I’ll be honest with you: April 2021 was probably not the most significant month for new and notable releases of Christian books. I did not have as many as usual show up in my mailbox and did not have to work as hard as usual to narrow down the list. However, we were still blessed with some significant titles and I’ve done my best to list many of them here. Thus, with no further ado, here are my picks for …
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May the Lord bless you and keep you today. If you’re looking for something to read, Westminster Books has a deal on a selection of new and noteworthy spring releases. I dug up just a couple Kindle deals, and will look again in the morning. Identity Politics, Opium of the People Carl Trueman begins a very interesting article this way: “Identity politics is the new religion of the United States.” He ends up considering why identity politics is so attractive. “We …
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Good morning! The God of peace be with you today. Today’s Kindle deals include some special deals from Crossway. (Yesterday on the blog: Whatever Is Not Christ) Were the New Testament Authors Aware of Their Own Authority? “Sometimes, even in the academic world, things get said so many times that people assume they are true. And when that happens, no one bothers to look at the historical evidence in a fresh way.” A good example is the notion that the …
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It is said of Michelangelo that when he was carving his best-known masterpiece he began with a block of marble and simply removed whatever was not David. This is the task of any sculptor—to begin with raw material and to work with it until nothing is left but the subject itself. Under the hand of a skilled artist, each rough blow of mallet on pitching tool, each gentle tap of hammer on chisel, each precise stroke of rasp and riffler, …
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Grace and peace to you today. If you’re interested in a journaling Bible, then you should check out this week’s sale at Westminster Books. Today’s Kindle deals include the popular Risen Motherhood. Out of My Hands and Into His This is a poignant reflection from Madelyn Canada. “I miss him. I kept thinking time would erase the dull ache in my heart, but it hasn’t. I don’t think love for someone is something we can ever fully eradicate. Once it …
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