Author: Tim Challies

Discipling Teenagers In Your Home and Church: Three Paradigm Shifts

Discipling Teenagers In Your Home and Church: Three Paradigm Shifts

Posted by | Nov 9, 2020 | |

This week the blog is sponsored by Rooted Ministry. Youth ministers and parents face a unique challenge: we’re dealing with human beings made in the image of God who are going through an incredibly tough and awkward transition from childhood to adulthood. Many youth ministry paradigms err by oversimplifying this complex transitional period, reducing student ministry down to an amped-up children’s ministry or a watered-down adult ministry experience. Consequently, the experts tell us, somewhere between 70%-80% of all youth ministry …

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On Running a Short Race Well

On Running a Short Race Well

Posted by | Nov 9, 2020 | |

Each of us is given a race to run. Some are called to run a long race. Some are called to run a short race. What matters is not how long our race is, but how well we run it. It’s God’s business to determine how long we run; it’s our business to determine how well we run. It is so much better to run a short race well than a long race poorly. God called my son Nick to …

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A La Carte (November 9)

A La Carte (November 9)

Posted by | Nov 9, 2020 | |

We have returned home and begun our mandatory 14-day quarantine following cross-border travel. Some have asked about a recording of Friday’s on-campus memorial service. You can access that service here: Nicholas Challies Memorial Service. Alternatively, SBTS News wrote a brief summary. We are so thankful for all the ways Boyce College and SBTS supported us through the week. Having returned home, we expect to hold a funeral here in Oakville on November 21. Today’s Kindle deals include the entire Word …

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By Faith We Let Them Go

By Faith We Let Them Go

Posted by | Nov 8, 2020 | |

A couple of days ago a couple of friends sent me pretty much the same email at pretty much the same time. Both thought I would benefit from a reflection written by Charles Spurgeon. It was, indeed, the right word at the right time. Here it is, modernized through the pen of Alistair Begg. O death! Why do you touch the tree beneath whose spreading branches weariness finds rest? Why do you snatch away the excellent of the earth, in …

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Weekend A La Carte (November 7)

Weekend A La Carte (November 7)

Posted by | Nov 7, 2020 | |

I’m grateful for all the kind, encouraging, and soul-strengthening words we’ve received from you over the past few days. Yesterday was Nick’s memorial service here at Southern Seminary; this evening we head home. Following our two-week quarantine, we will have a funeral in our hometown. The Lord has been so very kind to us these past days. We have never experienced his mercy and his grace as we are right now. We are so grateful. I had a few articles …

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