Author: Tim Challies

Why I’m Looking Forward to Getty Music Sing! Global

Why I’m Looking Forward to Getty Music Sing! Global

Posted by | Aug 24, 2020 | |

I am one of the breakout session speakers at the Getty Music Sing! Global conference (August 30-September 2), but I also intend to be one of the attendees. It is, after all, an online-only event in which everyone can participate even during this time when travel and mass gatherings are uncertain or even impossible. As I think about the conference, there are a few aspects I’m especially looking forward to. (Register here and use the code CHALLIES to get 20% …

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Lessons In Becoming a Better Listener

Lessons In Becoming a Better Listener

Posted by | Aug 24, 2020 | |

It is one thing to hear, but another thing to listen. Good communication and healthy relationships depend upon not only on hearing the words other people say, but on carefully listening to what they mean to communicate. To listen is to love. But if we are honest, few of us are good listeners. It’s easy enough to hear others, but very difficult to truly listen to them. That may be particularly true and particularly important in the context of the …

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A La Carte (August 24)

A La Carte (August 24)

Posted by | Aug 24, 2020 | |

Today is not much of a day for Kindle deals, unfortunately. We will hope for better things tomorrow. (Yesterday on the blog: Who Gets To Rule Our Hearts This Week?) More Than a Shibboleth Lots of churches emphasize the ordinary means of grace, but there’s an important distinction still to be made. “While professing a commitment to the God-ordained means of grace is right and good, it is altogether possible for pastors to neglect vital biblical nuances concerning the administration …

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Who Gets To Rule Our Hearts This Week?

Who Gets To Rule Our Hearts This Week?

Posted by | Aug 23, 2020 | |

Sometimes we all need a little bit of help praying. And when that’s true of me, one place I know to turn is Scotty Smith’s blog where he posts new prayers on a daily basis. One that caught my attention this week was titled Who Gets to Rule Our Hearts This Week?. I thought I’d share it with you as we all begin a new week with its opportunities and temptations. Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts… Col. …

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Weekend A La Carte (August 22)

Weekend A La Carte (August 22)

Posted by | Aug 22, 2020 | |

Yesterday was a happy day as we got the news from Louisville that my son asked his girl to marry him, and she said yes. What joy! Today’s Kindle deals include the usual Saturday classics plus a few newer works (e.g. two of the volumes of the NSBT). (Yesterday on the blog: The Place To Begin When Learning About Social Justice) Inerrancy and Evangelicals: The Challenge for a New Generation I really enjoyed this long look at the history and …

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