Author: Tim Challies

Top Gift Ideas For 2019: A Reformed Gift Guide

Top Gift Ideas For 2019: A Reformed Gift Guide

Posted by | Nov 18, 2019 | |

This sponsored post was prepared by Missional Wear Somehow, it’s November. Mid-November. Which means you might just be gearing up to begin your holiday shopping. My friends at Missional Wear have been hard at work creating unique gifts for everyone on your list. Here is a currated guide of great ideas to achieve gifting success this holiday season! Top Gifts For The Season Sweaters so ugly they are beautiful “The Spurge” Sweatshirt John Calvin Sweatshirt Long Sleeve Decorative bookend-sized statue …

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When God Put Down a Deposit

When God Put Down a Deposit

Posted by | Nov 18, 2019 | |

Around fourteen years ago, Aileen and I bought our first home. We had been searching all over our town and all over the other towns nearby, looking for just the right place. We couldn’t find it. They were all too big or too expensive or too far from where we wanted to be. Where we wanted to be, we realized, was right where we were. So when a neighbouring home went on the market, we were quick to check it …

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A La Carte (November 18)

A La Carte (November 18)

Posted by | Nov 18, 2019 | |

There is an extensive list of Kindle deals today that includes something for just about everyone. I happened to notice Amazon has Melissa & Doug toys on sale today in case you’re doing early Christmas shopping. They were always a smash with our kids. (Yesterday on the blog: Working Up a Spiritual Sweat) Your Listening Habits Are Harming Your Relationship with God “What do habits have to do with hearing God? Actually, a lot. Habits can be good or bad, distracting …

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Working Up a Spiritual Sweat

Working Up a Spiritual Sweat

Posted by | Nov 17, 2019 | |

I was recently reading through the new, updated version of Kent Hughes’ Disciplines of a Godly Man and was struck anew by the Bible’s call that we strive and labor for godliness. While his intended audience is primarily men, the message is equally applicable to women. ***** The statement from Paul to Timothy regarding spiritual discipline in 1 Timothy 4:7—“train yourself for godliness”—takes on not only transcending importance, but personal urgency. There are other passages that teach discipline, but this is …

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Weekend A La Carte (November 16)

Weekend A La Carte (November 16)

Posted by | Nov 16, 2019 | |

Today’s Kindle deals include a couple of books for young adults as well as some classics. (Yesterday on the blog: Puritan: All of Life to the Glory of God) Don’t Be Duped “In any sphere of culture, leaders are trying to sell themselves and their views. In fact, the very reason these leaders often rise to the top is their ability to persuade people of the rightness of their views and decisions. Yet, often they are so charismatic, so persuasive, …

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