Author: Tim Challies

Do We Really Believe in Equality?

Do We Really Believe in Equality?

Posted by | Mar 8, 2021 | |

This week the blog is sponsored by Baker Books and is adapted from Michael Sherrard’s new book Why You Matter: How Your Quest for Meaning Is Meaningless without God. We live in an ironic time. The belief that all people should be treated equally is spreading, and yet, so is hatred. People genuinely hate each other today: republicans and democrats, mask wearers and virus conspirators, Disney and those who think Gina Carano shouldn’t have been kicked off Mandalorian. Half the …

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The Uninvited Lodger

The Uninvited Lodger

Posted by | Mar 8, 2021 | |

It is a hard truth, but also an intuitive truth: God disciplines the ones he loves and chastises his children. After all, what father does not at times have to correct his son, for what son does not at times need correction? In this way discipline is proof of a father’s concern for his child, evidence of his paternal affection. No good father leaves his child to run rampant according to his own whims, according to his own folly. No …

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A La Carte (March 8)

A La Carte (March 8)

Posted by | Mar 8, 2021 | |

Good morning! Grace to you today. (Yesterday on the blog: This World Is Passing Away) The Empty Religions of Instagram There are lots of interesting insights here on the rise of “Instavangelists.” “We’ve found a different kind of clergy: personal growth influencers. Women like Ms. Doyle, who offer nones like us permission, validation and community on demand at a time when it’s nearly impossible to share communion in person. We don’t even have to put down our phones.” What Is …

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This World Is Passing Away

This World Is Passing Away

Posted by | Mar 7, 2021 | |

The Apostle tells us that “the present form of this world is passing away.” Horatius Bonar once reflected on this and wrote a beautiful bit of writing that shows just what that means and how we should live accordingly. The world is passing away — like a dream of the night. We lie down to rest; we fall asleep; we dream; we awake at morn — and lo, all is fled, which in our dream seemed so stable and so pleasant! So …

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Weekend A La Carte (March 6)

Weekend A La Carte (March 6)

Posted by | Mar 6, 2021 | |

Grace and peace to you as you serve and honor the Lord this weekend. My gratitude goes to Boyce College for sponsoring the blog this week so they can invite you to their upcoming Virtual Preview Day. Today’s Kindle deals include some classics along with a couple of newer works. (Yesterday on the blog: To My Son on His Twenty-First Birthday) Died: Larry Crabb, Christian Counselor Who Kept Exploring Christianity Today remembers Larry Crabb who died a few days ago. …

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