Today’s Kindle deals include quite a look of solid books; there are some classics (like there are every Saturday) as well as a few newer works. If you’ve never read Packer’s Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God, now’s the time!

(Yesterday on the blog: The Best Daily Bible Reading Plan for Kids)

We Can’t Go Back, So Let’s Go Forward

Janie B. Cheaney: “In every case of collapse, we can’t go back. And ultimately that’s to the good, because the God of history is leading us forward. Trying to get back to the Garden—an ideal state of harmony and plenty—tends to breed just the opposite.”

I Just Flew. It Was Worse Than I Thought It Would Be.

On the one hand this article is just about an experience of flying, but on the other it has a key observation which I’ve italicized in the quote: “The things we miss most about our pre-pandemic lives—dine-in restaurants and recreational travel, karaoke nights and baseball games—require more than government permission to be enjoyed. These activities are predicated not only on close human contact but mutual affection and good-natured patience, on our ability to put up with one another. Governors can lift


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