Even people who have no use for Jesus affirm the importance of his Golden Rule: “As you wish that others would do to you, do so to them” (Luke 6:31). This is a call for each of us to live thoughtfully, to live selflessly, to live in such a way that we consider not only ourselves, but others. In the Golden Rule we get a glimpse of the world as it ought to be, a glimpse of the world as …
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Logos users will want to check out November’s free and cheap books of the month. Because why wouldn’t you? I didn’t find any Kindle deals for books in the Christian market, though if you didn’t stop by on the weekend, you can check those deals. But Amazon did release their general market monthly deals and they are worth looking through. (e.g. The Greater Journey by David McCullough; Leadership by Doris Kearns Goodwin.) Appointed to This “In one sense, it seems …
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Here’s your regular reminder that my site SquareQuotes is updated weekly with new quote graphics. There are hundreds of them to download! Today’s Kindle deals include a few good picks. (Recently on the blog: What Makes a Really Good Study Bible?) Daylight Savings and Spiritual Disciplines I think Glenna Marshall is onto something here. “I think sometimes we view January 1st as an excuse to keep living life per usual, especially when it comes to spiritual disciplines like Bible-reading and prayer. We’ve …
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Though we are late enough in the year that we may be past prime book-release season, there are still some good titles coming our way. I sorted through the stacks that arrived at my door in October and settled on some that, for one reason or another, I consider especially noteworthy. To that end, here are October’s new and notable books for Christians. (Note: In most cases I have not thoroughly read these books and the information provided is the …
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This week’s Free Stuff Fridays is sponsored by Ligonier Ministries and Reformation Trust, who also sponsored the blog this week. Martin Luther is one of the most significant figures in church history. The movement that started after his posting of the Ninety-Five Theses led to the recovery of the gospel. How did this happen? How did God use a monk with an uneasy conscience to set the world ablaze? Ligonier Ministries is offering two free Reformation resources that can help …
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