Author: Tim Challies

The Word You Can Use Once a Year (and No More)

The Word You Can Use Once a Year (and No More)

Posted by | Oct 18, 2020 | |

I recently discovered Readwise, an app that has a neat feature—it sends a daily email with a randomized selection of highlights from books in my Kindle library. This has proven an interesting way to encounter information I have read but long-since forgotten. A few days ago Readwise surfaced a quote from a book I read years ago, Derek Thomas’s How the Gospel Brings Us All the Way Home. And, wouldn’t you know it, it was just the quote I needed …

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Weekend A La Carte (October 17)

Weekend A La Carte (October 17)

Posted by | Oct 17, 2020 | |

My gratitude goes to Reformation Heritage Books for sponsoring the blog this week. Be sure to learned about the new book Puritan Reformed Theology (which is currently discounted). Also, here’s your regular reminder of my SquareQuotes site which is updated weekly and contains all kinds of great quote graphics. Today’s Kindle deals include a pretty good collection of classics and newer works. For All My Fellow Phonies “I think for most of my Christian life I have felt like an …

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Are You Prepared For a New Batch of Conspiracy Theories?

Are You Prepared For a New Batch of Conspiracy Theories?

Posted by | Oct 16, 2020 | |

We are just weeks away from another contentious American election, which means we are just weeks away from roughly half of the American population savoring a great victory and the other half suffering a great loss. This being the case, we are, in all likelihood, just weeks away from the birth of new conspiracy theories. Why? Because conspiracy theories are for losers. I suppose I’d better explain that. I’ll do so by way of a few building blocks. First, conspiracy …

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A La Carte (October 16)

A La Carte (October 16)

Posted by | Oct 16, 2020 | |

There are once again some Kindle deals that may interest the collectors among us! The Day I Ran From God “The pursuit had begun. I knew God had drawn the bow of his wrath, and he had aimed it directly at me. The slightest tinge of my guilty conscience made the creaks and groans of the bowstring howl in my ears as it strained for release. I looked for places to hide, but wherever I went, he was there. I …

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A La Carte (October 15)

A La Carte (October 15)

Posted by | Oct 15, 2020 | |

There are a few Kindle deals worth checking out today. Logos users, especially pastors, may want to check the resources in their Pastor Appreciation Month sale. (Yesterday on the blog: A Master at Identifying Sin) Well Done > Well Said This is well said! “It’s always easier to find words for ideas than it is to act on them. It’s easier to write a love song than it is to genuinely give yourself for the good of another person. It’s …

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