Author: Tim Challies

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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Free Stuff Fridays (InterVarsity Press)

Free Stuff Fridays (InterVarsity Press)

Posted by | Nov 15, 2019 | |

This week the blog and the giveaway has been sponsored by InterVarsity Press. They will be giving away five copies of the new book Carpe Diem Redeemed: Seizing the Day, Discerning the Times by Os Guinness. How do we live with consequence in our modern world? Life is short, and it can be as easily wasted as lived to the full. In the midst of our harried modern world, how do we make the most of life and the time …

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Puritan: All of Life to the Glory of God

Puritan: All of Life to the Glory of God

Posted by | Nov 15, 2019 | |

I doubt there are too many people who can honestly say they foresaw the recent revival of interest in Puritans and Puritanism. Yet over the past 10 or 20 years, this is exactly what has happened. Suddenly a whole new generation has begun to pick up works written hundreds of years prior and realized, perhaps to their shock, that these are as relevant today as they’ve ever been. Chief among the proponents of the Puritans is Joel Beeke of Reformation …

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A La Carte (November 15)

A La Carte (November 15)

Posted by | Nov 15, 2019 | |

Westminster Books has a couple of deals that may interest you. One is on the Short Studies in Biblical Theology series while the other is on a new systematic theology (plus a few other not-so-new systematic theologies). Run Your Race—Not Someone Else’s “Have you ever heard yourself inwardly say, Well, at least I’m doing better than that guy, or, conversely, I’ll never be as good as that girl? In the former, we are provoking others. In arrogance, we look down on others …

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