Author: Tim Challies

A La Carte (November 27)

Logos has the amazing NICOT and NICNT series at 40% off at the moment. I still think the Circle device is a near-essential part of a family’s plan to protect their kids online. You can now get $40 off with the coupon code CIRCLE40. Black Friday is coming up and, as is my custom, I’ll have an article that day highlighting the best of the deals for Christians. Stay tuned on Friday! Can We Give Thanks for Flawed Heroes? Kevin …

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A La Carte (November 26)

Today’s Kindle deals include quite a long list of interesting books. The final pre-Black Friday deal from Logos is 25% off Logos 8 Gold. (Yesterday on the blog: 4 Common Critics and Constructive Ways to Respond to Them) Core Convictions about Prayer Here are a few core convictions about prayer. “To experience God in our midst we must be people of prayer. To be people of prayer we need to know what prayer is. From the example of David in Psalm …

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To Know the Blessed God

This week the blog is sponsored by Heritage College & Seminary and the post is written by Dr. Stephen Yuille, Vice President of Academics and Academic Dean of the College. It’s my joy and privilege to serve at Heritage College & Seminary in Canada. In my role, I get asked lots of questions—inside and outside the classroom. Among them are some good ones and not so good ones, some interesting ones and not so interesting ones. But recently I was …

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4 Common Critics and Constructive Ways to Respond to Them

It is inevitable that pastors and other church leaders will face criticism. Some critics will be well-intentioned while others will be bent on destruction; some will be attempting to do the right thing (even if in a ham-fisted way) while others will be attempting to wreak havoc. Yet the prideful and troubling temptation can be to treat them all the same. In his book The Heart of the Preacher, Rick Reed lists four common critics and offers appropriate and constructive …

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