Author: Tim Challies

A Pastoral Prayer

Our Father, we are so thankful that you are a God who loves. In fact, you are not just a God who loves, but a God who is love. For you, love is not merely something you do, but it is who you are. To be God is to be love, to be the very source the very fountain of love. For all eternity, you have existed in a relationship of love with Father, Son, and Holy Spirit loving one …

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Weekend A La Carte (April 25)

Today’s Kindle deals include some pretty good prices on a selection of classics. (I’m grateful to Parenting with Patience for sponsoring the blog this week! I depend upon sponsors to keep the site going, so am grateful for each one.) (Yesterday on the blog: Gentle and Lowly) COVID-19 Shutdowns Are Shifting Seminary Education “Dropping enrollment. Students stressed about tuition. Professors moving classes online and offering more flexible schedules. Administrators tightening budgets and wondering how to adapt to a new paradigm …

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Free Stuff Fridays (The Disciple-Making Parent)

This week’s Free Stuff Friday is sponsored by The Disciple-Making Parent who also sponsored the blog this week. Five packages of parenting resources are being given away. Our greatest hope is that our children and grandchildren know the Lord personally. After all, what is more, important than their souls? These resources may be helpful as you seek to disciple them in the faith. Parenting with Patience Video Bible Study   Anger is an all too common occurrence in our homes. …

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Gentle and Lowly

If we wanted to read a book about what Jesus did, we would have many options available to us. But if we wanted to read a book about who Jesus is, well, the options would be far fewer. Obviously the two studies are closely connected, for what Jesus did is inexorably tied to who he is. Yet the two studies are not identical, for his heart can’t be conflated with his actions. So who is Jesus? If we carefully separate …

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A La Carte (April 24)

Today’s Kindle deals include some pretty good titles. Also, the AmazonClassics Editions of may classic works of literature are discounted now, mostly down to free. You can find the list here and browse for them by their distinctive book covers. Remember that I’m reading an encouraging book and inviting you to join me. You can find details here. No Path to Normalcy Writing for WORLD, Joel Belz writes about some concerns with the return to normalcy. For example, “The very …

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