Author: Tim Challies

A La Carte (October 9)

Today’s Kindle deals range far and wide, I suppose. Avid readers may also want to check out Westminster’s deal on The Mystery of the Trinity, a highly-regarded new work. Should We Expect Our Jobs to Make Us Happy? Barnabas Piper’s illustration here is a helpful one. “It was only once I moved out and became responsible for my own home I began to covet adhesive-backed plastic hanging hooks. They seemed ideal for hanging pictures or dust mops or calendars… until …

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A La Carte (October 8)

We are gearing up for Thanksgiving weekend up here in Canada. The days are getting short, the weather is getting cold—it’s pretty much my favorite time of year. There are just a few minor Kindle deals to look at today. (Yesterday on the blog: Discovering a World of Surplus Beauty) Parents, the Little Moments Matter Most They do, indeed! “I have been in the parenting game for quite a few years now. I’ve been bombarded by guilt-inducing articles, by books …

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Discovering a World of Surplus Beauty

When I was young my family owned a cottage. To a child it was a place of wonder, a place of marvels. While I spent ten months of the year in the confines of the big city, summers at the cottage offered freedom to explore and to discover, to be a wanderer and adventurer, to roam at will through fields and forests. One of my favorite things was to strike out on my own into the woods. Our cottage faced …

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A La Carte (October 7)

It turned into an okay day for Kindle deals today, so it’s worth taking a look. Westminster Books has a deal on Good News for Little Hearts, a series for children. Leading People to Long for the Day of the Lord Trevin Wax reflects on the importance of living with anticipation for the Day of the Lord. This Isn’t Going to Be as Easy as it Looks Keith Mathison: “There are moments when we simply feel overwhelmed. This can happen …

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A La Carte (October 6)

There are lots of good Kindle deals to consider today, quite a lot of them dealing with church history. (Yesterday on the blog: The Church Is You, So the Church Will Be Like You) Bach: A Theologian at the Workplace Jonathan Camiré has put together a great little introduction to Johann Sebastian Bach. Why You Need to Read More Curiously I consider one of life’s great pleasures being able to follow areas of curiosity into good books. “The absence of …

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