Author: Tim Challies

Why the West Is Antihistorical

Why the West Is Antihistorical

Posted by | Jan 29, 2021 | |

It’s increasingly obvious that the modern West has become antihistorical. The past is no longer seen as a useful guide to the present or future, but a misleading, unreliable one. Those who lived in the past are more likely to be dishonored than honored. The study of history itself is often seen as wasteful or even dangerous. When reading Carl Trueman’s Histories and Fallacies, I was interested to see his explanation of how we have arrived at such a point. …

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A La Carte (January 29)

A La Carte (January 29)

Posted by | Jan 29, 2021 | |

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Savior. Westminster Books has discounted some of January’s new and notable titles. Logos users, be sure to grab your free books of the month before the 31st! Today’s Kindle deals include at least a couple of interesting picks. Close-Call Survivor “Staff Sgt. Halvorsen yelled for his men to take two shots and keep running, following orders to get downhill in the dark past German snipers and into the …

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A La Carte (January 28)

A La Carte (January 28)

Posted by | Jan 28, 2021 | |

Good morning, and may the God of love and peace be with you today. Today’s Kindle deals include a number of selections from Crossway with a few others besides. (Yesterday on the blog: When We Failed to Count the Cost) The False Gospel of Assuming the Worst of Others “One reason conversations about hard topics like social justice tend to generate more heat than light, both within and beyond the church, is a phenomenon we may call ‘the Newman Effect.’” …

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When We Failed to Count the Cost

When We Failed to Count the Cost

Posted by | Jan 27, 2021 | |

It’s the age of the tattoo, isn’t it? It has become something of a rite of passage for older teenagers or younger adults to get inked. Whatever we parents think about this trend, I expect we’re unanimous in at least wanting our children to wait until they are told enough to count the cost—to grow up enough to have some sense of what it will meant to permanently mark their bodies. We want our kids to wait because we know …

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A La Carte (January 27)

A La Carte (January 27)

Posted by | Jan 27, 2021 | |

Good morning! The Lord be with you today. On sale this week at Westminster Books is Mike Emlet’s new Saints, Sufferers & Sinners. There is, as usual, a selection of Kindle deals to look through. Joe Biden’s Transgender Fictions Carl Trueman: “If only it was just women’s sports that were headed from ESPN to the History Channel. Even more serious, however, is the utter collapse of any stable notion of human personhood. What constitutes a person is now apparently nothing …

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