Author: Tim Challies

Free Stuff Fridays (Radius International)

This week’s Free Stuff Friday is sponsored by Radius International  They are giving away a conference package that includes: 2 tickets, a Radius pullover, and 4 books. The winner will receive two free tickets to the Radius Missiology Conference being held June 23-24, 2021, at Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis, MN. This event will be live in person or available as a live stream. John Piper, Mark Dever, Wayne Chen, Harshit Singh, Brooks Buser, and others from the Radius world will be …

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Marvin Olasky’s Lament for a Father

If someone were to ask me, “Should I read Marvin Olasky’s Lament for a Father?,” the answer would be simple: Yes. But if someone were to ask me, “What is Lament for a Father?,” I’m not sure I could as easily answer the question. It is not quite a biography and not quite an autobiography. It is not quite a memoir and not quite a topical book on family or parenting. Perhaps, then, it’s best described as a kind of …

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A La Carte (June 4)

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you today. If you’re looking for something to help with devotions or Bible study, Westminster Books has the Reformed Expository Bible Study series on sale. I have added a couple of Kindle deals include: The Wait of the World I am pretty sure you’ll be encouraged by this dispatch from far away. “The goal of the trip was to connect with a few isolated church leaders in the district. There are very …

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A La Carte (June 3)

Good morning. May the Lord bless and keep you today. Logos users will definitely want to check out this month’s free and nearly free items. There are lots of excellent biographies on sale in today’s Kindle deals, including Luther, Packer, MLJ, and others. Going Beyond Clouds That Hide the View This is a good one. “Gloom is part of my life, shadowy and rainy. But so is brightness. My clouds at times stormy, other times reflective seem to melt away …

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On Caring for the Property of Others

On a warm, spring afternoon, walking along pathways that lead between city and country, between suburbia and farmland, I passed by a sprawling property, the home and gardens of a local landowner. I saw that the trees had remained unpruned, that the ground had gone untended, that the fences all around were sagging and broken down. I observed the sign by the road that advertised the owner’s business: Landscape & Maintenance. I paused to consider, I stopped to meditate until …

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