Author: Tim Challies

A La Carte (January 17)

It is an okay day for Kindle deals with quite a few available options, several of them Puritan classics. Keeping Primary Attention on Life’s Main Focuses Vance Christie tells a story to bring out a valid point. The English Reformation: England’s First Brexit You’d need to know more about church history than I do to really evaluate this article. But I found the connections between Brexit and the English Reformation to be rather interesting. 10 Things You Should Know about the Priesthood …

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A La Carte (January 16)

Today’s Kindle deals include a handful of books, including one good one by R.C. Sproul. (Yesterday on the blog: Get To Know Onthatile Children’s Ministries) Max Lucado’s Endorsement of Jen Hatmaker: What it Means and Why it Matters This is important: “It can be tempting to view any display of disunity as divisive. But we would do good to remember that the Bible places the blame for divisions on the ones bringing in the false doctrine, not on those who …

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Get To Know Onthatile Children’s Ministries

My recent journey through Africa led me to Onthatile Children’s Ministries in Johannesburg, South Africa (the second time I’ve visited the ministry, which is pronounced OWN-ta-tee-lay). There are nearly 3 million orphans in South Africa and Onthatile exists to rescue those that have been abandoned, then to provide them a safe haven until they can be adopted into families. This brief video explains why the ministry exists and how you can get involved. Also please visit their web site at …

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A La Carte (January 15)

Today’s Kindle deals include a whole list of biographies as well as a couple of other titles. The lowest-cost Kindle as well as the best-value-for-money Kindle (Paperwhite) are both on sale just now. The Eleven Commandments For Long Winded Preachers There is lots of stuff in this list of eleven commandments for long winded preachers. Like this: “Thou shalt not neglect summarising. This is the key to preaching more briefly. Say in a point what you could say in a …

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A La Carte (January 14)

There is a pretty good selection of Kindle deals to browse through today. There’s some Wiersbe, some Lewis, some Keller and some others… (Yesterday on the blog: The Rules for Alliteration) Dining in the Dark: Is Communion Christ’s Flesh? It’s so important that we get our theology of communion right. Clint Archer writes about his transformed understanding. “It was common for me to get the chills, moved with wonder, at the ethereal sound of the altar boy’s chimes, sounded at …

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