This sponsored post invites you to join hundreds of believers at Westminster’s new MinistryNetwork. You’ve faced some hard questions if you’ve ever worked or volunteered at a church. • What do you do when a debate breaks out in a Bible study? • How do you keep your church together when you hear rumors of a split? • How do you respond when a VBS kid from an unbelieving family asks about the difference between boys and girls? • How …
Read More
It seems like the whole world is talking about race and racism and racial reconciliation. Here in 2020 the conversation has come to the fore with renewed force and renewed urgency. Perhaps no author has played a more central role in this cultural conversation than Robin DiAngelo and perhaps no book has been more widely recommended than her White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism. Though it was first published in 2018, its moment …
Read More
There is a handful for Kindle deals today, plus some from Saturday if you skipped the weekend. Logos users would do well to take a look at the sale on Zondervan products, since some excellent products have been discounted. (Yesterday on the blog: The Day I Was J.I. Packer’s Mailman) A Time to Mourn and a Time to Dance Carl Trueman pays tribute to J.I. Packer in this article, though he covers some other territory as well. “I have written elsewhere about …
Read More
You no doubt heard that J.I. Packer died on Friday, and since then many people have shared their memories and tributes. (See Saturday’s A La Carte for a few of them.) Sadly I never met Packer and never even heard him speak, though I was certainly blessed by a number of his books. But my friend Stephen McCaskell met him on one memorable occasion and I thought it would be fun to have him tell you about it. Here’s his …
Read More
My gratitude goes to Westminster Books for sponsoring the blog this week with news of their new referral rewards program. Today’s Kindle deals include a handful of classics as well as at least one newer book. Logos users will want to check out the sale on Zondervan products. There are some great deals! (Yesterday on the blog: How To Talk About God in a Skeptical Age) J. I. Packer (1926–2020) J.I. Packer went to be with the Lord yesterday and …
Read More