Author: Tim Challies

A La Carte (December 18)

Today’s Kindle deals include a couple of options you may want to look at. Remember that Westminster Books has all their ESVs at 50% off through the end of the month. (Yesterday on the blog: Would You Consider Supporting My Work As a Patron?) What Does It Mean To Worship God “in Spirit”? (Video) Here is Sinclair Ferguson’s answer. In the Dark This article reflects on the light of Christ breaking into the darkness. Give the Gift of AGTV Christmas …

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Would You Consider Supporting My Work As a Patron?

I have been blogging at Challies.com on a daily basis for over 17 years now. That long commitment has allowed me to write thousands of articles and hundreds of book reviews while also sending millions of visitors to other sites through the daily A La Carte feature. Of course I’ve also written a number of books and filmed quite a number of videos, though through it all the blog has remained the “main thing.” Over the past few years much of …

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A La Carte (December 17)

After a short pause yesterday, there are lots of rock-solid Kindle deals to browse through today. (Yesterday on the blog: The Consensus Best Books of 2020) Trees: God’s Creative Power On Display “To most people, trees are the very essence of ‘naturalness’, which basically implies absence of artificial human input. In recent decades, secular literature has shown a noticeable shift towards interpreting naturalness as absence of divine input—as merely the product of chance, by evolution. Nothing could be further from …

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The Consensus Best Books of 2020

Over the past couple of weeks the blogs and sites I read have been humming with list after list of the top books of 2020. It seems that just about every avid reader I follow is eager to share his or her picks for the year that was. I love these lists and especially love comparing them to see which books become the consensus favorites. With that in mind, and based on perhaps 20 or 25 such lists, I analyzed …

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A La Carte (December 16)

Logos users, remember to check out the 12 Days of Logos. The deals include a bunch of my recommendations for OT commentaries, a number of complete commentary sets (NICOT, Welwyn, etc), and the complete NSBT set. There are some really good deals to be had. Think You Know the Christmas Story? Here are Five Common Misconceptions Michael Kruger, a New Testament scholar, addresses five common misconceptions about Christmas. Is Christmas a Pagan Rip-off? Meanwhile, Kevin DeYoung answers this question: Is …

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