In recent days the topic of social justice has received much attention within the church and without. As Christians we are committed to living according to God’s Word, and so we have rightly been turning to the Bible to learn how it would guide us. We have been scouring its pages to see what it says about matters of justice. That is well and good, but I have become convinced that even as we’ve done this, we may have overlooked …
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I have now served out the first half of my second quarantine. One more week and I’ll be free! Crossway has released a new ESV Women’s Study Bible and it’s 50% off for the next few days at Westminster Books. There’s a handful of Kindle deals today, the best of which is Alec Motyer’s reader-friendly guide to Isaiah. The Final Salute What a fitting tribute to a loved one. “Fred Moyers was many things. We all are, I guess, but …
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Today’s Kindle deals include Jen Wilkin’s Women of the Word, a book for kids, and some other selections. (Yesterday on the blog: A Way With Words) The Proper Response To God’s Gifts Is To Enjoy Them Here’s Stephen Kneale on enjoying God’s gifts. “Gnosticism has a habit of driving some of our attitudes in the church. And I think the whole area of enjoying God’s good gifts is one such example. These things are seen as ‘worldly’ and ‘unspiritual’ and …
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Books often arrive in topical waves as an event or emphasis within the church or within wider society sparks many writers to address a common concern. This is the case right now with a whole crop of new books that have significant thematic overlap: Scott Saul’s A Gentle Answer: Our ‘Secret Weapon’ in an Age of Us Against Them, Dane Ortlund’s Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers , Gavin Ortlund’s Finding the Right Hills to …
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If you’ve got an interest in hymns or the wider subject of worship, you may be interested in this week’s deal(s) from Westminster Books. Today’s Kindle deals include Joel Beeke’s helpful little book on the cure for backsliding. The Evil Eye Interesting: “Many cultures’ folk religions believe in the evil eye. In our area of Central Asia, some, particularly the elderly and rural, believe that certain persons secretly have the power to curse others by looking at them and envying …
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