Author: Tim Challies

A La Carte (November 14)

Today’s Kindle deals include rather an eclectic list of books. (Yesterday on the blog: Updates on Life, Health, Travels, and Family) Preaching Holiness Without Bashing Heads “In preaching a biblical virtue like holiness, preachers can easily give the idea that we must all strive for it through sheer grit. People who are already burdened with moralistic tendencies invariably tie those virtues to an angry, transcendentally holy and demanding God, and unwittingly, we will jump through one hoop after another to …

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Updates on Life, Health, Travels, and Family

I thought I might break into the regularly-scheduled programming at this site to provide a few updates on what’s going on in my life, vocation, and family. I’ve got a few updates on health, projects, travel, and so on. Health Quite a number of people have asked about my health, and especially about the strange and lingering issues with my hands. That situation is largely unchanged. I continue to try various treatments under the guidance of skilled specialists. Each treatment …

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A La Carte (November 13)

Today’s Kindle deals include the complete NIV Application Commentary series which has many strong volumes. There are a few other books as well. Hope for the Girl with a Sexual Past I know this is an area of significant struggle for some. “Like my coworker, I previously believed I could never live a life of purity. It’s a bizarre thought to the mind which has yet to be renewed by Christ. Back then, I could have been named among Gomer …

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A La Carte (November 12)

There’s the usual list of Kindle deals to at least glance at today. Amazon has quite a lot of board games and other toys on sale today. (Yesterday on the blog: A Husband’s Perspective on a Postpartum Body) Honoring “Grandma Taylor” – Living Veteran of World War II I thoroughly enjoyed learning about Grandma Taylor, a living veteran of World War II. “97-year-old Marilyn Taylor is a veteran through and through. She is Mom to us and Grandma to her …

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