Author: Tim Challies

Free Stuff Fridays (Clarifying the Bible)

Posted by | Aug 14, 2020 | |

This week’s Free Stuff Fridays is sponsored by Mitch Maher’s Clarifying the Bible, who also sponsored the blog this week. There will be three winners and each will receive three books: The Clarifying The Bible Disciple’s Bundle by Mitch Maher. The bundle includes the book and video presentation of Clarifying the Bible, along with the CTB Teaching Manuscript, the CTB Teaching Slides, and the CTB Small Group Curriculum. You long for clarity and confidence when it comes to the Bible, but …

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A Bunch of Good Reasons To Saturate Your Worship Services in the Bible

A Bunch of Good Reasons To Saturate Your Worship Services in the Bible

Posted by | Aug 14, 2020 | |

A short time ago I compared certain evangelical churches to a meatless, cheeseless, crustless pizza. Just like removing too many elements of a pizza will call into doubt whether something still qualifies as pizza at all, removing too many elements of worship should call into doubt whether something still qualifies as a worship service. A service devoid of prayer, congregational singing, sacraments, and the public reading of Scripture may be a service in name only. The main point of that …

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A La Carte (August 14)

A La Carte (August 14)

Posted by | Aug 14, 2020 | |

My kids and I have now spent two weeks in isolation in Kentucky and today is move-in day for Boyce College and Southern Seminary. If all goes well I’ll drop them there today and head home for my next two-week quarantine tomorrow! I dug up just one single solitary Kindle deals today. If you’re just now catching up on the works of J.I. Packer, you can get some good deals at Westminster Books. (You might also be interested in RHB’s …

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A La Carte (August 13)

A La Carte (August 13)

Posted by | Aug 13, 2020 | |

Today’s Kindle deals include a selection of good books, some for general readers and some for the more academically inclined. Parents and/or grandparents may want to take a look at this week’s deal from Westminster Books. (Yesterday on the blog: Why You Really Need To Be Praying For Your Pastor) COVID-19 and the Power of a Pastor’s Phone “Research has shown a surge in the technological capabilities and adoption of churches across the country. Even congregations that had never live-streamed …

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Why You Really Need To Be Praying For Your Pastor

Why You Really Need To Be Praying For Your Pastor

Posted by | Aug 12, 2020 | |

You might be tired of hearing it, but that doesn’t make it any less true—these have been difficult days for pastors. And I think you need to hear as well that there are more difficult days ahead. That being the case, for the sake of your pastor and the sake of your church, he needs you to be praying for him right now and in the weeks and months to come. Pastors, like everyone else, had their lives and routines …

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