Author: Tim Challies

A La Carte (August 18)

May the Lord bless and keep you today. How Afghan Pastors Reflect on God’s Sovereignty Writing for TGC, Mark Morris writes about Afghan pastors. “In early July, Afghan pastors and church leaders made a difficult decision. They decided to formally register their faith with the Afghan government. What an absurdity to register as Christians in an Islamic republic that prohibits a person from converting to Christianity! Against the advice of many, these Afghan church leaders felt compelled, for the sake …

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A La Carte (August 17)

May the God of love and peace be with you today. (Yesterday on the blog: Success Beyond What We Can Handle) Return of the Taliban Mindy Belz’s article from WORLD is now a few days old, and hence somewhat out-of-date, but does explain some of the context to the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. Afghan Pastors Ask for Prayer And speaking of Afghanistan, here are prayer requests from Christians within the country. “As Taliban forces have swallowed up Afghanistan and even now …

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Success Beyond What We Can Handle

I know many who long to make a mark in their field. I know writers who long to get that first contract and publish that first great novel. I know musicians who yearn to get noticed and get signed and get recorded. I know speakers who are convinced they could make their mark if only they could be invited to that first conference, deliver that first keynote, inspire that first audience. I know and admire many such people and often …

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A La Carte (August 16)

Good morning. May grace and peace be with you today and in the week ahead. I have listed a few new Kindle deals and hope to add some more in the morning. (Yesterday on the blog: A Parent’s Prayer for Obedience) Of Minds and Machines : Transhumanism and the Christian Christopher Brown has written an interesting essay on transhumanism. If you don’t know the term, you probably should. Rejection That Cuts Deep “I have come to believe that rejection and separation from …

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A Prayer for Parents of Teens

I have already shared a few of Kathleen Nielson’s prayers for children–young children and adult children. I wanted to share just one more, this one from her collection of prayers for parents of teenagers. After all, is there any time we pray for our children with more fervency than during their teenage years? This is a prayer for matters of first importance. May it give you words to pray for the child you love… O Lord, so many things I’d …

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