first in what we anticipate will be a number of books …

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A La Carte (September 8)

A La Carte (September 8)

Posted by | Sep 8, 2021 | |

The Lord bless and keep you today. (Yesterday on the blog: What Can God Do With Broken Hearts?) Turning Toward Light Andrea Sanborn: “Pessimism is my soul’s default setting. Even when life is filled with blessing, melancholy has always been my temperament’s natural course. As a result, it has been the work of my Christian life to turn away from the darkness and look up, look away, notice beauty and give thanks. ” Pray for Jennifer I frequently link to Jennifer …

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What Can God Do With Broken Hearts?

What Can God Do With Broken Hearts?

Posted by | Sep 7, 2021 | |

God has a special place in his heart for the weak, the weary, the downtrodden, the broken. “Come to me all who labor and are heavy laden,” he says, and “bring in the poor and crippled and blind and lame.” His special blessing is upon those who are poor in spirit, who are meek and mournful, who are reviled and persecuted. The faith that honors him is the faith of a child, and his power is made perfect in weakness …

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A La Carte (September 7)

A La Carte (September 7)

Posted by | Sep 7, 2021 | |

May the God of love and peace be with you today. It’s back-to-school day (at least in this part of the world). Speaking of which, Logos is having a back-to-school sale that has some good deals. (Also be sure to look at their Zondervan sale.) What Are Friends For? “We have lost the gift and glory of friendship. This is due to a number of factors. We’ve traded talking for texting. We’ve abandoned fellowship for Facebook. Social media has, in reality, …

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Do You Trust the Bible?

Do You Trust the Bible?

Posted by | Sep 6, 2021 | |

Today’s post is written by Bill Mounce and is sponsored by Zondervan. Bill is the author of Why I Trust the Bible and Basics of Biblical Greek. The Bible makes some astonishing claims about itself. The apostle Paul tells his friend Timothy that every word of the Bible comes from the mouth of God (2 Tim 3:16). The Bible says God personally wrote the Ten Commandments with His own finger (Exod 31:18; Deut 9:10). Almost five hundred times, the prophets preface …

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