Blogs
Will You Support My Work Through Patreon? | Tim Challies (link fixed)
Does Tim Challies give you $10 value a month? Then why not consider repaying him for all the service he’s rendered to you over the years. He’s recently launched out on his own to be a full-time writer and is offering an opportunity for his many readers to support him in this mission. Outside of the local church, there can’t be many better ways to promote the Gospel to millions of people around the world every year.
Mental Illness, Redemption, and a God I Can Trust–Part 1 | Amy Simpson
A deeply moving account of one family’s descent into the vortex of mental illness. And here’s Part 2.
Why Most of Us Hate Silence | Crossway: Zack Eswine
“Quietude, some men cannot abide,” says Spurgeon, “because it reveals their inner poverty.”
Abortionists admit emotional toll of grisly work | World Mag
In video footage the National Abortion Federation tried to suppress, conference panelists admit the horror of killing unborn babies”
Ten Differences Between a Boss and a Leader | Eric Geiger
So important for pastors.
An Interview with Doug Sweeney on Jonathan Edwards the Exegete | Justin Taylor
A book 13 years in the writing! Now that would be worth reading.
The Celebrity Pastor Factory | SKYE JETHANI
Celebrity pastors are not a new phenomenon, nor is our human tendency to exalt our leaders to unsustainable heights. What is new is the number of celebrity pastors and the speed at which they are being created and corrupted. Every generation has had a handful of well known pastors, but why are there now so many, and how do they achieve so much influence with so little accountability?
What Getting Dumped Says About You | Desiring God
Breakups are bad enough. Getting broken up with — that’s another monster entirely.
Why every seminary student should read J. C. Ryle | Southern Blog
Ben Rogers recommends Ryle’s Expository Thoughts and Simplicity in Preaching as a good starting point for Seminary students.
New Book
The First Days of Jesus: The Story of the Incarnation by Andreas Kostenberger and Alexander Stewart. Companion volume to The Final Days of Jesus.
Kindle Books
The Most Encouraging Book on Hell Ever by Thor Ramsey $1.99.
What Does the Bible Really Teach about Homosexuality? by Kevin DeYoung $4.74.
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