A few days ago the Prime Minister of Canada held a televised press conference to speak to Canadian citizens traveling overseas. He looked directly into the camera as if to make eye contact with each of them and said earnestly, “It’s time to come home.” On any given day hundreds of thousands of Canadians are traveling outside the bounds of their own country and he had a crucial message for them—come back to Canada now, before it’s too late. For …
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Today’s Kindle deals include fall toward the academic side of the scale. Westminster Books has the excellent New Studies in Biblical Theology series on sale. Meanwhile, Logos is offering free access to some of their courses as well as to movies and documentaries. (Yesterday on the blog: All the Free and Discounted Stuff for these Difficult Times – Updated) The Great Empty The New York Times has a photo gallery of the world’s most popular places devoid of people; you …
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Difficult times often provoke special generosity. That has proven the case with many Christian ministries and businesses in these difficult and uncertain days. Here is some of the free or discounted material that has been made available. (Feel free to leave a Facebook comment if you know of material I’ve missed and I’ll update accordingly.) Ligonier Ministries Ligonier Ministries has opened up their collection of teaching series, which represents something like 2,500 lectures. They’ve also added 20+ teaching series to …
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I expect the same is true for many of you, that you’re finding the restrictions tightening day-by-day. As of tomorrow, all non-essential businesses in Ontario must close and, while we aren’t formally under lockdown, we are expected to now stay home for two weeks. Today’s Kindle deals include Zondervan’s Counterpoints series, the Christ-Centered Exposition Commentary series, and the New American Commentary series. Logos March Madness has wrapped up and there are all kinds of great deals to be had (with …
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Today’s post is sponsored by MasterLectures, the platform where you get unlimited access to thousands of Bible and theology video lectures from Zondervan Academic. Months ago, we began to plan with Tim to tell you about MasterLectures in March 2020. Of course, we had no idea about the situation we’d find ourselves in at this time—a situation that is strange and unsettling, yet provides to many of us new opportunities to learn and grow. Challenging times can cause setbacks. But disruption …
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